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Meet Black Girls Code SmartyGirls and SmartyFellas December 2014: Bay Area Interview (Video)

December 15, 2014 by Renee Marchol Leave a Comment

Black Girls Code SmartyFellas and SmartyGirls Interview: Bacon, Curtz, Williams, and Evearitt from Renee Marchol on Vimeo.

Robotics Event Transcript

My name is Joe Bacon. I’m at the Black Girls Code at UC Berkeley. It is Saturday, December 13, 2014.

I’m Joyce Curtz and I’m here at the Black Girls Code event. This event is working with Lego. Every child, even adults, still play today with Lego. So I think it’s a very good kind of toy if you want to make girls familiar with the technical aspect of Lego. And by doing that they get more familiar with the tech industry.

By using Lego, having that as an introduction to technology and the technical industry, kids can get familiar by just playing with the toy. Playing with Lego, building something, creating something, and having something created at the end by putting little pieces together. Then the technical aspect of it can be programming something on the computer and then putting that together with the toy itself. Then the toy can do things. It can make noises, it can work, or it can move. Children like that.

They like creating that does something. They can say, “I did that! I did that!” In that way they play. What you’re doing is you getting them introduced to the technical industry because this is all part of the tech of today.

My name is Matt Evearitt and I’m the Director of Technology at Mercy High School in San Francisco. It’s an all-girls high school and what were trying to do is start off with a small program with about nine girls to learn about technology and to learn about media production as well to create equity in the industry. And that’s one of our main goals. So our girls are going to start learning off with block coding with programs like Scratch, and then they’re going to learn about Media Production and Podcasting later on. And eventually we’ll be running our own independent Media Production Club through the school.

My name is Jennifer Williams. I’m here at Black Girls Code at the Robotics Event on the campus of UC Berkeley. I decided to volunteer at the event as I can lend a hand today. My daughter is seven years old and when we moved back to the Bay Area I was looking for an organization to get her involved in and it was mentioned about Black Girls Code. I never really thought about sending her or exposing her to technical experiences and now that I think back on my experiences when it comes to S.T.E.M. science and math. In 5th grade I attended an event in San Francisco called Broadening Your Horizon in Science and Math where I was exposed to the sciences, mathematics and things of that nature. So it’s really interesting to see that that gap still exists between young girls and young boys that we’re still trying to fill that S.T.E.M. gap. So I think that the organization of this event as a great segue way to get young ladies and parents thinking about other career opportunities or other points of interest. Here we are in 2014 and there’s still such a huge disparity in the field of science and mathematics so I’m so happy to be here. I believe she’s having a super awesome time. She’s smiling a lot. She’s nodding a lot. She doesn’t want me to interrupt her throughout the day so I’m trying not to be Mommy and just trying to be a super awesome volunteer.

Meet Team Tacoma: The 48 Hour Film Project Seattle

July 25, 2014 by smartygirl 4 Comments

 

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Photo Credit: Team Tacoma The 48 Hour Film Project

My white Nokia smartphone is smeared with mini chocolate donut and I couldn’t be happier. Why?

Tonight was the kickoff production meeting for The 48 Hour Film Project Seattle. These are a few of production crew who aren’t camera shy. From left to right: Jon Spieth, Iver Nitz, Serena Berry and Greyson Boevers.

I feel honored to be Assistant Cameraperson alongside this accomplished crew.

Production Crew

Photo Credit: The 48 Hour Production Crew

What are the crew’s tastes in film? From classic Universal Studios horror movies to the new documentary titled “Fed Up”.

The chocolate donuts and the flowing java were compliments of Writer Serena, who grew up loving Goodfellas (1990). Her passion includes positive representation of African Americans and women in film. She also facilitated tonight’s icebreaker and FAQ.

The genre will be decided in sorting hat fashion by 5 P.M. Friday, August 1st: horror, drama, comedy, or film de femme. As seen in the first picture, we practiced for horror by stringing up the crew’s real life firefighter-in-training!

Writers such as Serena will gather with the executive decision-makers and have a script/shotlist for the rest of us by 7 A.M. Saturday, August 2nd. Actors and crew will be prepared for a 10-12 hour shooting day.

 

 

 

Video Production Best Practices: Affordable Craft Service Thought-starters

April 13, 2014 by smartygirl Leave a Comment

Doug Kreitz, a guest instructor for digital photography and digital video production at the Palo Alto Media Center, can tell you what type of pizza the lighting crew and stars of the Big Bang Theory eat. Kreitz was a VIP visitor on the set.

Photo Credit: Palo Alto Media Center featuring Doug Kreitz

Besides in-field production sound tips about lapel mics versus shotgun mics, I learned so much more than 3-point lighting for interviews. The key? Craft services. As an emerging student producer of videos, your reputation is built on how you treat your crew, how well you plan your shots beforehand out of consideration to said crew, and how you act as an ambassador when talent recruiting and location scouting.

Photo Credit: Renee Marchol CuriOdyssey short documentary with Wildlife Keeper

All that and how well you feed your crew. Beverages and solids are not optional. When crew decline and say that they’d rather just nap like the dead after a 7 hour shoot, as producer it is your duty to follow up and treat them to a lunch to show appreciation. It is manners. Don’t and you are damned because word will get out that you don’t know the industry ettiquette.

Photo Credit: Renee Marchol Royal Pin Donuts Peninsula Personalities documentary short

Doug Kreitz explains that craft services is showing consideration and respect for the camera operators, lighting staff, sound SmartyGirls and assistant production crew Smarty Fellas. It’s not about cost. It’s about hospitality and taking care of your allies. Climbing ladders, trekking through barn spiderwebs, and shooting from multiple angles for an outdoor documentary requires refueling and hydration.

Thoughtstarters:

A cooler of chilled bottled drinks and deli-fixings for a make-your-own sandwich bar. Add fresh fruit and veggies.

Pick up coffee-to-order and 3 kinds of saltenas from your favorite Bolivian pastry shop. Make sure there is a vegan and vegetarian option for non-meat eaters.

Protein bars, bottled water, bananas, apples and home-made PBJ for an athletic event type shoot.

Bring hand sanitizer and you are golden!

Follow all food safety and handling best practices so no friend gets sick from your craft services.

Caution: As producer, conserve your energy for the task-at-hand rather than exhaust yourself being Mr./Ms. Thanksgiving spread (all homemade). On rare occassions, you might want to host a thank you brunch at your apartment. Even the smallest apartment can accommodate the two item hospitality winners homemade meatball subs and Apple Jack (Cheese) Bread Pudding.

Try these budget-friendly craft services ideas for your next 5 hour podcasting work session with audio talent.

Photo Credit: T is for Tabby Guest Podcaster Apple Jack Pudding by SGL Media 

Apple Jack (Cheese) Challah Bread Pudding
Cavalier Eric Hero Subs

A sneak peak? Visit SGL Media on YouTube and SoundCloud this summer for its podcast pilot featuring the voice talents of actor Chasya Hill and Guest Podcaster Engineer Tabora Constantennia in “T is for Tabby” for its pilot: An Interview with Tiamat, the 5-headed dragon. Recipes for Roasted Bogmen with Lightly-charred Flowers in a green sauce? Yes, we’ll share that recipe too.

Photo Credit: Cartoon Scrapbook Tiamat from Dungeons & Dragons TV series

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