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Adobe Youth Voices

DE Students at the Adobe Youth Voices workshop, Bangalore.

The following DE schools in Bangalore participated in the Adobe Youth Voices Project:

1. Government High School, Adugodi
2. Government High School, Barlane
3. Government High School, Jyothipura
4. Vivekavardhini High School

Each school sent 2 teachers and about 20 students for the workshop. The students were split into two groups to work on two different projects – Animation making and Documentary movie making.

The workshops were done in two phases handled by two different partners – Listen UP! and EVC. Out of the schools above, Schools 1 and 2 were parts of the Listen Up! Workshop and schools 3 and 4 were parts of the EVC workshop.
 
The workshop unleashed the students’ artistic impulses as they drew multiple frames, animated them and created a running movie. The student responses were truly amazing! Each of them worked on a community-related topic like afforestation, dowry, girl education, etc., and each of the movies was a duration of 20-30 seconds. The movies involved funny animations but then communicated penetrating messages.

The students involved in documentary movie making used camcorders to collect video footage and then learnt to edit it. They created story outlines and then shot footage for the pre-production stage. The students were led through the story writing process including sound introduction, climax setting, conclusion etc.
The students from the Adugodi school came up with the story outline of a poor girl child being unable to study because of lack of facilities and financial strength. A charitable institution that caters to all of her interests then comes forward to help her. The project involved collecting the information, taking video footage and interviewing the girl. It was a very complex process given the age and background of the participants. The intricacies of camera placement, stable shooting, and interview techniques were all lucidly explained. The students were then given training on video editing – the toughest and the most interesting phase - post-production! The Adobe Premier elements were used to edit.  Students were shown how to take notes on the footage and compile the most compelling shots to construct the movie. Footage had to be reviewed, cut and archived. 

The whole process, though very arduous, was an awe-inspiring experience for the DE students! The students have created DVDs of their documentaries which will be shared with their school community as well as local government officials.

Going forward, the schools are expected to create at least two animation projects and impart their learnings to other teachers and students. We are planning to have another workshop in 2007 so as to instill added expertise in the movie making process. There are also plans to have a few teachers and students of these schools attend the iEARN National workshop in 2007. We also plan to involve more schools in the AYV program in the future.