WEIU-TV has partnered with the people of Altamont to capture the essence of their town with Altamont: This is Our Story. This planned television production is designed to allow our viewers to become involved with their public television station in a very meaningful way.
Local residents will serve as our "storytellers" for this production, grabbing their video cameras, cell phones, GoPros, Flip cameras, or any other video recording devices to capture the footage for their story ideas.
We'll take it from there, editing your contributions into our final production. Every participant will be instrumental in forging a partnership between WEIU-TV and the communities of Altamont.
The idea is to document the very best Altamont has to offer. You, the residents of the community, will record the people, places and happenings that relate to your town.
Your stories and interviews will be gathered together, professionally edited, and broadcast on WEIU-TV. We feel this has the potential to be the most important production ever about your community.
You can get an idea of what the final product will look like by visiting our other This is Our Story production pages and clicking the "Watch Online" option available for each city.
WEIU will take the storyteller video and/or photos you submit along with your interview footage and edit them together into a segment for the program. We'll also be adding music and name graphics on-screen to identify each on-camera interview. Once the individual stories have been produced, WEIU weaves them all together into a finished program, complete with show open and closing credits that list everyone involved in the production of the show, most importantly, our volunteer storytellers!
Storyteller Manual Release Form Log Sheet
Storyteller Meeting: Wednesday, Sept. 4, at 6 p.m. - Altamont Municipal Building - 202 N. Second St., Altamont, IL
Ke'an Armstrong, Project Manager
217-581-7193
ksarmstrong@eiu.edu
Jeff Owens, General Manager/Underwriting
217-581-6954
jdowens@eiu.edu
Rameen Karbassioon, Producer/Director
217-581-8401
rkarbassioon@eiu.edu
Lacey Spence, Producer/Director
217-581-7245
lmspence@eiu.edu