From High School Summer Camp to Cinematographer for the Stars

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