Adobe Youth Voices is the Adobe Foundation's signature philanthropy initiative empowering young people to Create with Purpose. Youth use digital tools to express themselves about issues important to them.
A collaboration of three youth artists brought together by the passion of music. The video was made to showcase the connection three youth artists made while attending classes at MACLA. The intended audience are people who enjoy watching positive collaborations.
Bonairean youth are often stereotyped as just hang out either looking for trouble or not doing anything productive. The truth is that the majority of Bonairean young people want to make their dreams become a reality but for some, it is a struggle. Unfortunately, many have given up. But the good news is that we can do something about that. We can make the youth's voice and dreams be heard. We can empower the youth in our communities by providing them with the skills they need to effect change on Bonaire. The we set-up a town-hall meeting in each town where the youth can share their vision for their own town. Their solutions should be in the following areas: - closing the culture gap (help prevent differences between cultures in their town and stimulate mutual understanding) - strengthen the intergenerational infrastructure (bringing seniors and youth together) The ideas need to be narrowed down the top 3 best ideas for each area. After this the youth should brainstorm on activities for the two areas. Finally the youth should implement the ideas themselves using youth media, social media and music.
"A Voice for Orphans" is a self portrait video documentary in which a sixteen year old orphan called Kyomugisha Christine recounts her experiences as an orphan living alone. The Adobe Youth Voices learners of PMM Girls School created the media to highlight challenges faced by orphans, how they deal with these challenges and also to show that EVEN orphans live with dreams...
We want to make a change in our community by utilizing media to raise awareness. We will work together with F.A.T and VOW Media who will help train us in multimedia skills so we can create photography, a radio show and short films to campaign our cause. We will then use this media online and also through screenings and exhibitions to start a campaign in our local community and policy makers.
Over the past few months I've noticed that get some of my best ideas while traveling on public transportation. The video is about finding importance in something routine. I read some of my thoughts about travel and recorded myself playing ukulele for this project.
This piece explores how dance can motivate and inspire individuals to become leaders in their own lives. The choreographer uses personal experiences and music as the inspiration for his movements.
In a social media tech class, Community School South students define and bring light to stereotypes. 16 students explore the positives and negatives of stereotypes.
This is a kind of documentary and interview/reporting film about teenagers' early child-taking. In our home, Hungary there are many teenagers, who are very young mothers, we know some of them, most of them are roma girls. We would like to reflect on a serious problem with our short documentary. We collected several opinions, and as well, told our opinions during the movie
This documentary explores what all humans have in common. Although we all have very different experiences and backgrounds, there are a few commonalities that bring us together. This is a beautiful depiction of that commonality through the voices of youth.
The United States has a trillion dollar budget that is split up in a questionable manor. 64% of the budget goes toward the military leaving 36% towards the rest of spending such as education & sciences. These facts inspired me to write a song and create a video on what I would do with the US Trillion Dollar Budget if I was in control of it.
In our city we have many young artists. We made this video to express our admiration for them. It is also a tribute to all the young people in the world who are not afraid to follow their passions and creativity.
“The Way it Is” is a short documentary-style film featuring the youth of Stonegate, an underserved community in Etobicoke, Canada. The film features youth stories giving voice to what the Stonegate community means to them as individuals and as a group. In addition, they interviewed area residents to learn their perspectives. The Stonegate Community Health Centre (SCHC), which runs youth programs, was the target audience. They experience challenges engaging Stonegate youth. The screening provided a starting point for discussion between the youth and SCHC about how they could better engage and serve the youth of Stonegate.
This animation/narrative explores a form of racism that the migrant community suffer from, yet not all of them are aware of. It identifies media as one of the tools used so stereotypical and degrading images are spread, and thus emphasizing that making media by our own hands is essential to counter it.
H.B. Beal Secondary School has been the major technical secondary school in London, Ontario, Canada since the year 1912. In that time, Beal has established itself as being at the forefront of practical, hands-on education. The school has always welcomed those eager to learn, even those whom other schools discarded. For over 50 years, Beal has also been the leader in Broadcasting Education across Southwestern Ontario. However, recently, due to limited funding and an economy that is getting poorer and poorer, Beal’s broadcasting program, “BTV”, is falling behind. In order to prevent this, BTV is teaming up with local news station, Rogers TV, to create a show for youth, about youth, and produced by youth. This is quite exciting for the students enrolled in the program, but with funds being at their current level, the show seems due to fail. Both those at Beal and those at Rogers TV believe that this youth-oriented television show is vital to improving conditions in a city with a 9.1% unemployed rate (2% more than the Canadian average). At Beal, approximately 25% of the student population is high-risk, and almost 5% of the students live on their own (the highest across the school board). With tv segments that will talk about youth issues such as drug abuse, food preparation, and mental health issues, we believe that we can be a great aid to these students as well as youth all across the viewership.
