P is for Pets/E is for Empowerment
Posted by dogtrax on April 27, 2007
Gail has finished her wonderful letters P and E and they are wonderful on many levels, but mostly because P pulls at the heart strings so tenderly and E invokes the spirit of someone who wanted to make change through community service.
Here is Letter P:
Here is Letter E:
– Kevin
April 27th, 2007 at 4:41 am
Gail
You did a fantastic job!
Kevin
April 27th, 2007 at 6:52 am
What a great way to wake up, just before packing and traveling to Amherst to find two new pieces for our ABC project completed by you, Gail. Both were is powerful, Chavez, with wonderful photos and a video,and a personal connection to the aftermath of Katrina, Nola…
Thanks for the gems,
Bonnie
May 7th, 2007 at 10:05 am
Awesome piece, Gail. It is going to be a valuable piece for history teachers in my district. Very impressive.
I also love the pets video. There will be stories of hope and victory and resurrection coming out of that disaster for decades. Capture them while we can. Thank you for your part of it.
May 20th, 2007 at 9:30 am
A month later, here I am reflecting on the experience of creating two letter videos for the ABC project. But in that month, I’ve thought quite a bit about the power and art of digital storytelling (and have become a huge fan of YouTube in the process!). And I now often find myself categorizing ideas by their letter in the alphabet
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Writing the script was the easy part. The creative and technical end of adding audio and video to words was the challenge. I realized in the process of listening to samples as Kevin posted them that voice over still images is incredibly powerful. In adding the video clip of Maria Mejorado speaking about the legacy of Cesar Chavez (Letter E), I lost some control over the time factor (and apologize to the Kevin for running over the 1-2 minute limit). I also realized the importance of investing a few bucks into a good microphone.
In putting together P Is for Pet, I reconnected a bit with the New Orleans community in a Web 2.0 way. My search for royalty-free cajun music was the beginning of an email conversation with Neal Pomea (http://npmusic.org/)a man who is trying “to foster enjoyment understanding, and appreciation of the history of cajun music.” I’ve also received via YouTube a comment from a pet rescuer in New Orleans. Just one more example of how the web, especially Web 2.0, builds relationships and a sense of community.
The theme of the Area 3 Writing Project’s Summer Tech Institute is “Telling Stories in a Digital Age.” What a treasure trove of examples I will be able to share by directing TCs to the ABC project!