| Jeremy Jackson, a student at the Los Angeles | | | | classmates used an effect which caused three |
| County High School for the Arts, enrolled in | | | | fleeing men to freeze in mid-air, before |
| a Digital Video Production summer course at | | | | resuming running. |
| iD Tech Camps UCLA location. At this | | | | |
| weeklong, hands-on technology summer program | | | | During camp, Jeremy's movie premiered at |
| for ages 7-17 located at universities | | | | Family Showcase. "Everyone watching the movie |
| nationwide, Jeremy developed an understanding | | | | was very impressed by the quality of the |
| for shooting, editing, and creating special | | | | special effects my son's group was able to |
| effects using Adobe software. | | | | create in just one week," said Jeremy's mom, |
| | | | Meredith Jackson. "The movie was a hit and I |
| Jeremy's father, an animator for Disney, | | | | think we've watched it 100 times since then!" |
| inspired his son at a young age with a | | | | |
| passion for filmmaking and CGI (Computer | | | | Students like Jeremy use digitized footage in |
| Generated Imagery). Since perfecting his | | | | Adobe After Effects to add special effects |
| skills at camp, Jeremy attends Hollywood | | | | like chroma key. They composited multiple |
| movie premieres as the cinematographer for 16 | | | | layers of video to give the footage different |
| year-old Fred Medill, the host of "Fred TV." | | | | effects. The software is so user-friendly |
| A series with informative interviews of | | | | that even a teenage camper like Jeremy can |
| celebrities in motion pictures and | | | | easily add impressive lasers and fire using |
| television, and star athletes, "Fred TV" has | | | | plug-ins. |
| taken Hollywood by storm. Jeremy can be seen | | | | |
| at many Hollywood premieres behind the camera | | | | "It's exciting teaching campers how to |
| as Fred interviews celebrities. | | | | composite layers within their digital movie," |
| | | | said Jeremy's instructor, Kevin Painchaud, |
| While having used Adobe(R) software for | | | | owner of a Hollywood-based production company |
| school projects, Jeremy never used Adobe | | | | whose movie "NTV-1" had a sellout crowd for |
| Photoshop(R) and Adobe After Effects(R) to | | | | their screening at the Hollywood Film |
| create special effects for a movie until | | | | Festival. "Jeremy's passion for filmmaking |
| attending iD Tech Camps. Along with | | | | poured out of him each day, inside and |
| classmates, Jeremy created high-end special | | | | outside of the classroom. He just really |
| effects and learned advanced compositing and | | | | wanted to learn everything there was to know |
| cinematography. Many of the effects that they | | | | about filmmaking and caught on very quickly," |
| created have been used in popular Hollywood | | | | said Mr. Painchaud. It looks like the next |
| movies. While a completely new program for | | | | Steven Spielberg may have just gotten his |
| Jeremy, After Effects quickly became a | | | | start! |
| favorite. | | | | |
| | | | As for now, Jeremy continues to accompany |
| "You can do everything with After Effects, | | | | Fred to Hollywood premieres, getting |
| from making it rain to making a guy freeze in | | | | experience shooting the stars. Someday he |
| mid-air," said Jeremy while describing his | | | | hopes to be a Cinematographer for motion |
| camp movie The Majority Report- A movie about | | | | pictures, just like his mentor from camp, Mr. |
| the powers of good vs. evil. Jeremy and his | | | | Painchaud. |