Inspire, Fall 2006

22 Fall 2006 It doesn’t take many minutes of talking to Michael Koerbel ’00 to see that he has eaten, breathed, and slept re:View for the past two years. As the producer/director of Cedarville University’s donor-funded film series, he has, in his own words, “lived it.” And, according to Mike, it’s been well worth it. Mike describes re:View as a film series that helps high school students learn how to discern and analyze the culture around them and then engage it in a godly way. Each section has an attention-grabbing short film followed by teaching segments led by Dr. Bill Brown. The project is the brainchild of Dr. Brown, who invited Mike to come aboard in 2004 as the adventure was taking off. Mike took a hiatus from his role in Cedarville’s Production Services Group for the project. Mike immediately purposed to make re:View as “anti-cheesy” as possible, and from the looks of things, he succeeded. The project has won some of the secular industry’s most prestigious awards — silver and bronze Tellys, an Aegis, and Aurora Gold Awards — and has opened doors for interaction with unsaved film industry professionals. As producer/director, Mike has worked on everything from scripts and costumes to set design and shooting. “I’ve been able to do a variety of things and gain experience in ways I wouldn’t have had opportunity for before,” Mike shared. “It was like a mini film boot camp.” He estimated that over the past two years re:View has required 27 days of filming, 46 locations from coast to coast, 64 main character actors and actresses, and more than 100 extras. He also had the opportunity to involve quite a few faculty, staff, trustees, alumni, and students in the project. Alumni who participated include Adam Thompson ’98, Ryan Clark ’06, Scott Dixon ’84, and Dave Wenzel ’03. Now that re:View is on the market, Mike looks forward to seeing what God will do with it. “God will use re:View in so many ways — ways we don’t know are possible,” he enthusiastically stated. “Students are analyzing the video and learning how to analyze culture. There’s no way this would have happened without God. He’s going to do amazing things.” Mike explained that because the goal of re:View has never been about making money but rather helping as many people as possible, re:View is competitively priced. In addition, alumni who order re:View can receive a 20 percent discount by entering “cualumni” on the coupon code. To learn more, visit www.re-films.com. Brought to you by the educational leader in biblicalworldview www.re-films.com THOUGHT-PROVOKING FILMS Winner of Telly and Aegis awards INNOVATIVE TEACHING SEGMENTS Featuring Dr. Bill Brown, Cedarville University president LIFE-CHANGING DISCUSSIONS Helping students discern today’s entertainment world through the lens of timeless biblical truth REAL-TIME RESOURCES Exclusive access to re:View’s online resources, downloadable presentations, movie and music reviews, discussion forum, and more A REVOLUTIONARY WORLDVIEW STUDY FOR YOUR STUDENT MINISTRY DISCERN CULTURE. KNOW TRUTH. reView_catalyst_v4.indd 1 8/11/06 4:39:50PM Mike Koerbel ’00, producer/director of re:View Behind re:View