Good Times: NCTV17 celebrates ‘Our Story’ release
Submitted November 22, 2012 10:44PM
DVDs of the NCTV17 "Our Story" documentary. | Submitted
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Updated: December 24, 2012 6:48AM
As part of Naperville Community Television’s yearlong 25th anniversary celebration, NCTV17 asked the residents of Naperville to participate in the creation of a community-wide documentary capturing one day in the life of our town.
Throughout the day May 2, people stopped what they were doing and recorded their lives, their surroundings, their loved ones and their city.
Footage was captured on professional HD cameras, cell phones, “flip” cameras, digital cameras, and even the old family camcorder. The moments captured were then submitted to NCTV17.
After months of sorting through all of the submitted material, NCTV17 unveiled the final documentary during a fundraiser celebrating NCTV17’s 25 years of broadcasting. More than 100 guests packed the Madden Theatre on the campus of North Central College to enjoy the 45-minute testimony to one day, one community and hundreds of moments captured in one story — “Our Story.”
“Our Story” departs from NCTV17’s traditional documentary because it contains no narration, just the voices of the people in our community and natural sound. It’s beautifully scored by local composers and longtime collaborators, Apocalypse Cow. Editor Carl Schultz cut together the more than 80 video clips and photos submitted as well as video captured by the entire NCTV production staff.
So, tune in and see your town, your schools, your neighbors and perhaps even yourself. The documentary is airing on Channel 17. Visit www.nctv17.com/schedule for air times.
Naperville Community Television Channel 17 is celebrating its 25th anniversary of providing Naperville with a voice to educate, inform, preserve, entertain, assist and celebrate one another through diverse programming that reflects the character and spirit of our community. All programming can be viewed on channel 17 in Naperville or online at www.NCTV17.com. The studio is at 127 Ambassador Drive in Naperville.
Courtesy of NCTV17
