LileStyle Productions LLC and Earth Fest 2008
This year at Earth Fest, LileStyle Productions LLC decided to pioneer a grand new idea, the LIVE Green Screen Stage! A green screen is something that is used by the Weather Person on your local news, that allows digital backgrounds to change at the click of a button, showing us all the great maps and weather patterns. The weather person is actually standing in front of a green screen while a technician runs the digital portion and puts it out to us as a composited video stream.
Lots of kids at the 2008 Earth Fest in Kansas City this year had the opportunity to learn how this technology worked and thoroughly enjoyed transporting themselves to various locations around the world. They were given three locations to choose from: Antarctica, The Rain Forest, or the Landfill; and many props and costumes were provided to help complete the imaginative play. The kids were then asked to go up on stage with a microphone and play the part of “Environmental News Reporter” and shared with us their story about the environmental concerns of our planet.
“The kids were really excited to see themselves on TV with a giant penguine apparently standing behind them. It also gave kids a great opportunity to learn about the things we could do to protect the various environments that they were reporting about”, said Angie Lile, President and Owner of LileStyle Productions, LLC. “It just really warmed my heart to see the excited looks on their faces as the kids watched their friends and siblings on the TV Monitor”.
Challenges of running a live green screen stage were many, such as lighting and power issues outdoors, and working in a small space. Mike Lile, Vice-President and Technical Director at LileStyle, had his hands full of technical issues, but managed to pull it all off without any sad faces. “Nothing like this is currently being done on a LIVE basis”, said Mike Lile, “so this presented a number of challenges with no technical references to back us up.” This just goes to show what hard work and great determination can accomplish.
While we lured cold Festival attendees to come into our booth for a “free trip to Antarctica, the Rain Forest, or the Landfill”, volunteers at the LileStyle booth had a great time. This email from Terry Livingood, Author of Awakening to Self-Mastery, says it best:
Angie, I just want to tell you my thoughts about you and the booth you had at Earth Fest 2008: I was impressed with your enthusiasm, your professionalism, and your creativity. I was impressed with your clarity of mind and organizing abilities. I was impressed with how you were with the kids --actually how you interacted with people of all ages. I was also impressed with Mike and his mechanical and technical expertise and contribution. You both were great! The booth looked great. I know a lot of the visitors and passers-by were impressed, too. I heard several comments about how great the booth looked and about all the work it took to make it what it was . . . and what a great idea! And I agree --what a great idea! I can see numerous organizations using LileStyle Productions to promote their services. It was fun working with you from setting everything up to getting everything packed up again. Thanks a lot for inviting me to be there with you. Wishing you the very best, ~Terry Livingood
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