The Documentary History Project for Youth
The Documentary History Project for Youth is an annual after-school, weekend and summertime digital media production workshop for middle and high school students. Each year, youth participants create short documentary films as a way to explore some aspects of the social, political and cultural history of Philadelphia. In past years students have focused on policing, African American history, and local folk music traditions. Deadline: Friday, February 14, 5:00 PM
MORE DETAILS:
Up to 12 young people will be accepted into the program. Participants will talk with scholars and experts, explore historical archives, and learn the basics of documentary filmmaking. Students gain solid skills in media production, including planning, scripting, camera, and sound recording, video editing, and exposure to varied media production software – Adobe Premiere Pro (video editing), AfterEffects (titling & special effects), HTML (websites) and Audacity (sound editing). The Documentary History Project for Youth program helps young people learn about the process of studying and presenting history through archive research, field interviews, data collection and analysis, constructing narratives and fact-checking
WHO IS ELIGIBLE:
Youth enrolled in grades 8 – 12. No prior video making experience is necessary. WHAT’S INVOLVED: Interested applicants must be willing to commit to 5 hours per week during the school year and up to 10 hours per week in the summer. Participants are paid an honorarium for their participation.
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