Andy Gibson, mass communications artist in residence, created an active shooter safety video with his class.
Lee Brown, risk manager, asked Gibson to create the video after witnessing the video they made last year about consent and sexual harassment. The corporate video class taught by Gibson produced the video.
“We got the project and tackled head on,” Gibson said. “We got Jennifer Rodgers, chief of police, involved, and we did our research. We also extended it to a service learning project, so everyone involved could get their service learning credit.”
Gibson said the video was not inspired by the Parkland shooting because it predated the shooting.
“We were asked way before that,” he said. “It’s kind of eerie how many shootings there have been, though. It seems every week there’s another one.”
The script was a group effort, created by the whole class, including Miguel Rios, Nathan Boone and Daniel Paugh, mass communications seniors; Jenna Mazzoccoli, music theater senior, and Melvin Smith, financial aid counselor. Dr. David Pasto, professor of theater, reached out to have volunteers act in the video for service learning credit.
The video was shot in Walker Center and presented in three vignettes.
“The video shows the situations of run, hide and fight,” Gibson said. “There’s a different scenario for each one.”
The video is currently being edited and will be presented to Brown and Rodgers on April 24 to see if any edits need to be made.
Mazzoccoli said she believes these videos are important because of today’s climate.
“I mean, look at the news,” she said. “It seems like every other week, there’s a new story, and I’m past the point of thinking it will never happen here.”
Editor’s note: Miguel Rios, mass communications senior, is editor-in-chief emeritus for The Campus. He did not participate in the writing or editing of this story.
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