Last Friday, 14 students from the Multnomah Youth Corps visited the Portland Community Media studio. Gariet and I set up six small sets, consisting of a bedroom, living room, diner, office, campground, and a car (complete with rear projection!). After an introduction to television production from the director of Multimedia Services, Jasun Tait, and a short tour of the facilities, we set to work making a movie. In just 2 hours we helped the youth brainstorm and produce a short video that used all these sets. By the time they went home, we'd made an epic horror comedy entitled The Last Night. It was a blast!

More great videos are now online. Head over to the media page to check out these new shorts! They include work by:

-The Campfire/SUN students at Lynch View. These videos are about the environment.

-The Technology Class at Faubion. These videos document different aspects of the city of Vanport, Oregon.

-Mr. Switalla's 5th grade class at Salish Ponds Elementary School. This is one epic video about the events leading up to the American Revolution.

More great videos are now online. Head over to the media page to check out these new shorts! They include work by:

-The Honors Economics class at Reynolds High School. Their videos are focused on basic economic principles.

-The Film and Literature class at Madison High School. These videos explore and destroy stereotypes about high schoolers.

-The SUN after-school program at George Middle School. This small group made seven great mini-videos about easy things to do to make a difference in our communities.

Last Friday we had a fantastic screening at the beautiful Madison school library. Mrs. Gomes' Film and Literature class presented three short videos dispelling a variety of stereotypes and misconceptions to over 200 fellow students. If you look in the background, you can see a few of the forty papier mache fish that were also in attendance!

 Where was this sweet photo taken? At the offices of the Cascade AIDS Project, while filming the amazing short Be Bromantic.

Both of the totally awesome videos we made with the Teen2Teen program at the Cascade AIDS Project are now online! Watch them here, or search for them on the Media page.

Please note: These videos have ratings on them and may be inappropriate for younger audiences.