During June, 2006 I was able come out to Focus on the Family in
Colorado Springs, CO on an internship to train with the film
department. I was trained and was learning how to edit a
lot of different video footage, professionally at the Focus on the
Family film department. One of the first tasks that I was able to do
was to make my own video clip commercial using some video footage
that the company has previously filmed for a commercial they were
using for their Plugged In Magazine. It was a lot of fun! They let
me make a commercial advertising my web site. I got to choose the
music for the commercial and I was even able to record voice overs
in one of their studios for this. This was very exciting. I have
learned so much just through being able to do that and even learning
so much through this experience. After I was finished with that, I
helped edit and work on a released series of DVDs for one of their conference series. I helped in a number of
different areas in regards to the production on DVD with this
series. I learned a lot just by watching everyone work on it let
alone, learn different things from the speakers.
During the second week I was here, I had been talking with
Nathan he is one of the guys who writes for the Adventures in
Odyssey radio show and I have been friends with him since 1997. I
maintained, back in 1997 for a few years one of the 1st "Adventures
in Odyssey" web sites on the Internet. Surprisingly enough, I was
told by him, that I actually created the very FIRST,
"Adventures in Odyssey" message board on the internet. I had started
on Yahoo Clubs! an "Odyssey" club and message board and at one time
we had about 400 to 450 members, those were pretty exciting times!
Nathan, works now in Colorado Springs at Focus on the Family. He had
told me that on the week of June 12th they were leaving for
southern CA to record some shows for the Adventures in Odyssey
series. He had wanted me to come and to ask their producer of the
show, Marshall Younger if he wouldn't mind me coming w/ them to
watch the recording sessions and to spend time w/ them. I told my
parents about it and if he said yes, I would be able to go w/
them. He had said yes, and I was able to fly out to Burbank for 4
days and get to watch them in their recording sessions. It was quite
an interesting experience, and I just loved it. I met many of the
actors who have been on the show for like about 19 years now, since
1987. I hadn't been back to CA since I was 8 years old. It was
amazing! I was able to video record parts of their recording
sessions and then also be able to interview some of these people for
my web site...that I will use after I get back in July. Two very
exciting opportunities I was able to have while there was getting
invited to go to the NBC studios in Burbank with one of the actors
from the Odyssey show, this guy named Townsend Coleman. Townsend does the voice of Mr. Whittaker's son, Jason. He records a lot
of the promos for the NBC nightly shows, so that was interesting.
Next time you flip though NBC and the commercials come on, for
example the ads for some of the shows on NBC... listen to the voice
on there. That guy is the guy that I met while in the greater Los
Angelus area. This guy is a Christian and very much in favor
Focus on the Family and their ministry along w/ the "Adventures in
Odyssey' Radio Series.
God has greatly blessed me while I was there and I am become really close
friends with several other people here at Focus on the Family, who
are also in on this internship with me. We had made plans
toward the end of the month of June, and went to the Six Flags
Theme Park over in Denver, Colorado and that was lots of
fun, we stayed up pretty late that evening!
During my time in Colorado, I have gotten so used to working here
and living down there for entire month, it's just an amazing place,
with great people and a wonderful ministry to serve the Lord in....
not to mention the wonderful creation and view of the mountains
almost everywhere around in that area. Below you will get to hear
interviews with several of the team members of the "Odyssey" show
including many of the actors ! There are also a few testimonies from
some wonderful hardworking employees at Focus on the Family as well.
This was a very exciting time for me and since this was being
recorded for my web site, I had to do a good job with it. As you
hear most of these, please be aware that you will hear conversation
somewhat in the background. Most of the time, people were going in
and out of the different studios but if you listen closely you'll
get the general idea of what is going on with the questions and
answers! Enjoy!!!
-
Aaron Pacentine
Dave Arnold, Executive Producer of Adventures in Odyssey
(Recorded
June 29th 2006, in Colorado Springs, Colorado) |
Part 1 |
Part 2 |
Nathan Hobbler, (Director/Writer, of Adventures in Odyssey)
(Recorded
June 29th 2006, in Colorado Springs, Colorado) |
Part 1 | |
Part 2 |
Part 3 |
Chris Anthony, (Adventures in Odyssey Radio Series Host)
(Recorded week of June 15th 2006, In Burbank, California) -
Interview With Chris -
Katie Leigh (Connie, from Adventures in Odyssey)
(Recorded week
of June 15th, In North Hollywood, California)
-Interview With Katie
Leigh -
Katie Leigh & Will Ryan (Connie & Eugene, from Adventures in
Odyssey)
(Recorded
week of June 15th, In North Hollywood, California)
-Interview &
Conversation With Katie Leigh & Will Ryan -
Kendre
Berry & Courtney Brown (Marvin
Washington and Tamika from Adventures in Odyssey)
(Recorded
week of June 15th, In North Hollywood, California)
-Interview
With Kendra Berry & Courtney Brown-
Arlys (Focus on the Family Employee)
-Interview With Arlys-
Jason (Focus on the Family Employee)
- Interview With Jason-
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