The film includes imagery of flowers in a body of water (lyrics, music and singing written and performed by Julia Lawrence). The poem written by Julia Lawrence is displayed in each frame of the film.
The overall intent of the film is to convey through art and interviews the need for significant funds to give the Healing Paintbrushes Project the ability to provide art and technology resources to children in hospitals.
YES film project designed by youth group of Shilpa Sayura Foundation to create Child Solder 90m film by up-scaling the Child Solder short created for Adobe Aspire Awards 2013 as a collaborative project between Kandy and Lahugala youth who live 250km apart. The project aims to provide a solution to Youth Employment while addressing the issue of social acceptance of child soldiers returning to civil society after rehabilitation. The YES film project plans to setup a youth social media enterprice, provide education, training and employment for youth to produce digital films on social issues and to become new genertion social film makers to make digital revenu and employment. The project hopes to become sustainable by creating revenue from community and business media services and providing media education setting up a mobile film school to reach under-served youth with creative talents to help them develop digital media skills to be employed in creative fields. This project addressing youth issues in education, training, employment and a globally important social issue of child soldiers shall be completed in one year with the guidance of AYV Lead educators and Film Industry professionals. Uniqness of YES Film Project is that it develops youth, produces a tangible social good and address a global issue concerned with global youth to make positive impact in Society.
The object of FotoSynthesis is to create a self-sustaining education program to connect middle school students in the DC area with middle schools students from around the world through a combination of social media and photography. Students will share photographs online to establish communications, practice a new art form, and learn the importance of social media. The curriculum will also include reflective writing prompts which will meet national 6th grade writing and reading standards. By combining education, photography, and social media, we seek to emphasize the equal worth of different cultures by highlighting similarities and fostering respect for differences.
SHIFT student participant of the 2013 AYV Film Camp at SHIFT. SHIFT in partnership with Spy Hop Productions hosted a 3-week AYV film camp that culminated in a big-screen exhibition at the Tumbleweeds Film Festival, March 16. We selected 24 students from the ages of 13-19 from an applicant base of over 50. These teens produced six short films, typically in teams of three in three categories: music video, traditional animation and documentary.
With Incomparable, Meralney shares the process of self-acceptance she went through. Incomparable tries to reach the 85% of young girls that compare their beauty with other's beauty. For more information please visit: http://youtu.be/AqHbUsvwWCk
A young man is determined to get the attention of a young woman. He is successful with using his phone to communicate with her-- but her insecurities may get in the way of his efforts of trying to get to know her.
The idea for the project came after the discussion with the students on the issues in the community and ways to solve them. Students recognized the importance of communication - at home, in the school and everywhere. They wanted to send that message through a short movie.
The Skin We're In was created to examine the importance of identity. In Baltimore, many young people are unaware of who they are. The film was made to show that unawareness of identity is a growing systemic problem within the city of Baltimore. Without a sense of identity, young people will be ineffective at success. The intended audience is young people and adults within the community so that they can realize how important it is to know "who you are". The is exhibited through asking young people, teachers and colleagues, and about how their identity were formed, successful or not.
Music Video to Polaroids and Film Song. The song itself speaks about identity of a girl in the modern era of chic and how society makes her feel when it comes to physical appearances.
This song and music video was done with youth and seniors from Atlanta's Edgewood Community. "Never Understood what the wise told me, I had to look inside of me, to see the truth and set me free" The song highlights the benefits of our communities seniors citizens finding common ground through dialogue and artistic expression with the youth in the community.
In today’s society, more and more girls begin to personally harm and degrade themselves, striving for a “perfect body” that they can never achieve. We all must look and act the same in order to be “beautiful”. Our project aims to show that all girls, no matter what, are beautiful. Each teenage girl feels insecure and self conscious, but if we choose to view ourselves positively, our inner confidence shines through. This project is aimed at teenage girls to support a positive self image within themselves. We chose to create a contrast in visual style and meaning by having the first half in black and white and the second half in vibrant color. With this contrast, we show how dark negative self perception can be and how reflecting more positively on yourself will bring color and confidence to your life.
Ben and Kacey realized that many of the student videos we see have teenagers in them. They wanted to branch out and write something that also required someone who wasn't a teenager. They ended up writing a piece that worked well for Kacey's grandfather. Ben and Kacey wanted the viewer to see youth, no matter who was on stage.
Our grandparents were and are sources of inspiration for us and many other people. Sometimes elderly people are considered no longer viable in mind and body, but we know they have many skills, experience and love to offer
Doubt, some people doubt themselves others follow their dreams. Choose to succeed, and exceed expectations created by yourself. Choose not to doubt but to Achieve!
