Hello fellow youth media orgs,
Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose's project is almost complete and it is very exciting to see. What we have come up with is 8 individual video slideshows (some done individually, some done by small groups) of a youth photography perspective of Silicon Valley, all based on how each youth views her or his community, the camera a medium to capture this experience. All 8 projects will be put togetaher into one large piece for submission. THey will also be displayed on our website, www.getchy.com. SOme of the pieces have already been displayed to the public in our museum.
The process:
First teach the youth the technical and stylistic aspects of photography and let them practices taking pictures, followed by a discussion/critique of their practice photos while viewing them.
Next, brainstorm a bit on community and San Jose. WHat have the kids seen/experiences while living here and while volunteering in different CBOs in downtown and central San Jose.
Next we spent a lot of time wandering around downtown and some of the surrounding neighborhoods, looking at things, trying to see things that we normally wouldn't ntoice or things we see everyday but in a different light.
We then taught the kids Adobe Premiere (some already knew it so they got started), then we had the kids put all the pics together in such a way that it expressed thw thoughts, opinions, emotions, and ideas that they gained and felt during the photographing process.
The results are pretty amazing and we are looking forward to submitting our piece soon.
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