{"id":149706,"date":"2021-10-13T16:49:07","date_gmt":"2021-10-14T02:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=149706"},"modified":"2021-10-13T16:49:20","modified_gmt":"2021-10-14T02:49:20","slug":"west-oahu-acm-students-build-community-in-kapolei","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/10\/13\/west-oahu-acm-students-build-community-in-kapolei\/","title":{"rendered":"West O\u02bbahu Creative Media students help build community in Kapolei"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><div class=\"responsive-video-wrap-post\"><figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe  id=\"_ytid_89605\"  width=\"620\" height=\"349\"  data-origwidth=\"620\" data-origheight=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7HbfpJ1REOA?enablejsapi=1&origin=https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu&rel=0&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"Kapolei in Common: How Far We Can Go by 糖心Vlog官方 West O\u2018ahu student Micah Niinuma\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"small-text\">&ldquo;Kapolei in Common&rdquo; video by <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span> student Micah Niinuma<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Videos produced by <a href=\"http:\/\/acmsystem.hawaii.edu\/campus\/uh-west-oahu\/\">Academy for Creative Media at the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>&#8211;West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span><\/a> students have been given a unique showcase. In September, Kapolei Commons announced its new \u201cKapolei in Common\u201d campaign, which features a collaboration with the program.<\/p>\n<p>The campaign for <a href=\"https:\/\/kapoleicommons.com\/\">Kapolei Commons<\/a>&#8212;a 425,000-square-foot outdoor shopping center&#8212;is community-focused and celebrates west-side pride. It aims to bring happiness and no-strings-attached smiles to the West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span> community through a variety of pop-up activities, events and promotions.<\/p>\n<div style=\"float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 0 15px;\"><figure id=\"attachment_149712\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-149712\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/west-oahu-acm-iseri-k-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Student editing with screens\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-149712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/west-oahu-acm-iseri-k-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/west-oahu-acm-iseri-k-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/west-oahu-acm-iseri-k.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-149712\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Keola Iseri<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<div style=\"float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 0 15px;\"><figure id=\"attachment_149711\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-149711\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/west-oahu-acm-castillo-niinuma-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Two students editing with a computer\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-149711\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/west-oahu-acm-castillo-niinuma-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/west-oahu-acm-castillo-niinuma-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/west-oahu-acm-castillo-niinuma.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-149711\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nadine Castillo (right) and Micah Niinuma<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<div style=\"float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 0 15px;\"><figure id=\"attachment_149713\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-149713\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/west-oahu-acm-kapolei-commons-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Woman pointing at a screen\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-149713\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/west-oahu-acm-kapolei-commons-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/west-oahu-acm-kapolei-commons-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/west-oahu-acm-kapolei-commons.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-149713\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Media event at Kapolei Commons featuring a video produced by <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span> <abbr>ACM<\/abbr> students.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<p>As part of the marketing plan, Academy for Creative Media at <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span> students <strong>Nadine Castillo<\/strong>, <strong>Keola Iseri<\/strong> and <strong>Micah Niinuma<\/strong> were tasked with producing four short-form videos for the shopping center&#8217;s social media.<\/p>\n<p>They created &ldquo;A Day in the Life&rdquo; videos featuring Kapolei community members. The videos provide a snapshot into their everyday lives, cultivating connection and celebrating all that West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span> has to offer, according to a press release.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I really enjoyed the challenge of bridging the life and stories of four different families. Although everybody lives different lives, we share multiple important values,&rdquo; said Niinuma.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/westoahu.hawaii.edu\/academics\/degrees\/creative-media\/\">Creative Media<\/a> students were also tasked with producing one-minute trailers that will run at Kapolei Commons\u2019 Regal Theatres.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;At first, I was nervous thinking about how things would go because this was my first time working on a large project that would be showcased to a whole city,&rdquo; Castillo said. &ldquo;But, it does feel great knowing I was able to help create something a community can enjoy together.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sharla Hanaoka<\/strong>, director of the Academy for Creative Media at <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span>, said the project is giving her students real-world opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It allows the students to share their skills and talent for storytelling by helping someone else share their stories,&rdquo; Hanaoka said. &ldquo;Projects like these promote empathy and opportunity for our students to look beyond themselves and to really see where they could fit in the industry.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The goal is to connect neighborhoods and neighbors, according to Patrick Kobayashi, president and chief executive officer of Kobayashi Group, which is one of the co-developers of Kapolei Commons along with The MacNaughton Group and Craig Realty Group.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We hope to bring joy to the community through simple pleasures and surprising delights that pay it forward,&rdquo; Kobayashi said. &ldquo;We could all use a bit of that right now.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Read more in <em><a href=\"https:\/\/westoahu.hawaii.edu\/kaloinews\/?p=15671\">Ka Puna O <span aria-label=\"Kaloi\">Kalo&#699;i<\/span><\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;By <strong>Zenaida Serrano Arvman<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Student videos about Kapolei to be shared on social media and in theatres.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[112,549,59,56],"class_list":["post-149706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-academy-for-creative-media","tag-creative-media","tag-uh-west-oahu","tag-video-2","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149706"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149706\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":149714,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149706\/revisions\/149714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}