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Here’s what’s in this month’s update:
- SPNN
Programs Update
- Youth
Channel Schedule
- Job,
Internship & Scholarship Opportunities
SPNN
Programs Update
SPNN Open House
Youth Media Makers!
Youth Advisory
Committee has been working hard to prepare for the SPNN Open House on
Saturday, 10AM-1PM on
Saturday, December 8th. YAC is asking Youth Media Makers to bring a DVD with an
original short video to the Open House for a chance to win a year long membership
to SPNN. YAC will be taking the videos and assembling a reel to air on YTV,
Channel 16, in January. Check out a YAC produced promo for the open house here. We hope to
see you all soon!
Who? Twin Cities Youth Media Makers!
What? 2-5 minute short film on DVD
When? Saturday, December 8th
from 10AM-1PM
Where? SPNN (375 Jackson St.)
Also, there will be food, tours of SPNN studios and
remote production staff, and meet staff and board members. Other
activities include: The Annual Santa Call In, record a season greeting and
much more. Stop in anytime.
Set It Up Update
Join
the Set It Up Crew!
The Set It Up crew is hard at work on the Season Premiere which is set to air Monday, February 4th
2008 at 7pm on Channel 16 in St. Paul. There are currently two open crew positions available on Set It Up!
If you’re a St. Paul teen or know a St. Paul teen who
would like to apply for this great opportunity or if you want more
information, please contact Peter Kirschmann at kirsc...@spnn.org or 651-361-8147.
Another great way to get information on what is
happening with the Set It Up
crew is to read our blog at www.setitup.blogspot.com or friend
us on MySpace, www.myspace.com/setituptv !
SPNN Open Lab Screening Series  + 
Beginning December 6 SPNN
Youth will host a screening series during SPNN Open Lab time on the first Thursday of
every month. December's film is "Prison
Town USA,"
a film that tells the story of Susanville,
California, one small town
that tries to resuscitate its economy by building a prison - with unitended
consequences. This event is a collaboration with P.O.V., PBS' award-winning
nonfiction film series. You can read more about the film and P.O.V. at the
following links: http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov2007/prisontown/
http://www.pbs.org/pov/. We hope
you'll join us in the small studio at 3:30 for Open Lab Screening Series.
Upcoming $1 Video Class
Connections Classes at SPNN Youth
Sign up for a video production class at SPNN for only
$1! These classes are fun, hands on, and you’ll earn high
school credit. Beginners and more advanced video makers are
welcome. To sign up, contact Steve Wojta at 651-221-1446 or Stephe...@spps.org.
Digital
Storytelling: YouTube, TV, then Hollywood!
Make a movie! Broadcast
yourself! Have fun! Write an original movie, develop characters, then
film, act in, and edit your own masterpiece. Post it on YouTube and
watch it on Access TV with your friends and family. Be a star!
January 19-March 22
Saturdays
10AM-1PM
SPNN
Real Reality
TV: YouTube, TV, and Blogs
Make a video and put it on
YouTube! Get the word out through blogging. We will make videos
about what's going on in the real world. Thirty seconds is all it
takes to wake people up and begin to change the world. Learn how to
use video cameras, edit, and act on camera. Have fun! All
experience levels welcome.
Spring Break: March
31-April 4
Monday-Friday
1-5PM
SPNN
SPNN
Youth Channel
Schedule
on Channel 16
December
2007
Monday
through Sunday: 7- 8PM
Monday:
7PM SPNN
Youth Videos: Summer Youth Video Showcase
7:30PM SPNN
Youth Videos: Summer Youth Video Showcase (Cont.)
Tuesday:
7PM NYMAP
Video Exchange: Image Sound Experiments (Premiere)
7:30PM NYMAP
Video Exchange: Because #6 (Premiere)
Wednesday:
7PM NYMAP
Video Exchange: Portland
Community TV ~ Ollie #24 (Premiere)
7:30PM NYMAP
Video Exchange: Portland
Community TV ~ Ollie #24 Cont.
Thursday:
7PM Reel Grrls (Premiere)
7:30PM Set It Up: #21 Entertainment
Friday:
7PM Swept Away TV: The Rock Star Stories
(Premiere)
7:30PM Swept Away TV: The Rock Star Stories #806 Featured
bands include: June, Against Me, Cartel, Jet Lag Gemini and The Postal
Service (Premiere)
Saturday:
7PM Phillips
Community Television: Our Turn (Premiere)
7:30PM In
Progress: On the Road Again Northern MN
Reel 4
Sunday:
7PM SPNN Youth Videos: 2006 Summer Youth
Intern Program
7:30PM SPNN
Youth Videos: YMCA Uproar Video Camp
Job,
Internship & Scholarship Opportunities
- Opportunities from TCYMN Organizations
- The Walker Art wants YOU to “TELL
US A STORY ABOUT THE SUBURBS”
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AXA
Achievement Scholarship
Opportunities from TCYMN Organizations
MTV Documentary Internship with Picture Factory (18
& up)
Picture
Factory is on a mission to find a few interns to work either full or part
time in the
production
office in St. Paul.
