With the help of middle school students and co-instructor, Rik Deskin, we created, shot, and edited a short animation film. It was shown at various screenings and festivals. "Seattle Center Academy is an educational, summer program in the arts for King County middle school students in grades seven and eight. Activities included hands-on experiences in the arts, media, and technology. Students take classes in subjects such as theater, dance, slam poetry, painting, rock guitar, video gaming, pottery, and short film production. Classes are held at the Seattle Center, and taught by professional artists from the region's best arts and cultural institutions. More than just a summer program, the Academy changes lives!"

My beloved non-profit organization. They were the first group that got me into multimedia. This was a video documenting the animation work created by children in the Seattle area. The project was completed in 911 Media's Hands-On-Animation course, which was part of a 911 Media Underground summer program.

With the help of teens in the video and organization leader, Erin F., we created, shot, and edited a PSA for the o2 Magazine publication - a teen driven program to fight against Big Tobacco. They were "teens giving teens a whiff of fresh air."

Public Service Announcement (PSA) video created by the students in the YWCA's Summer Youth Options program, led by Fiona O. and I. Youth Options is a program developed by the Renton YWCA in collaboration with other community organizations for young men and women, ages 16-21. "The youth employment program provides education and training leading to successful employment." The clip includes ending credits and bloopers as well.

Tech 2000 at the Rainier Beach Community Center, teaches kids, ages 6-18, about computers and videography. The students from the second group in Session 5 made a few video compilations of various issues surrounding drugs, stealing and bullying. Every session ends with a graduation ceremony. The students take home a copy of the final video, which also includes most of their video exercises and bloopers.

Tech 2000 at the Rainier Beach Community Center, teaches kids, ages 6-18, about computers and videography. Students from the first group in Session 5 decided to create a video about family differences and friendships that can be made at the community center. Every session ends with a graduation ceremony. The students take home a copy of the final video, which also includes most of their video exercises and bloopers.

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Tech 2000 at the Rainier Beach Community Center, teaches kids, ages 6-18, about computers and videography. Students from the second group in Session 4 decided to tackle the issue of bullying for their video. Every session ends with a graduation ceremony. The students take home a copy of the final video, which also includes most of their video exercises and bloopers.

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Tech 2000 at the Rainier Beach Community Center, teaches kids, ages 6-18, about computers and videography. The students from the first group of Session 4 made two separate pieces. The first piece is about "saying no" to drugs and the second part is a talk show about hate crimes. Every session ends with a graduation ceremony. The students take home a copy of the final video, which also includes most of their video exercises and bloopers.

Tech 2000 at the Rainier Beach Community Center, teaches kids, ages 6-18, about computers and videography. The students from the second group in Session 3 were so inspired by the first group's video/newscast about drugs and violence in the community, they decided to create a video about a radio show on discrimination. This is their video message to the community. Every session ends with a graduation ceremony. The students take home a copy of the final video, which also includes most of their video exercises and bloopers. Below are some photos of this session's graduationn ceremony.

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Tech 2000 at the Rainier Beach Community Center, teaches kids, ages 6-18, about computers and videography. The students from the first group in Session 3 created a news show about drugs and violence in the community. Half of the students storyboarded and scripted the news cast, while the second half worked on the interview questions. Both groups created the entertainment and commmercial breaks in the video. Every session ends with a graduation ceremony. The students take home a copy of the final video, which also includes most of their video exercises and bloopers.

Tech 2000 at the Rainier Beach Community Center, teaches kids, ages 6-18, about computers and videography. Students from the second group in Session 2 created a video about the "awareness of problems in the classrooms between teachers and students." Every session ends with a graduation ceremony. The students take home a copy of the final video, which also includes most of their video exercises and bloopers.

Tech 2000 at the Rainier Beach Community Center, teaches kids, ages 6-18, about computers and videography. Students from the first group in Session 2 created a video about the dangers of gossiping. The video also includes a promotional piece that they made for the Rainier Beach Community Center's Late Night program. Both videos were used as their final project. Every session ends with a graduation ceremony. The students take home a copy of the final video, which also includes most of their video exercises and bloopers.

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This is a clip of the final video created by students in the Tech 2000 program at the Rainier Beach Community Center. Tech 2000 teaches kids, ages 6-18, about computers and videography. The project was produced by the kids in my very first session teaching the program with Fiona O.. Every 10 weeks, we get a whole new group of kids with all new ideas. Every session ends with a graduation ceremony. The students take home a copy of the final video, which also includes most of their video exercises and bloopers.

This short comedy was written and directed by the kids of Montlake Elementary School. Led by Justin R., they shot the film in one day on location in the school. I was given the opportunity to edit the piece and create the ending credits. Everything about the film was inspired by the kids, including the paintings.