This is a video poem produced with images created through the use of Photoshop. Youth took photographs in a studio built with recycled material and edited them to illustrate a poem written by one of the participants. In some images, they mixed their own photographs with fragments of pictures from the Internet, but in a way that would not violate the established copyright rules. Stop motion techniques were also used to convey the message. This media was part of a bullying prevention campaign that aimed to sensitize youth regarding the respect for differences.
Every day we have to make decisions, and each decision will impact our lives in some way. We don´t know exactly how our future will be, but we can use the information that of today to build it as best.
Be The Change started from a simple class poem. After researching issues that face our world the students got together and created a group poem on the topic of change. Each line from the poem is the thoughts and ideas of different students.As the production of the video went underway the students felt that their voices much like the poem should overlap to drive the message home about change and how we all must work together to create a bigger picture.
A powerful film created to convince those who are self-esteem deficient and those who are going through tough times that there is a way through everything, whether it be through art, writing, or other means.
"Appreciation to Life" is a piece for those who are victims of bullying. I was a victim of bullying through out middle school and the thoughts that went through my mind was outrages and dangerous. I only could imagine what other victims of bullying was thinking. Fortunately I found the AYV program in the Boys and Girls Club, I wanted this piece to show that I understand and that there is hope.
Ciudad Colón, Costa Rica is a unique place. It is a beautiful city that give us many opportunities to enjoy life. Here we laugh, share, learn and grow with our families and friends. It is difficult to express in 60 seconds what does Ciudad Colón means to us, so we made our best effort and this is the final result :-)
The walking fed shows kids the advantages and disadvantages of healthy eating and especially eating breakfast. We want to inspire youth to get out have fun but also eat healthy or there are downfalls... Enjoy
Tevin, Joel, Alice, Ackeem and Alex applied independently to take part in the BFI Film Academy, a six week intensive filmmaking course delivered by Eastside Educational Trust. They were selected because they demonstrated a real passion for filmmaking and a desire to develop their skills beyond the work they were doing at school. With different backgrounds and levels of experience in filmmaking they came together as a team to create a short film – they contributed to all aspects of the production as well as attempting to achieve their own individual challenge in a specific role. The filmmakers wanted to take a light-hearted bitter-sweet view on how we aspire to be something we’re not.
Afon is a factory worker, he usually uses bamboo chopsticks for convenience. One day, he foamed and fainted because taking too much sulfite on bamboo chopsticks. Dying Afon met with the king of the hell, he told Afon bamboo chopsticks are harmful health and environment. Afon promised the king of the hell he will not adopt bamboo chopsticks anymore and become an environment pilot.
This video tells a story about a young man who decides to follow his desire to rob a liquor store one day. The film becomes more intense when he reaches a moment that he has to "make the call" that decides his destiny. Through a symbolic phone call to his father, we see his can see his decision to seek new faith.
We made this video because we think that we are living in a world where people are hating too much, and they're forgeting one important thing in life, which is smiling. People should be happier, but they are always seeing the dark side of everything, and society is every day worse because they are telling people what they think that everyone is supposed to be like, and that's wrong: we all have the right to be what we want to be. We hope that this video, from our point of view, makes all of you to think about what can we do to change this.
Signs of domestic violence are not always recognized...Sometimes, they might be hidden, covered with a happy face.If we take a closer look, perhaps we will be able to notice the abuse and, hopefully, stop it! Violence against women and girls exists, we all know that, but how many of us do something about it? Daily abused women and girls all over the world suffer in silence, thinking it's fair to be treated like that...Do we think it's fair too? Let's care more!
Do you ever wonder about the most important things in your life? What really makes you happy? For us, the most beautiful experiences are those we live with our families and friends. They are a gift that we must take care because no matter how far apart we are, if we are loved by someone, we will always be at home. "Dear Child" is a fictional story that tries to represent what we really mean
This piece depicts the life of a single person. As a child, he draws a picture. This picture is of what he hopes to be by the time he's grown up. As he grows up, he does things in order to ensure that he will reach his goal of becoming his ideal self. By the time he's reached adulthood, and become what he's always dreamed he would be, the man looks at the picture he drew. He realizes that he has spent his whole life up until this point trying to become who he is today. He's wasted his childhood and teenage years trying to grow up, when he should have been spending those years enjoying them, and now that he’s finally where he dreamed he would be, he wishes he could return to the past and begin again.
This humor-filled 3min music video that tells the story of a guy going through everyday life – unable to distinguish his life from a dream state performed by a band called Hang Time.
