Continuing our countdown to New Year's Day, members of the Communications Department want to honor 2025 by sharing the photos and videos that best distilled their Christ School memories or simply stood out for other personal reasons.
Today’s turn goes to Director of Video Operations Chris Childers, now in his fifth year here. Chris chose four selections which he describes in his own words.
Video 1: Happy Thanksgiving from Christ School
“Many days at Christ School are special, but anytime we get to highlight the people behind the scenes who put in the work to make this community what it is are especially meaningful. Getting to know the SAGE Dining staff over the last few years, it is clear that they do more than prepare meals for our boys and staff. They care for our community, and their hard work and dedication are felt each and every day on campus. As someone who also enjoys smoking meats, this project was a fun way for me to get to film and produce content around one of my hobbies. Hassan is an incredible smoker, and it was fun to watch and capture his process as he smoked the turkeys for our campus Thanksgiving meal. Getting to work with Robbie (Francis P’27), our Creative Media Specialist, on this project made the experience and final product even better.”
Video 2: One Year Anniversary of Hurricane Helene
"This video holds a special place in my heart, having been born and raised for most of my life in the Asheville area. The impact of Hurricane Helene hit hard. Filming drone footage on campus just days after the storm was difficult — seeing the trees and destruction from above was surreal and only echoed what we saw on the ground. Western North Carolina was devastated, and a long road of repair and recovery lay ahead.
This video offers just a glimpse into how far the Asheville area has come since the hurricane and highlights the effort that has gone into restoration. With the story led by an interview with Mr. Matt Cole, our Director of Service Learning, we see the incredible work our boys have done to help rebuild Asheville and the surrounding community. The video shows how tragedy brought our community together and demonstrates the resilience and strength that emerged as a result.
Collaborating with Robbie, our Creative Media Specialist, helped make this project even more impactful. He captured footage downtown during the storm and documented the flooding the morning after, providing a perspective that brought the story to life.
My favorite part of this video is seeing how far we’ve come since the storm and witnessing our boys actively helping the community through our annual Day of Service. It’s a powerful reminder of what we can accomplish when we come together."
Video 3: Now Loading - Christmas in the Greenie Dome
"It probably won’t come as a surprise that I’m a big fan of creating our sports content. I love making videos that bring people together and evoke emotion in the viewer. Sports videos are some of my favorites because they unite our supporters, build excitement for upcoming games, and energize our assemblies and teams. Each season, I aim to produce content that our players, coaches, and school can be proud of, while also experimenting with new editing techniques to continually elevate our video work.
For this video, I challenged myself with visual effects, using rotoscoping in After Effects to create the visuals of the players sitting on the three state championship rings from our last three seasons. I also used rotoscoping to place Will Robinson ’26 on the Nike swoosh. This project was not only fun to make, but it also gave me the chance to learn new skills and push the boundaries of the video content we can create for our teams."
Video 4: "The Game"
"As we all know, 'The Game' comes around only once a year! This year, I worked to create a video that would stand out and be different from any of the football content we have made in the past. Utilizing the campus trails, the creek that runs through campus, and even implementing some fallen trees as part of the visual elements, a nod to the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Helene, September 27th, the day The Game fell on this year.
The Greenies are a force of nature on the field, in the classroom, and in our community, so it was only fitting to have the video be focused on our beautiful 500-acre campus. I am thankful for Mr. Doug Embler P'19, who gave the green light to let us film the white uniforms both in the creek and in the woods on the week of the game, and for Coach Clint Alexander, who has been incredible to work with for creating visual content for the football team. In the middle of a busy week, he allowed us to take some guys out of practice and into the woods and create a killer video."