This video features former and current Wien International scholars who share their experiences at Brandeis University. In this video, by using green screen technology during the interviews, an animated map of each interviewee’s country of origin is displayed in the background while they speak on-camera. Different shots of the Brandeis campus student-life on campus is dispersed throughout the video. There are open captions at the bottom of the screen throughout the entire video.
The video starts with slow piano music playing in the background.
The moving shot on-screen showcases an array of flags from different countries.
Lan Xue begins to speak while the international flags are showcased and then appears on-screen. There is an animated map of China in the background: “Mr. and Mrs. Wien had the vision 60 years ago to set up an international scholarship to students from all over the world.”
The on-screen text reads: LAN XUE ’90, MA’90 – Hong Kong, China
The screen cuts to a smiling Brandeis student on Commencement Day.
There is a bright white transition to an aerial shot of the Brandeis campus.
A Wein Scholar, Nicole Berenice Zamora Flores, begins to speak off-screen.
Nicole: “The first day I got to Brandeis I met people from more nationalities...”
There is a quick white transition to Nicole speaking on-camera with an animated map of Ecuador displayed in the background.
The on-screen text reads: NICOLE BERENICE ZAMORA FLORES ’20 – Quito, Ecuador
Nicole: “...than I had ever in my 19 years of life.”
There is a quick white transition to a group of students listening to music on a sunny day in front of the SCC.
The shot changes to two students having a discussion in a lecture hall.
Lester Morse speaks off camera: "The reason that Mr. Wien set it up to begin with was to provide the diversity at Brandeis that was needed from its inception and throughout."
Lester Morse finishes the sentence on-screen.
On-Screen text reads: LESTER MORSE – Son-in-law of Lawrence and Mae Wien
The shot changes to archival footage of students walking to class and riding bikes on the Brandeis University campus at its inception.
The shot changes to a close up of a student taking notes in class.
President Ron Liebowitz speaks off camera: “The Wien Scholarship Program had a transformational effect on the university.”
Liebowitz speaks on-screen: “Sometimes its overlooked.”
The on-screen text reads: RON LIEBOWITZ – President of Brandeis University
The shot changes to a group of smiling students waving to a friend off-screen.
The shot changes to a smiling student listening to a friend while having coffee.
Liebowitz speaks off-screen: “When the scholarship began in 1958, over the first four years more than 150 students from around the world came to campus.”
Liebowitz speaks on-screen again followed by a shot of archival footage of guests walking to a Brandeis Commencement.
The screen fades to a current shot of students walking to class.
Liebowitz: “You have to think back to what the campus was back then. It was predominately Jewish, much smaller than today,”
The screen changes to a group of children watching a Brandeis Commencement.
Liebowitz speaks on-screen: “and the impact of so many students bringing so many worldviews, and different views,”
The screen changes to a laughing group of students enjoying coffee inside a Brandeis building.
Liebowitz speaks on-screen: “had a real impact on the student body here.”
The screen changes to a group of girls performing a musical number on-stage at a traditional event on the Brandeis Campus.
Nicole Berenice Zamora Flores speaks off-screen: “I think that that’s one of the big things that the Wien Scholarship facilitates – bringing people from different places, which both enriches the person who comes from that different place,”
The screen fades to an aerial shot of a mosaic representing peace in different languages on the Brandeis campus.
The screen fades again to a group of smiling students sharing coffee and looking towards the camera.
Nicole speaks on-screen with an animated map of Ecuador in the background: “but it also gives exposure to domestic students or students from the States”
The screen fades to a group of students sitting in the grass and studying in front of the Louis Brandeis statue on campus.
Nicole: “to interact with each other.”
Three students engage in conversation with different international flags in their background. The screen changes to a new shot of a student looking up from her notes towards the professor in a lecture hall while Nikhil Agarwal speaks off-screen: "Coming to the United states to study in college was always a dream of mine growing up, but it was beyond the means for my family and it seemed like a dream that may not actually ever come to fruition.”
The on-screen text reads: NIKHIL AGARWAL ’08 - Kolkata, India
The screen cuts to a shot of a student flipping through her book in class and taking notes.
The screen cuts back to a close-up shot of Nikhil on-screen with an animated map of India in the background.
Enid “Dinny” Morse begins to speak off-screen while we see a panning shot of students listening to a professor during a lecture.
