The Media Spot

The following PSAs were created by two third grade classes working in small groups which researched, storyboarded and scripted their pieces working with their teachers, Ms. Cutler & Ms. Kirksey, and me. Once the shooting scripts were ready, the teachers recruited some bigwigs from the New York entertainment community (who also happen to be 3rd grade parents at The Anderson School*) to collaborate on the productions. Students directed the productions, made decisions about shooting, collaborated on editing, and in one case filmed a documentary that I edited with them. The products are pretty powerful. Check them out, starting with "The Documentary Group", then see the summary of the process by Ms. Cutler, and production notes from our early discussion of PSAs.

7 summers, 35 Clips of the Day. The Generation Connection 7 wrapped up at the end of July with 5 new CODs shot and edited by tween-aged and senior citizen campers with one objective: communicate what makes the experience of exploring Central Florida with each other worth coming back for every year.

On July 25th we wrapped up our 6th straight year of collaborative video production at The Generation Connection! TGC is a summer camp that connects kids aged 8-13 with inspirational members of older generations as they travel around central Florida engaging community-building and environmentally-oriented activities, and creating a documentary video with TMS tutelage.

8th graders mapped out and shot a documentary tour of their neighborhood in the South Bronx.

Students from The Atlanta School (GA) collaborated with 8th graders from Community School 211 (Bronx, NY) to script and produce 3 videos using 3 different styles of filmmaking in one day at The Bronx Zoo.