Monday, March 18th, Torrington High School's Civic Life "Food Group" took a field trip to Arethusa Farm. We interviewed Matt, the assistant farm manager at Arethusa. Matt was able to provide us with information mainly concerning the process of keeping the cows healthy in order to produce premium milk for the dairy. After walking through the barn and getting some B-roll of the cows, we then traveled to the Arethusa Farm Dairy - where we interviewed Chris Casiello, Dairy Manager. He was able…

For all of you who are getting ready to conduct interviews for your projects here is a cool virtual studio where you can experiment with lighting:

http://www.zvork.fr/vls/

Last night, Torrington High School hosted an Open House for the students of Torrington Middle School. Each club/class talked a little bit about what they do and why it's important for students to get involved once they get to the high school. The Civic Life Project had its own table at the club fair for anyone who had any questions or interest in taking the class in the following year. We handed out the paper concerning everyone in the film group's roles and responsibilities so the students…

Today, the "Food Group" has begun our first interview! We interviewed the manager of our lunch room at Torrington High School, Tara Knox. She couldn't provide much vital information due to her position in managment concerning the food in our school. However, we have set another interview with someone from…

Earlier this week, the students from Torrington High School went on a Civic Life field trip to CPTV in Hartford. We attended various workshops such as Radio Discussion, Camera Set Up, Music, Interview Skills, Editing, Peer to Peer, etc. We were honored to be aided in learning and understanding these important skills by the Civic Life faculty workers, John Dankosky, Catie Talarski, Paul Pfeffer, Doug Branson, Dominique Lasseur, Todd Mack, Charlene Fuller, Catherina Tatge, Bill Littauer, Ben…

Hi Everybody! I am so excited to be doing te civic life project! I cant wait to get started on the video ! :)

It was so exciting to see the teams from each school speak about their work following the film screening on May 24th at the LOB in Hartford.  It was wonderful to see these young people honored with a professional screening...many were dressed up and accompanied by their proud families and friends. 

I was struck by how well researched the documentaries were; how they worked to present balanced points of view allowing the audience to come to their own conclusion about a particular…

http://www.rep-am.com/articles/2012/05/23/news/local/643760.txt…

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/dismal-civics-knowledge-linked-to-decline-in-voting-volunteering-among-young-152680795.html

How Local Filmmakers are Turning Connecticut Teens into Involved, Caring, Community Citizens

“Yeah -- good luck with that!”

Cornwall, CT – April 18, 2012 - Such is the reaction you might expect to the suggestion that today’s teenagers can be torn from twittering and texting to engage with … comment on … indeed exhibit serious passion about civic and constitutional issues of the…

http://www.nea.gov/news/news12/Arts-At-Risk-Youth.html

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STATE OF CONNECTICUT

FILM INDUSTRY TRAINING PROGRAM

INTENSIVE ONE-MONTH CURRICULUM

JUNE 4 – JUNE 29, 2012

QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY

ASSISTANT DIRECTING

PRODUCTION OFFICE COORDINATION

LOCATION MANAGEMENT…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDZFcDGpL4U

Common Ground Shoot

The EHHS CLP students are deep into our rough edit, incorporating footage from our two interviews as well as various B-Roll shots. We have a rough version of our voiceover in place and are looking to record music starting Wednesday! Stay tuned!!

Occupy Wall Street Thread: Simulation

3/21 Update

On November 16th, I started a thread in the Brony forum broni.es. Despite the audience I was addressing, they had some interesting insights and opinions. This is the thread as of 9:00 AM on March 21st. It has had…

http://articles.courant.com/2012-02-15/news/hc-arts-funding-cuts-0216-20120215_1_arts-leaders-arts-groups-dannel-p-malloy

http://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2011/11/18/annie-dorsen/after-the-eviction/

http://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2011/10/12/annie-dorsen/in-zuccotti-park/