Life InThe Arts
Mac and Ava Motion Picture Productions with Steve Rosen and Terri DeBono
Wednesday, June 6, 2001 - 10:30 - 11:30 AM
Meet Steve Rosen and Terri DeBono, local filmmakers and partners in Mac and Ava Motion Picture Productions. They will show clips from some of their recent projects both documentary and commericial. They will also talk about the life of the film maker so far away from Hollywood.
Yukio Sumida recalls the horrors of battle. -----------------------------Members of the 442nd Regimental combat team.
They produced, "Beyond Barbed Wire" a documentary about Japanese American soldiers who fought for the U.S. during World War Two. "Beyond Barbed Wire" has had a national PBS airing and has just recently been broadcast on KQED Channel 9, San Francisco's PBS station on Memorial Day weekend.
Mac and Ava Motion Picture Productions will also show a clip from their latest documentary entitled Room 408 at Logan High.
Tommie Lindsey, a very impressive teacher from Logan High School, south of Oakland, California, inspired the documentary, Room 408 at Logan High.
This unique program has just been picked up by PBS for NATIONAL EDUCATION WEEK hosted by Meryl Streep beginning September 2, 2001. Room 408 at Logan High gives hope at a time when public schools are being addressed with such negativity. It is truly an uplifting story-teenagers facing adversity and winning!
This moving story plunges you into the center of a multiracial San Francisco east bay high school classroom where the focus is winningÉbringing home state and national championships in a little-known academic sport called "forensics". Through speech and oral interpretation competitions, Tommie Lindsey, an award-winning teacher is changing the lives of "at risk" teenagers. For thirteen years, 99% of Tommie Lindsey's kids go on to colleges and universities.
Tommie Lindsey's ability to inspire change in kids is phenomenal, and it shows in their performances, which are nothing shy of professional. His teams are winning in this academic sport usually dominated by advantaged kids from private schools.
LINKS
http://www.beyondbarbedwire.com/mac_ava/portfolio.html
http://www.fineartstrader.com/monter.htm
http://www.cyberfilmschool.com/
Together, Terri and Steve will introduce students to some of the basic techniques used in filmmaking and will share 10 tips for making a movie during summer vacation.
1) Ask your mom or dad before using the camera.
(Other places you might be able to get a camera.
School. Rental. Public Access Television.)
2) Have an idea in mind before you start.
3) Need a cast or crew? Assign tasks before you start.
4) Know in advance where your story is to take place.
5) Don't put yourself, your crew, or your actors in jeopardy.
6) Use a tripod.
7) Use wide shots, medium shots and close-ups.
8) Don't shoot everything from eye level.
9) Use different views in the edit.
10) Add music.
and special bonus tip is
11) Use an external microphone or get the camcorder very close.