Dinny: "I think he wanted to give everybody an opportunity and I think he could do it really”
Dinny speaks on-screen: “but I think he was also very discerning about who he chose."
On-screen text reads: DINNY MORSE – Daughter of Lawrence and Mae Wien
The screen cuts to a student playing the violin in an orchestra at Brandeis.
Sahra Jaamac speaks off-screen: “Talent is everywhere.
Sahra Jaamac speaks on-screen with an animated map of East Africa in the background: “But opportunities are not everywhere.”
On-screen text reads: SAHRA JAMAC ’20 - Somaliland, East Africa
The screen cuts to a shot of smiling students getting their photo taken from a phone at a Commencement at Brandeis.
Sahra: “They made it possible for all these young people”
There is a quick flash of white and Sahra speaks on-screen again with the animated map behind her.
The on-screen text reads: SAHRA JAMAC ’20 - Somaliland, East Africa
Sahra: “to use their talent the best way they could.
The screen cuts to a group of laughing students at a picnic table laughing and enjoying food on the Brandeis campus.
Sahra: “And to not let that talent to go to waste.”
Sahra finishes her sentence on-screen before the shot cuts to a group of students listening to a speaker at Commencement.
Rasheed Peters speaks on-screen with an animated map of Jamaica in the background: "I think that's something that's not only remarkable but it's also really beautiful."
On-screen text reads: RASHEED PETERS ’20 – Jamaica
The screen transitions with a bright flash to an aerial shot of university flags highlighting Brandeis University’s flag.
The screen transitions again with a white flash.
Ricardo Millett speaks on-screen: "It made me an enthusiastic unabashed champion of the impossible."
The on-screen text reads: RICARDO MILLETT '68 - Republic of Panama
The screen cuts to a shot of students at orientation gathered around the Light of Reason holding purple candles towards the sky.
Peter Malkin speaks on-screen. There is a close up shot of Mr. Wien which then cuts to a wider shot.
"I think that Larry and Mae Wien would be delighted with how the program has developed.”
On-screen text reads: PETER MALKIN – Son-in-law of Lawrence Wien
The screen cuts to a group of students talking and studying together in the new Skyline residence hall.
The screen cuts to a close-up of a student laughing.
Nicole Berenice Zamora Flores speaks off-screen: "Just knowing that there's people around me who are willing to vouch for what I want to develop and what I want to accomplish.”
Nicole speaks briefly on screen with an animated Ecuador map in the background.
A bright flash of white transitions to students at a Brandeis Commencement celebrating in slow motion.
Sahra Jaamac speaks off-screen: "It’s such a dynamic group. At the same time, we have all these other little things that bond us and make us a family.
Sahra speaks on-screen briefly to finish the sentence.
The screen cuts to a student enjoying nice weather on the Brandeis lawn.
Sahra: “Not even a community - like a family.”
The screen fades to a scene from a traditional Asian celebration that was held at Brandeis. There is a quick white flash transition.
Peter Malkin speaks on-screen at a wide angle: “You have a special opportunity right now and you will have it when you go back to your homes,”
On-screen text reads: PETER MALKIN – Son-in-law of Lawrence Wien
The shot changes to a close-up of Mr. Malkin.
Peter: “or whatever your careers may be. And make sure that you use your training at Brandeis and this experience that you have for your own happiness, but also to serve society.”
There is a short montage of Brandeis graduates at a Commencement.
Rasheed Peters speaks on screen with an animated map of Jamaica in the background.
Rasheed: "Thank you for, you know, just believing in the world."
The screen dips to black and the statue of Louis Brandeis is viewable as a rotating shot.
Audio from Lawrence Wien, via archival footage, is heard off-screen.
The picture dips to black and archival footage is visible of Lawrence Wien at the podium speaking at a Brandeis Commencement.
On-screen text reads: LAWRENCE WIEN, H’62
Lawrence Wien: "In the helping of your sisters and brothers throughout the world. In helping others, who not only will benefit from your help, but will create for you a sense of enjoyment and satisfaction which you can find nowhere else. The world is better, because you were there."
The screen dips to white.
The on-screen text reads: “Brandeis.edu”
We hear the applause of the archival footage as Mr. Wien’s speech comes to a close.
The video fades to black ending the video.