Digital Media Laboratory

The election of Barack Obama, the tanking of the economy and the continuing wars in the Middle East mark an historical moment of both immense hope and deep crisis for us as individuals and communities. What’s going on with you in this time of unprecedented change? What are the issues that are having a major impact on you, your friends, schools, families, and communities? Tell the world, in your own voice, by producing your own video diary. You'll learn how to shoot video and record audio on the new compact Flip camera; edit your footage using Final Cut Pro and upload your video to an interactive map on Scribe's website.

CO-INSTRUCTORS:
Tristan Brown received a B.F.A. in Film/Video from the California Institute of the Arts in 2004. He has worked as an assistant to Academy Award-winning documentarian Barbara Trent and has taught media literacy and video production in Los Angeles and North Carolina. A West Philadelphia resident since 2005, he is currently a Technical Coordinator at Scribe.

Boone Nguyen, Scribe’s program coordinator, holds a B.A. in American Studies (Yale) and an M.A. in Ethnic Studies (UCSD). He has worked with the Asian Arts Initiative and the Prison Activist Resource Center in Oakland, CA. He recently wrote and directed Contested Terrains, a short video documentary about race and public space in South Philadelphia.