I’m a pretty proud daddy today. My seven year old son just completed writing, directing and editing his first film! I was so proud of him I am deciding to share this exclusive new release to the world, right here. He did this project for a National Elementary School art program called “Reflections.” Students from all over the country submit entries that speak to a common theme. This year’s theme was “Beauty is…” I asked him what he thought was beautiful and being an avid reader of books on the Revolutionary War and the Civil War, he of course responded, “Battlefields!” I asked him why and that little seven year old looked at me and told me, “They’re beautiful because that’s where we won our freedom.” He’s exactly right. He has one grandfather that was in the Army and another grandfather that was in the Navy (for only a week, but he gave it a shot!) and a Great Grandfather that fought in World War II, so this subject is very close to home for all of us. He wrote the script, recorded the voice over, found the pictures and edited the video by himself. I told him how to do things technically on Final Cut Pro, but he did it all, so naturally I had to have him go the extra step and teach him how to upload it to the web so we could share it with everyone. Here it is…and I couldn’t be more proud.
