{"id":3060,"date":"2016-12-22T20:48:25","date_gmt":"2016-12-22T20:48:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/magazine\/?p=3060"},"modified":"2023-05-24T17:56:31","modified_gmt":"2023-05-24T17:56:31","slug":"cramer-18-captures-iconic-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/magazine\/2016\/12\/22\/cramer-18-captures-iconic-moment\/","title":{"rendered":"Cramer \u201917 Captures Iconic Moment"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Cramer behind the camera at the Albion game.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

One of the most iconic images of the College\u2019s fall semester was captured by a Wabash senior.<\/p>\n

And because he recorded it with video, he also preserved some of the semester’s\u00a0most memorable words.<\/p>\n

Communications and Marketing intern Ben Cramer \u201917 had followed Wabash Football Coach Don Morel onto the field after the Little Giants\u2019 riveting season-opening victory at Albion. It was Morel\u2019s first win as the Little Giants\u2019 head\u00a0coach\u00a0and came\u00a0after the team had lost the lead in the fourth quarter, battled from behind to force overtime, then dominated that final session with a heart-stopping series of plays.<\/p>\n

As our large traveling contingent of fans rushed the field, the team took a knee in the center of the field around their coach.<\/p>\n

Several of us were photographing the moment, but Cramer\u00a0had been watching the scene develop. He started\u00a0filming even as he worked to find the best angle (as you can see in the raw video\u00a0footage\u00a0above). He listened\u00a0carefully to Coach Morel\u2019s words\u2026<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026Wabash Always Fights, the Gentleman\u2019s Rule, it applies doesn\u2019t it\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

Cramer\u00a0zoomed in for a close-up just as the coach said:<\/p>\n

\u201cIt applies. When we struggle, it will carry us\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

and stayed in tight as Morel continued:<\/p>\n

\u201cWabash Always Fights. You\u2019ve got to believe in that stuff. It works.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the stands only minutes earlier,\u00a0Jay Fisher \u201966 had told us that \u201c’Wabash Always Fights\u2019 means so much more than sports. It is the mantra of Wabash. It means you give your complete attention, full effort, reach down deep to accomplish the best beyond what your best might be.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pairing that quote with Coach Morel’s statement would capture\u00a0the essence of Wabash for our story.<\/p>\n

As the team celebrated the victory, I asked Ben if he’d been able to pick up audio from Morel’s talk.\u00a0He just smiled and nodded.<\/p>\n

You can see the raw video above.<\/p>\n

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Take a look at\u00a0“You Gotta Believe,”<\/a> the final edited video\u00a0we published earlier this fall\u00a0and can see that zoom,\u00a0a decision admired by the teacher he was working for, Wabash Videographer and Digital Content Editor Adam Phipps \u201911.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t say how Ben made the decision, but I\u2019d guess it was instinct,” says Phipps. “By staying in the moment, listening to what was being said, he sensed this\u00a0was about to be the crucial moment.\u201d<\/p>\n

Just one of many captured by the senior English major\u00a0and\u00a0political science major for the Wabash Magazine<\/em> story \u201cTraveling Well,\u201d arriving in mailboxes early next week.<\/p>\n

Cramer also shot and edited multiple\u00a0videos introducing pieces in that magazine along with several separate pieces for Communications and Marketing. It’s a remarkable three-month body of work when you realize he was also taking classes,performing in the Wabash Theater play \u201cPeter and the Starcatcher,\u201d and preparing for Senior Comprehensive Exams.<\/p>\n

“When Ben\u00a0traveled with our staff\u00a0to Albion, it was fun to watch him step into that\u00a0role as one of our team,” says Communications and Marketing Director Kim Johnson. “He wasn’t a student worker\u2014he was our lead videographer, and he took that role very seriously.\u00a0He\u00a0looked for the opportunities to make stories better, he offered up suggestions.<\/p>\n

“We gave him the opportunity to be part of a team, to bring forth the story from the angle he wanted to tell it, to put forth his vision, and to be able to present and defend what he thought the story was. He took that opportunity and ran with it.”<\/p>\n

Johnson\u00a0had known Cramer\u00a0from covering other events on campus,\u00a0but hadn’t worked with him before\u00a0the Albion trip.<\/p>\n

“I didn’t realize he was such a good collaborator\u00a0or that he had such a strong work ethic,” she says. “He has such compassion, such a heart for listening, and you could see these skills at work as he listened for the stories we were gathering in Albion. They\u00a0will serve him in all sorts of ways, no matter what he does in the future.”<\/p>\n

\u2014Steve Charles<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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