The Creative Process
“Kickapoo: Get Away From It All!” was the theme the youth came up with for their PSAs about Kickapoo. The idea got generated in our meeting today with Shelley, Zavier, Aarian, Tre’Shaun, Ta’Neill, Jai’Elle and Alexandra. Today’s session was a real-life example of the creative process and the tension between ideas and the reality of time lines and budget constraints.
We started with them sharing their ideas and storyboards. The group gave constructive feedback for each idea. I think that it took a lot of courage for them to present their ideas and then trust their peers’ reactions.
Then we wrote down a list of the scenes for each script idea and talked about what they needed to line up before next week’s return to the park for videotaping. They’ll need props such as pom poms, a Wii, a van, super hero costumes and a classroom setting. They’re going to tape fishing, canoeing, hiking and camping at the park. They need “extras” for their scripts and are considering family, peers and themselves.
Between now and when we meet next Tuesday, I’m going to send each person their script back to them formatted in the storyboard WILL uses and then on Tuesday they’ll fill in the blanks and learn about how to visualize shots for sequences in their video PSAs. Anything that isn’t feasible given the time and resources we have, they’ll discard.
The youth will shoot their PSAs using their FLIPS and Henry will shoot them using the broadcast quality camera. They’ll edit their PSAs using Windows Movie Maker and Henry will edit using Final Cut Pro (so that the spots will meet technical standards for broadcast). The youth will remain as producers throughout the process. And just as we do at WILL, the other jobs (editing and videography) will be done by another person (Henry).
I’m excited that they will get a realistic picture of how it works in “the real world” while also having the hands-on experience of doing all of the jobs themselves. We hope they’ll continue to shoot and edit videos after the project ends in September. And all of their PSAs will appear on this website as well as their My Space pages after being uploaded to YouTube.
I was impressed by their ideas, their interactions with each other and us and their commitment to the project.
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