MidWeek West - Dec 7, 2022

FOR THE WEEK OF DECEMBER 7, 2022
FAR FROM HOME
An ‘Ewa Beach native cooks a Thanksgiving meal aboard a U.S. Navy ship. SEE PAGE 4
STUDENTS’ SUCCESS
Launchpad’s first cohort of Waipahu High School students celebrate their graduation. SEE PAGE 8
Media Center Opens At Kapolei College
A PUBLICATION OF
AN EDITION OF
More than 350 guests — including students, staff, legislators and local celebrities — gathered for the grand opening of University of Hawai‘i West O‘ahu’s $37 million Academy for Creative Media Student Production Center. PHOTO COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI’I WEST O‘AHU
IBY ELLISE KAKAZU
t’s lights-camera-action time at Universi- ty of Hawai‘i–West O‘ahu, as the Acad- emy for Creative Media (ACM) Student
Production Center is now open.
The newly constructed 33,000-square-foot
building made its official debut on Nov. 18 and is fully equipped with all the tools stu- dents need to reach for the stars.
“As a studio, the facility provides indus- try-standard production, post-production and screening capabilities that are on par with anything students will find at USC (Univer- sity of Southern California), Chapman (Uni- versity), NYU (New York University) or any other top film school,” says Chris Lee, ACM system director and founder. “These include a 3,000-square-foot soundstage; Dolby Atmos mixing suite; Foley stage; DaVinci color cor- rection; Dolby Atmos 100-seat theater; digi- tal editing suites with Avid, Adobe Premiere, Blackmagic and Final Cut Pro; immersive emerging media lab; makerspace; writers’ room; indoor and outdoor LED wall screens; esports arena; classrooms; incubator for stu-
SEE PAGE 10
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