Artists’ Statement
We decided to focus on someone who is a part of the armed sources. A song which inspired us to pursue someone in this field is the song “Citizen Soldier” by 3 Doors Down, even though its talking about the National Guard, it applies to all men and women in the service. They are all citizens and everything they do helps provide us with a better tomorrow. We decided to film Lieutenant Colonel Boberg, who is the Professor of Military Science over the Cougar Battalion (includes BYU, UVU, SUU, and Dixie) because he is concerned over the development of the next generation of leaders and firmly believes that what is learned in the ROTC makes better people as wells as better soldiers and officers. In the reading there was a quote that said “The antidote to despair is to remember the world to come.” LTC Boberg is always talking about the future of his cadets in the ROTC program. He strives to build better people by training them today. What better way to gain hope than to help provide the hope for everyone else?
When editing the interview which we had with LTC Boberg we focused on what the ROTC strives for as a whole, what LTC Boberg personally strives for in regards to the ROTC, and how the ROTC affects the community, and how the members of the ROTC affect the community. Also, originally we were going to have the piece be a film but upon examining the interview we decided that it was best to focus solely on LTC Boberg’s words. We have included about 15% of the interview and because of what we decided to focus on from the interview it was impractical to include the footage we had captured from his personal training session and from practice at the range with some cadets as cut-aways during the interview. Therefore, we decided to focus solely on his words and have the piece be audio only.
Overall, piece seeks to demonstrate and celebrate the role which LTC Boberg has in teaching future leaders of armed services as well as future leaders and contributors of our community and how they give priceless service to this country and community.
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