Students Participating in DKU’s International Summer School Produce Line-Up Video
Live Emotion of Youths Spanning East and West Stands Out
In succession of “Lip Dub,” a Dankook University introductory and promotional video which gained attention among universities 3 years ago, another interesting video has been shot. More surprisingly, it was made by foreign students who came to Dankook University from abroad to study during summer vacation.
It was a blazing hot afternoon in August.
A small number of foreigners oblivious to differences in skin color started to gather in Jukjeon Campus. They were smiling all the time. They had blue and red wigs in their hands and were busy memorizing something. They were students participating in DKU’s 2013 International Summer School (ISS). It was shooting day for ‘Lined Up’ (a video of lined up students singing but pretending to lip sync a song – the original audio soundtrack will be added later to the video).
They set up the location at Deulsaem Street between Beomjeong Hall and Toegye Memorial Central Library. They prepared to shoot the video by setting up a fixed camera and helping each other practice their parts. About 40 foreign students were repetitively mumbling the lyrics and poses next to the camera to perform their parts perfectly. This UCC video was planned and produced by foreign students who were participating in DKU’s ISS to record their memories in Dankook University while getting to know each other a little better. Starting from the music and poses to the prop selection, all of the elements were planned out and prepared by these students. Swedish female duet singer Icona Pop’s “I Love It” was selected. This is a well known song to the public since it has been used in a popular cell phone advertisement and other media.
2 hours after starting the video shoot, foreign student participants monitored their performance, encouraging each other for their efforts. With satisfaction, each of them carried a joyful memory from Dankook University in their head and heart.
John Legaspi (Electric Computer Engineering at California State Polytechnic University, USA, age 24) who planned the video sent thanks to the participants saying he “planned the video shoot to keep the short yet joyful time and memories in Dankook University forever.”