Here are two excerpts from a longer interview with a man who has recently been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Irv Polk has operated a program and ministry for 46 years for disadvantaged youth that gives them a place to learn and grow. He continues to be involved with the kids as much as he can.

Since these excerpts are from a 35 minute interview, my purpose is to tell a quick story in about 5 to 7 minutes. The DVD contains the long interview plus these clips. It may look like the video editing is very choppy and not done well... and that is fair. However, the excerpting required shortening some audio which means a video scene edit. I covered most of the really bad places with pictures, but the real intent was to capture the story in spite of the video prettiness. I also broke my rule about a "busy" background. The reason is that every office in their building has one of these "busy looking" bulletin boards and that characteristic needed to be captured. In my little videography niche it's all about the story... no matter what. Sound like an apology? Probably.

In the first clip you will learn a little about the Lifeline program that he started. I thought they may want to use it on their website.

In the second clip you will hear some of his wisdom gained over the years.

The interview and editing went together quickly and wasn't difficult technologically. But it was one of my harder projects.

Larry