Production

After two and a half years of hard work, made possible by a grant from the Michgian Women's Foundation,  the Grand Rapids Community Media Center 's Future Kulture group is proud to announce the World Premier of our first feature length video, Kara in Black.  The film tells the story of two sisters on different sides of the Iraq war.  One is a young soldier on her way to Iraq, the other chooses to form a chapter of the peace initiative “Women in Black” to protest the war.

Engagemedia.org is a pretty cool project based in Australia with similar (though, slightly loftier) goals to the NYMAP DDN project. Check out the guide here.

This 7-session sequence of lesson plans and curriculum culminates in the production and public screening of two Public Service Announcements. In planning, shooting and editing two PSAs, students will develop skills and habits for successful collaboration (Communication, negotiation, listening, compromise), media literacy (media as a tool for inquiry & expression) and video production (Camera, Sound & Editing). They will learn to develop a clear message or viewpoint to verbally and visually persuade an audience.