This music video was created to stimulate young people to work together as a team, because together everyone achieves more (T.E.A.M.). For more information please visit: http://youtu.be/1glI_uOUZKE
This video is about working hard to accomplish your goals. The video follows 2 modern teenagers; one male and one female. The teenage girl has a huge passion for dance but cannot not find the environment to release her creativity while the male is a talent artist/painter who is trying to make a name for himself. Both characters have goals they want to achieve but are struggling to do that along with other obstacles that get in their way from living their dreams.
This piece, an original rap about the serious issue of bullying, was a collaboration between 3 emerging artists from UpStar Records, a youth-led media project of Sunset Youth Services.
The music Video points out the fact that the youth always have something to say in one way or another and we the rest of the world ought to hear them out because its is the only way we can be able to rightly with their problems.
Never giving up as about a young man maturing and realizing the mistakes he made throughout his young life. He (in his older form, more professional) takes a drive and stumbles upon his younger self, still reckless, and immature, and knows there is a light at the end of the tunnel because he is never giving up on himself. All he needs is love and support to turn is life around.
Living my dream is a music video that encourages teenagers to never stop dreaming. It encourages teenagers to not let anything fear them when trying to goal their goal in life. This music video has been made by three girls that are very shy and quiet. However, participating in the AYV program they have gained confidence in themselves to create a music video and also perform their song in front a live audience at the AYV Bonaire 2013 Exhibition. For more information please visit: http://youtu.be/U1LRrsWNX1E
Jyothirgamaya explores the feasibility of using music as a tool for education. With the explosion of rap rhythms all over, we have used this genre to garner impetus in this music video. We have created this educational rap for students who need some fun and motivation.
"I See Myself..." is a LYRICAL Music Video by Kasiem Aboti Walters introducing himself as an individual, explain a little about what he does and his background information through Hip Hop/Rap. The song then goes on to explain that although Kasiem is a lyricist, dancer and so much more he would like to focus on expanding and promoting my new organization "Dehpeshcii Musiq Entertainment" once he graduates College. Dehpeshcii is a a Multi-Talented Movement created by Kasiem based out of New York City producing PURE UNSIGNED TALENT while educating young people and changing the face of entertainment.
Hope Road is a music video by East Palo Alto's H20 (Hip Hop Orchestra) a youth band performed hip hop instrumentation with guest rapper Chris Brown. "Hope" is the theme and the road traveled.
"Gifted" is a music video created by Juan Franco and Adan Ahumada from the Seven Trees Community Center in San Jose, CA. The music video follows a young break dancer through his struggles and adversity of a past injury and his ability to overcome regardless of other people's opinions. The original song concept is to focus on your own gifts and continue to push forward on your own journey through life.
This music video is about an emotional and physical journey that one takes in becoming a whole person- a person who knocks down barriers to let others in on a path to happiness.
Music Video for the Song Careless by DICE. Directed and edited by Narciso Martinez. Performed by Dice. This video was a story about violence (mainly gang) in urban areas and how it can affect anyone no matter what type of lifestyle you decide to live. When you are around gang life you have to be cautious no matter who you know. In the video, the rapper (Dice, Main Character) is confronted with the death of his best friend. Dice goes through a rebellious stage because of his friend's death and starts becoming a nuisance to society.
Be the one is a song written to bring awareness to everyone that we should stand up and fight for something with a purpose, even if we feel that we are the only one!
Basic sanitation is one of our fundamental needs. Every human being should have access to it. But sadly that’s not the case. Many government schools in India do not even get enough funding to fix/clean their existing toilets, that is if they have any Girls, especially opt out of school because of poor hygiene and lack of sanitation. Poor sanitation also causes the spread of many diseases which could otherwise be prevented. This youth artist worked with his mentor, Gautam, a member of the organisation Reap Benefit, and restored the confidence to attend school by physically clearing debris, cleaning toilets and cisterns, fixing pipes and creating green areas.They took up work that many of us would rather not take up. As a result of their efforts, toilets are now functioning and clean, water is available in the schools and grey water is being channelized to water small gardens that the youth artist has developed in the schools.
ARTIST STATEMENT Autism affects one in every 88 children are diagnosed with autism. Take into consideration that the average American family has two kids or more. That means that even MORE siblings are affected than those that are diagnosed! The stars of "Touched By Autism" are friends of Mia: Christian Baker is one of her friends who is part of her Sibling Group and Paul Mikulskis is a classmate of hers who she's known for years and attends Boston Latin School. Autism changes lives: those affected by autism would not be as compassionate, as patient, or as open to anybody's situation as they just naturally have to become when touched by autism. Anyone who is touched by autism is left a different person. "Touched By Autism" is to serve as an eye-opener that makes people more aware to the fact that autism doesn't just affect the person diagnosed: it affects every single person the autistic person meets. More than that, it affects the people closest to them: in their family and in age, the closest would be their siblings. Outsiders most times forget about how autism affects the siblings and this video is to enlighten others to remember everyone that is affected. The siblings, besides the diagnosed, are those that are affected by autism the most.
