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The Kid's Video Project
In the school year of
1995-1996, Ronald Wave Baker and Mary Ellen Bickford worked with 27
students at the Costa Mesa High School in California with their teacher,
Chuck Schubert.
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Costa Mesa, California
The
students created a pilot television program and demo video.
The group met for 10 months after school for a sum of 200+ hours and created a video story,
AquaNotes which dealt with environmental awareness about
water and our oceans. |
The students set up the
camera and lights to prepare for shooting a scene. |
Wave helps the kids get
set up for filming the decorating of the birthday cake for
UNICEF. |
The program
included film clips from the IMAX movie The Living Sea
and music by Sting, and was produced in honor of UNICEF's 50th
Anniversary and was aired on public television in Southern California in
December 1996 for UNICEF's International Day of
Broadcasting. |
The
purpose of this project was to teach the students how to express their views through the
television media. This project
furthered the purpose of The Kids X-Pressions, Inc. and their reason for being an exempt organization by:
- Bringing the community to an awareness about the environment of our
oceans and the kids viewpoint and expressions
- Educating the
students about: the subject of the environment, education on
communicating through the media and the activities of UNICEF
- Enhancing the students' self-worth
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they were proud of their
work
- Bringing the local businesses and schools together and improved their
relationship
The
students and Costa Mesa High School won the Costa Mesa Chamber of Commerce
Environmental Award.
Special Thanks to our Contributors:
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Money to build
a chroma-kee blue stage |
- Costa Mesa Chamber of
Commerce
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Contacts in
the business community, promotion, and support |
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Kids (ages 14
to 18), video studio, contacts, and teacher |
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Contacts,
access to film slips, support |
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Contacts to
television, use of film clips |
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Film clips
from IMAX movie, The Living Sea, coaches, and contacts |
- Sting, First Stars,
A&M Records
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Use of music,
"Fragile" |
- Geela, Global Vision
Records
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Use of music,
"Rama Ya" |
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Use of music,
"Starmusic," "Spring," and "Taj Mahal" |
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Blank video
tapes for masters |
- Black Forest Bakery
& Cafe
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Birthday cake
for UNICEF's 50th |
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200 blank
videotapes for distribution of project |
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Paid for kids'
t-shirts with logos for the team |
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Broadcasting
the kids' programs |
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