At this time the position is not a paid position but would
be
good for anybody looking to gain experience, connections and / or school
credits.
Work
in these positions could begin as early as mid-November but may not begin
until
December
and will likely run for about four months. Picture Factory can be fairly
flexible
with the work schedules in order to accommodate a student schedule.
The
current title of this documentary program is "Hip Hop High" and
will follow
students
at the High School of Recording Arts* in St. Paul. For more information or if
interested
in the position contact Jillian Nodland : jil...@picture-factory.com
The .EDU Film Fest: A Minnesota
Festival for Students is now accepting short film/video
submissions from student filmmakers. The festival is put on by Como Arts High School and will screen at the Parkway Theater in the Spring.
More information and to submit a work visit www.edufilmfest.com
PCTV’s Annual
Benefit
December 1st , 7-10pm
In the Heart of the Beast Theater
1500 E. Lake
Street, MPLS
Suggested donation: $ 20.00
Live music with the Southside
All-Stars Band: James Allen, Geoff Brueske, Stephen Kung, Corey Needleman,
Chris Thomson. Short films selected from the Twin Cities 48 Hours Film
Festival.
Food and drinks will be served. Meet
the PCTV youth producers! Free parking in the lot behind the theater.
Phillips Community
Television is a non-profit organization that empowers youth to
engage with their
communities through learning, teaching, and making media.
Contact PCTV for more info at (612)
821-3938 or pc...@mtn.org
TVbyGIRLS FUNdraiser
and Silent Auction Dec. 15th
TVbyGIRLS is creating opportunities
for girls to make media and tell the stories that
mean something to them. Join the women
who run TVbyGIRLS and the young
directors for an evening of fun, films
and music. Become a part of the community that
makes this work happen.
5-8pm at Intermedia Arts 2822 Lyndale Ave. South, Minneapolis
5-6 : Silent Auction
6-7 : Screening
7-8 : Reception with music by Sarah
Pray
Free event,
Donations welcome
Perpich Center for the Arts High School
application deadline
is February
1st, 2008. This high school
provides students in there Jr. and Senior year the focus on their artistic
discipline. The schools programs have received national recognition for
their arts education. If you know a youth who is also an artist
looking for a more focused education in the
arts, this is for him/her. The high school is also has dorms on site for students
who may be attending from further away than the Twin Cities. Download the application at www.pcae.k12.mn.us
TELL US A STORY
ABOUT THE SUBURBS.
Do you live in a suburb?
Do you work or go to school in one?
What is your experience of the “burbs?”
Whether
you love them or hate them we’re interested in your thoughts on the
phenomenon of the American suburb. The Walker Art
Center invites you to
make a 5-minute video about strip malls, cul-de-sacs, office parks, and
green lawns or whatever suburbia means to you. A select number of videos
will be chosen to screen as part of the exhibition Worlds Away: New
Suburban Landscapes on view at the Walker
from February 15 to May 18, 2008. To participate, upload your video to
YouTube and add the tag "walkerworldsaway". We'll feature all
videos on the Walker's
YouTube
page:
youtube.com/user/walkerartcenter. To be considered for gallery screening,
entries must be 5 minutes or less and be online by January 18, 2008.
$670,000 in Scholarships Available from AXA Foundation
in Association with U.S. News & World Report
Students
who are making a difference will be awarded AXA Achievement Scholarships. Now in its sixth year, U.S.
News & World Report and AXA Foundation announce the offering
of the AXA Achievement Scholarships. Dedicated to providing resources that
help make college possible, AXA Achievement will award $670,000 in
scholarships to students throughout the nation.
Applications
are available now via www.axa-achievement.com and the
deadline for submissions is December 15, 2007. In addition, details of the AXA Achievement program will be
included in the U.S. News & World
Report 2008 America’s
Best Colleges issue, on newsstands now.
“The
winners, known as AXA Achievers, are students who are involved in improving
their communities and making a difference to those in need,” said
Bill Holiber, President of U.S. News
& World Report. “Our partnership with the AXA
Foundation helps to give these amazing students a head start on achieving
even greater things.”
Fifty-two
students, one from each state, plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, will be selected to receive
one-time scholarship awards of $10,000 each; 10 students will be selected
as national winners from the pool of 52, earning an additional scholarship
of $15,000, a laptop computer and the offer of an AXA internship. Qualified
candidates will have demonstrated drive and determination to succeed, the
ability to thrive in a college environment, and respect for self, family and
community. The scholarship is administered by Scholarship Management
Servicesä, a program of Scholarship America, one of the nation's largest
nonprofit private sector scholarship and educational support organizations.
Applications
available now! For more information and to read about the 2007 AXA
Achievers, visit www.axa-achievement.com.
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