The Track” in Oakland, California is a known hangout for pimps and prostitutes, some of them under the age of 18. The Track is a film examining the problem of sexually exploited youth, and what young people can do to address this issue in their community.
It is well-known that youth are ignorant about current global issues, so we went out to interview our classmates as well as youth on the streets of Toronto for their thoughts and knowledge about real and made-up world issues.
In this video, Angelo brings the viewers in to the world of Marshall Maria. Marshal has been bullied since kindergarden. Angelo embarked on a mission to find out the role a parent play in supporting a child that is being bullied. As Angelo was listing to both sides of the story, he discovered that bullying shouldn't be taken lightly. Most of the time people don't really take a moment to realize that bullying is a real problem and that we all have to stand up and continue to raise awareness. The reason is that no matter what the circumstances, there is NEVER a reason to be a bully and bully someone.
My project is a documentary that takes place at a high school gym and it is about how people with challenges can still do great things such as weightlifting and even rise above their challenges.
"Life's a Fight" documents the issue of teenage bullying, and explores how the landscape has evolved to include not only the schoolyard, but the internet as well. In this film we hear stories from teachers, parents, and victims, and learn from a group of local teens who saw an opportunity to take a stand.
This documentary produced by apsa media centre youth, to create awareness in the parents and general public that how the children get affected psychologically by alcoholic parents.
The projects i short documentary made by Abdulhadi, capturing through it several reactions and inquiries from people from his life answering the question : How is Jordan with you ? Abed interviews some of his family and friends about how they relate to their country Jordan, specially in the current circumstances
My project is about HIV, and tries to show to the society how the person lives with pathology, how is developed the disease in the person, and how the professional reacts in front of this.
Check out the children of the ANPS, who are truly inspiring with their skills and their kindness. We, Dounia Project Participants, have produced this video to show people around the world and their communities that handicapable teens are courageous, smart, and ambition persons, who have dreams and hopes just like all other kids their age. During several weeks, We were honored to interact and establish friendly relationship with students of the Moroccan Association for the Hearing Impaired (ANPS), who have welcomed us with open heart and tons of smiles! And have we learned a lot! Most importantly, Kawtar, Khadija, Khalid, and Marwan showed us that A handicap isn't an obstacle to success, and that if you work hard towards your goals, nothing will stop you from reaching them, not even a difference that others consider a disability! Credits should also go to : Erwaoui marwan Khaliid Idbali Motasdik Kawtar Inawi Khadija And the Staff of the ANPS, who made it all possible.
Dreams Un-deffered is a documentary about young women and their dreams. The film explores girls' aspirations, their struggle to pursue them and the promise and hope for young women pursuing their dreams.
Artist Statement - Celestine He, Jacquelyn Ho, Linda Qin and Clare Zhou Upon the unpredictable road of life, steep hills and low valleys will continuously attempt to hinder your efforts to succeed. Da Capo (a musical term in Italian meaning From the Beginning) follows the journey of a talented young girl, passionate about music, as she struggles through a tragic and dejecting accident that temporarily causes her to lose motivation. As she hits this bump in the road, however, her perseverance and pure dedication to music encourage her to keep her head up, to not lose sight of the finish line, to keep on playing, Da Capo.
The alarmingly materialistic culture of modern society begins at childhood. Our video observes the correlation between media exposure and consumerism, explores the relationship between advertisers and children, and offers suggestions for raising a new generation free from the grips of materialism.
Daniella, Josh and Phoebe applied independently to take part in the BFI Film Academy, a six week intensive filmmaking course delivered by Eastside Educational Trust. They were selected because they demonstrated a real passion for filmmaking and a desire to develop their skills beyond the work they were doing at school. With different backgrounds and levels of experience in filmmaking they came together as a team to create a short film – they contributed to all aspects of the production as well as attempting to achieve their own individual challenge in a specific role. Unlike many of the participants, these students decided to focus on a documentary about a subject which is very close to their hearts. It was hard work but their perseverance paid off and they were able to meet and interview many people to try and effect change in their community.
Listen to personal stories by youth in Calgary about bullying and their ideas on how to solve it. The youth talk about statistics on bullying, give personal stories and give ideas on how to solve bullying.
This film looks at the successes of Canada in terms of its music, culture, languages and the integration of different cultures into the nation. Students from Mexico visited Canada to create this film with Canadian students and to celebrate the diversity and hope for the future that exists in a country which is as diverse as Canada.
