| Mr. Darren J. Leeds. Photo forthcoming. | Darren John Leeds Darren joined Tempestas Productions in the fall of 2009 as student cinematographer. He collaborated on the "Holiday Festival" production featuring the Farrington Grove Chorale and the Terre Haute Children's Choir (2009). Mr. Leeds comes from Schaumburg, Illinois and is currently majoring in Geography at Eastern Illinois University and minoring in Broadcast Meteorology. You can see Mr. Leeds on the EIU WeatherCenter website at www.eiu.edu/~weather. Mr. Leeds demonstrates great potential in the field of Broadcast Meteorology and Cinematography. Darren's first major production will be the documentary series, "Geography of Illinois," (advised by Cameron Craig) that he is currently researching for his Independent Research course in the Department of Geology/Geography. Watch for trailers in April. |
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Leah M. Carter Leah joined Tempestas Productions in the fall of 2008 as student director and cinematographer. She collaborated with Hopman on the 2008 EIU iLife Academic Challenge for the Department of Geology/Geography in teh short production of "Maps, Minerals, and Misconceptions," which received top honors. Leah is currently working toward receiving her Bachelor of Science degree in Geography with a Broadcast Meteorology minor and will be graduating May 2010. She works as Local Skywatch Forecaster on WEIU TVs Newswatch. |
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Cameron R. Hopman Cameron joined Tempestas Productions in the fall of 2008 as student director and cinematographer. He collaborated with Carter on the 2008 EIU iLife Academic Challenge for the Department of Geology/Geography in the short production of "Maps, Minerals, and Misconceptions." He is working toward receiving his Bachelor of Science degree in Geography with a minor in Broadcast Meteorology. Cameron currently works at WEIU TV as Local Skywatch Forecaster. |
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Michael J. Gismondi Michael joined Tempestas Productions in the fall of 2009 as student director and cinematographer. He collaborated with Suljic on the EIU iLife Academic Challenge 2009 for the Department of Geology/Geography for which they received First Place. Michael is currently working toward receiving his Bachelor of Science degree in Geography with a minor in Broadcast Meteorology. He is currently a Local Skywatch Forecaster for WEIU TVs Newswatch. Mr. Gismondi will be the new Undergraduate Director of EIU WeatherCenter in August 2010. |
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Robert P. Kennedy Robert joined Tempestas Productions in the fall of 2009 as student director and cinematographer. Robert is currently working toward receiving his Bachelor of Science degree in Geography. |
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Adem Suljic Adem joined Tempestas Productions in the fall of 2009 as student director, cinematographer, and videographer for the Department of Geology/Geography at Eastern Illinois University. He collaborated with Gismondi on the EIU iLife Academic Challenge 2009 for the Department of Geology/Geography for which they received First Place. Adem transferred to Columbia College in Chicago to pursue a degree in Film. Craig and Suljic will continue to work together on an ambitious project exploring the human struggle during the Bosnian War. |
Providing Students Professional Experience to Learn about their World
"College students begin to emerge from being told what is true to finding out for themselves what is truth through critical and philosophical questioning. That is the purpose of Tempestas et Caelum Productions." Cameron Craig's mission is to provide students an outlet for their point of view while discovering the world around them. "Each student has an idea that needs to be told so that others may learn and continue to learn." Education is the manner in which we progress as a global society. "It is not the wise teachings of our elders that provides us with the answers, but the questions from the young that forces us to look deeper into the meaning of who we are."
Individuals interact to create a global society. Each individual is a piece of the global puzzle. It is analogous to weather (Tempestas) and climate (Caelum). The climate is based on the trend of the daily weather pattern over time—global progress is determined by the trend of collaborating individuals through time—Tempestas et Caelum.
