Degree Type
Honors Capstone Project
Date of Submission
Spring 5-1-2013
Capstone Advisor
Professor Tula Goenka
Honors Reader
Professor Richard Breyer
Capstone Major
Television-Radio-Film
Capstone College
Public Communications
Audio/Visual Component
yes
Audio/Visual Location
Honors Library
Capstone Prize Winner
no
Won Capstone Funding
no
Honors Categories
Creative
Subject Categories
Film and Media Studies | Television
Abstract
Smart Kids was a program, started in 2009, that was created as a joint venture between the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and the School of Education at Syracuse University. Professors and students from these two schools worked with kids from Syracuse elementary and middle schools, teaching them how to use cameras and video editing software to tell their own stories. The goal of the program was to aid urban education reform, but more so than that, to truly give kids a voice when it comes to their education.
My job, when it came to this project, was to create a documentary explaining what the Smart Kids program was, and what impact it has had on the kids. I spent countless hours going through footage of the kids and editing it together in to a cohesive documentary.
This paper contains reflection upon how I went about creating my project, why I thought it was an important project, and why I made the creative choices that I did.
Recommended Citation
Louys, Hannah, "Smart Kids The Documentary" (2013). Honors Capstone Projects - All. 18.
https://surface.syr.edu/honors_capstone/18
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