We’ve been talking and sharing stories with students from Egypt and Chicago. We’ve been learning about what life is like in both countries. Getting to know other people from other parts of the world through video clips and online platforms has been a great experience. We also loved how different people from different cultures can be; yet they manage to find what can draw them closer.
This music video is a collaboration between the Peapod Academy at MACLA in San Jose, CA and the Bonaire AYV Site. The video emphasizes the need to continue to fight and strive to reach your goals, while continuing to run and reach your dreams by any means.
This film, made collaboratively by students from Instituto Blaise Pascale, Mexico and St. Patrick's Intermediate School, Canada. The film examines the role of teachers and similarities and differences between Mexican and Canadian education. The students created this animation together, forming strong friendships and learning a lot about each others' cultures during the process. The result is an interesting and dynamic film which will be of interest to people of any age and background.
This film was made by students from Oaxaca, Mexico and Ottawa, Canada during an AYV visit to Ottawa, Canada. The students saw that their film-making group was incredibly diverse and represented seven countries among the seven team members. This inspired them to create a film which represented the diversity they saw in their group and reflected the diversity of Canada as a whole. The students profile the diversity of their group while explain why people came and come to Canada, and what they achieve there. The highlight of the film is that the students realise that Canadian people from all cultures come together in peace and work together to create a multicultural and happy environment in which to live.
This project was created during an "upstanding" assignment where students where asked to use multi-media to convey a message about an important social issue. Dhenzel chose homelessness and used his animation narrative approach to see allow viewers to see through the eyes of a victim.
This stop motion animation is about what not to do when handling a bullying situation and reacting badly. This is what happens when these fictional characters let things go too far.
This traditional multi-plane animation is about the power of creativity: a kid, from a young age is trained to be an assassin but is aspired by an arts school next door. He escapes the life others wanted for him to embrace the life he wants and creativity is his prevailing weapon.
This media piece is about believing in your own dreams and not preventing your own fears to hinder you from reaching your goals in life. Tansy used Adobe After Effects and Adobe Premiere to create a fun animation that encourages teens from 12-19 years to reflect on the fact that dreams can come true. After a long process of brainstorming on the right words for the media piece, Tansy constantly received feedback from her peers AYV students. This project was exhibited at the AYV Bonaire 2013 Exhibition. For more info visit: http://youtu.be/jRTjOaH2PRY
Are we contributing to create a better world? We would like that all the people in the world reflect about their relations with others. Perhaps, if we begin to treat others as we would like to be treated, the world would be a better place for everyone. The change starts with you!
In this stop motion, a man and woman are created out of clay and produce off-spring because of love and they face the pressures of life only to emerge changed.
My AYV project is about A tree. The whole purpose of it is to inform my audience that saving trees not only helps the enviornment. But also helps maintain life.That is why I entitled it "Life". Thats what it conveys throughout my project basically.
I’m Dillan and I collaborated with a few of my classmates, Harrisson Georgiou and Shahab Hendizadeh in creating an awareness announcement; our statement is as followed: Lets be real. The world’s available freshwater supply is declining at an alarming rate. We were assigned to create a PSA and thought that this was the perfect opportunity to alert the public on this abandoned issue. We decided unanimously that the audience should be everyone. We decided to pursue the PSA the way we did because it really shows the problem in a different way; a way that will not only attract a larger audience but will also persuade the viewers to do their part. It certainly persuaded us to do our part.
This media piece is about changing your community one act of kindness at the time. Jeanviêr used Adobe After Effects and Adobe Premiere to create a fun and creative animation to encourage teens on a easy and practical way to contribute to their community. Each small act of kindness is a step towards a better world. This project was exhibited at the AYV Bonaire 2013 Exhibition. For more information please visit: http://youtu.be/6p79Z_WR3qg
This video was created with the theme of loneliness and friendship. The robot’s desolated area gives a solitude surrounding, however when the rat comes into to play, it resembles a sense of fun and companionship. Together they become friends and accompany each other in the abandoned junk yard. In addition, I was inspired to make the theme because with friendship you can accomplish much more than without anybody at all.
Fried Chicken: Do You Know Where Your Food Comes From?
Fried Chicken is a short PSA aimed to educate young people about the food system and to get them thinking about where their food comes from before they buy it.
Eternal Scroll depicts the all too common issue of procrastination and easily accessible social media. Inspired by Strawberry Bootlaces, Eternal Scroll demonstrates the issue through a narrow yet generic perspective of an average student caught between the immediate entertainment of Tumblr and the long term benefits of academic excellence. The storyline directly involves the viewer allowing the audience to directly relate to the issue presented. Eternal Scroll combines animation and video footage and is presented in an exaggerated manner that is humorous and memorable thereby spreading awareness of the issue in a simple yet entertaining way.
