CITY VOICES, CITY VISIONS Film Festival

The 2nd Annual CVCV Film Festival will take place at Market Arcade Cinemas (639 Main St. Buffalo, NY 14203 ) on June 4, 2009, from 5:00-7:00 p.m. All students whose films have been nominated by their teachers and are present will be recognized. An independent panel of judges from WNY will evaluate the films and give awards for several categories. Students creating winning films will receive trophies and their film will be shown in the movie theater. Applications are due May 14, 2009.

The event is FREE and open to students, teachers, parents/guardians, administrators, teacher educators, and community members. Teachers will also be recognized for their participation.

CVCV Conference

What a conference! Great crowds, great atmosphere, great venue, and a wonderful vibe. I don't have much to say beyond that, but I wanted to share a few pictures of Suzanne addressing the audience.



Oh yeah, and was that documentary great or what?

P.S. I noticed Big Papa Steve had his DSLR. Any good pics Stephen?

P.P.S. I promised to link my handouts from my I-Search paper project. Here they are.

CVCV Event

SEE THE PRESENTATIONS

“Digital Video Composing for Improving Student Achievement:
Lessons from the Buffalo CV-CV Project”

Friday, September 26, 2008

8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Registration
9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Program

WNED Studios
150 Lower Terrace
Buffalo, New York

More information and Registration

Speak Movie Trailer

First Annual Film Fest

The festival is designed specifically to showcase talents and achievements of middle and high school students creating digital videos in classrooms taught by City Voices, City Visions (CVCV) teachers.

We'll be recognizing 12 awards that night: Best Middle School, Best High School 9 & 10, Best High School 11&12, as well as videos for cinematography, soundtracks, editing, interpretation of literature, references to social studies, scientific conceptualization,
culture, genre, emotional power, and visual representation. Check out all the submitted films and the press release.

A few films for thought...

Keith recently shared this film one of his grad students made. It is a humorous look at the differences between Buffalo and Cleveland. If you have time check it out.




On a similar note, if you have a few minutes, my father made a two part movie about the family dog. My dad is in no way affiliated with CVCV but I thought his film was pretty touching. Blitzer is about 12 years old and, unfortunately, quickly approaching death. He's blind and can't run as fast anymore, so my dad brought the video camera along for a walk around Cazenovia Golf Course. It's a walk they've done 2-3 times a week since Blitzer was a puppy, and my father narrates his walk with stories of their time together. It's sad and cathartic and, essentially, the reason God created cameras and computers and Youtube. So, if you have a chance, go on over and take a look. The films should be the two most recent posts titled "Caz Park" and "Part Deux Caz Park."

Implementation Ruminations

Pretty soon you will graduate from CVCV boot camp. Before you venture back out into the Elysian world of education, we assume you have some questions that will need to be addressed in order to help you become a successful DV teacher. So, over the course of the next week we'd like you to:

1. Scrape your brain for questions. These can be technology questions, classroom management questions, implementation questions, existential questions, pedagogical questions, etc.
   
2. Use the comments section of this post your questions. We will address your questions as we weave through the screenings next week. We'd love to scratch any and all cognitive itches.