Students worked with the theme of animation to create a piece of film which examined the importance of being pro-active in helping to save and positively change the environment. The students used their creativity to make an animation which makes use of solely recycled materials and which is interesting to an audience which is international and crosses all age boundaries. The students used 411 to make this short animation which incorporates both humans and aspects of design which are created by hand.
A stop motion animation made by taking pictures frame by frame on a camera. It's a metaphor for life and art, showing that art can spring out of anything in any form or manner to take any shape.
Students look at social issues related to their community. In this short documentary, students look at immigration and the effects it has on Watsonville CA.
In this video, Samuel is discussing the importance of education and how critically important it is to give children adequate chance for learning and education for having a better life, especially in a developing country like our society where those who don't get such a chance will usually be living in very poor communities missing a lot of minimum levels of clean and healthy environment.
Thousands of children in Africa are abducted into war every year by corrupt soldier militias. These child soldiers are placed into extremely violent situations and girls are frequently abused and forced into unimaginably heinous acts. As 8th grade students living in Chicago, we felt we could most greatly help children forced into warfare by publicizing a story that has been repeated throughout the world far too many times. We intend this piece for other teenage children like ourselves as well as adults who may be unaware of these atrocities. This piece is prominently displayed on our school’s online digital showcase.
A youth has a beverage stolen by a bully. While trying to leave, other youth stop him with signs containing information about bullying and advice. This video was made Wahkiakum County 4-H After School Media Club.
In our group we experienced what students have on teachers and how it reflects the students' performance and motivation in the class. Students should be more aware of their attitude towards their education. We chose to make a youth video about expressing the relationship between the student and the teachers. To portray the message, we interviewed teachers as well as students about one's feeling about the other individual. In the beginning of the video we introduced the topic in the terms of the student's point of view in a school scene. We started with students’ opinions on general school questions, in order to obtain the students' attention on the video's subject. Afterwards we obtained information on teachers' reflections on how important their job and their relationship with each other. In the program we used transitions; we also filmed the hallway scene on a hand held device for an aspect from a student. As a group we wanted it to be cartoonish so it would look flamboyant. The beginning and the end stand out in our film the most. We want others to see that they are a part of it. And we want to see improvement in students. The audience should feel that they should change for the benefit of the teachers, their peers, and most importantly themselves. We all learned how to use the Adobe Premiere program, how to use a camera, and how to interview people. Relating to our topic we learned how students affect the teachers. We have learned the appreciation of filmmaking. One negative thing we can include is that the program repeatedly shut down, it made it difficult for the project to prosper in a way that we planned.
We decided to choose this topic because we feel everyone is insecure about something and we wanted to address some of our insecurities. We interviewed students whom had insecurities, and we used the most common topics. We wanted our peers to relate to them. We had three students draw how they view themselves and then how society viewed them so we took a full body shot. I think what stood out in the film was the imagine in the end we wanted to inspire others to be themselves and to love who they are as a person regardless of what society says. We want others to see that they are not alone. We want everyone to try not judging a book by its cover. We learned how much everyone struggles with different things on a daily basis and just because they smile and dress nice doesn't mean that on the inside they feel okay.
110 Degrees is a short feature about father whom encounters a small accident at work, which reminds him of a dramatic childhood incident. The short feature was inspired by a new broadcast and true events.
Adobe Youth Voices Film Camps provides to youth the opportunity to create high-quality youth-produced media created to address critical issues and effect positive change. Students gathered at the Adobe Headquarters in San Jose, CA to learn how to take their filmmaking to the next level.
If we talked about one another in the way we talk about ourselves, we wouldn't have many friends. Learning to love ourselves is one of the most difficult thing for a person to do with everyone telling us how to look and act. But beauty is within us all, man or woman, it's there. We've just got to find it and accept who we are and accept the love we receive.
In a world, where young people slave away in front of screens. One teenager will break the cycle. Join us on our story of intrigue, drama, comedy, and the power of friendship. Experience first hand the peril and adventure that lies before our Hero. Will our Hero be able to defeat the dastardly villain that is sloth? Or will the Hero of this tale give in to the temptations of comfort?
This film is intended to bring more awareness about people who inflict harmful behaviors upon themselves. In order to help, one must understand and learn why people harm themselves intentionally.
Based on a true story. A story of two siblings separated at a very young age. Both journey through similar challenges and obstacles while separated, but manage to help each through the hardships after being re-connected.
Based on a true story. Based on a true story. For Granted is a powerful story that uses conflict and unique cinematography to make the audience gain an up-close perspective on the actor's struggle.
A girl wants to be a member of a local stunt team, although she struggles with her own inability and must decide whether to work towards her dream or give up. This comedy focuses on story telling without the use of dialogue, focusing our attention to the imagery and the actors themselves.
Gifted is a song about pursuing your dreams and goals with the gift that you were born with. The music video follows a young man’s journey of becoming a b-boy champion despite all of the obstacles and challenges he may face along the way.
A young adolescent girl feels she trapped in her own life surrounded by negativity and destruction. Will her sense of hopelessness push her over the edge or will an act of kindness prevent her from falling off.
Based on a true story. A young man starts his day early at work while practicing for a phone call that will determine whether or not if he will be going to college. Unfortunately, it is not the practicing he has to worry about.
A story of 3 teenage boys who’s lives would have taken a different turn if it wasn’t for the Alum Rock Youth Center. Despite all of the negativity and challenges of growing up in an underserved community, they still manage to positively influence one another, while finding a safe place to call home.
110 Degrees is a short feature about father whom encounters a small accident at work, which reminds him of a dramatic childhood incident. The short feature was inspired by a new broadcast and true events.
Every day our lives are filled with choices whether we choose to acknowledge them or not. Some of our choices are even consequences of previous decisions influenced by others, but during that deciding moment, we ultimately make the call. See how one teenager uses his mysterious judgment during an intense robbery.
Transferring Creative Energy One Breath At A Time" is the story of 5 youth from East Palo Alto who have identified a gift or talent they possess. Collectively, they have chosen to share these gifts and talents by joining together and defining themselves as the EPA Poets. Using Art, Spoken Word, Music, Photography and Basketball, they demonstrate the power and ease of transferring creative energy amongst each other and are committed to paying it forward in their community.
The Adobe Youth Voices Aspire Awards is an international juried media competition that recognizes projects that best illustrate the program’s ‘Create with Purpose’ philosophy. On June 18, 2012, we recognized extraordinary youth media by announcing the winners of the first ever Adobe Youth Voices Aspire Awards online to a global audience. Now we are taking the celebration to the next level by introducing a live event series called Aspire Awards Prize Patrols.
The Adobe Youth Voices Aspire Awards is an international juried media competition that recognizes projects that best illustrate the program’s ‘Create with Purpose’ philosophy. On June 18, 2012, we recognized extraordinary youth media by announcing the winners of the first ever Adobe Youth Voices Aspire Awards online to a global audience. Now we are taking the celebration to the next level by introducing a live event series called Aspire Awards Prize Patrols.
The Adobe Youth Voices Aspire Awards is an international juried media competition that recognizes projects that best illustrate the program’s ‘Create with Purpose’ philosophy. On June 18, 2012, we recognized extraordinary youth media by announcing the winners of the first ever Adobe Youth Voices Aspire Awards online to a global audience. Now we are taking the celebration to the next level by introducing a live event series called Aspire Awards Prize Patrols.
The Adobe Youth Voices Aspire Awards is an international juried media competition that recognizes projects that best illustrate the program’s ‘Create with Purpose’ philosophy. On June 18, 2012, we recognized extraordinary youth media by announcing the winners of the first ever Adobe Youth Voices Aspire Awards online to a global audience. Now we are taking the celebration to the next level by introducing a live event series called Aspire Awards Prize Patrols.
The Adobe Youth Voices Aspire Awards is an international juried media competition that recognizes projects that best illustrate the program’s ‘Create with Purpose’ philosophy. On June 18, 2012, we recognized extraordinary youth media by announcing the winners of the first ever Adobe Youth Voices Aspire Awards online to a global audience. Now we are taking the celebration to the next level by introducing a live event series called Aspire Awards Prize Patrols.
The Adobe Youth Voices Aspire Awards is an international juried media competition that recognizes projects that best illustrate the program’s ‘Create with Purpose’ philosophy. On June 18, 2012, we recognized extraordinary youth media by announcing the winners of the first ever Adobe Youth Voices Aspire Awards online to a global audience. Now we are taking the celebration to the next level by introducing a live event series called Aspire Awards Prize Patrols.
Adobe Youth Voices is the signature philanthropic effort of the Adobe Foundation intended to empower youth and educators through media making experiences that promote social change. As a part of this effort, the Adobe Youth Voices Aspire Awards celebrates the extraordinary work of young media artists from around the world by recognizing top talent in media production.
Through a series of vignettes, the movie explores the memories, emotions, and benefits of eating healthy food. It takes the audience on a journey of savory sweet memories. The movie was a classroom collaboration and a culmination of student learning, field trips, and student writing.
We chose the topic of teen to parent relationships to focus on because we wanted to show how important teens and parents’ relationships really are. We wanted to show that parents’ roles in teens’ lives are necessary in order for teens to graduate from high school and become successful individuals. According to the statistics that we researched, teens without parents are twice as likely to drop out of school, become drug addicts or engage in sexual activity at an early age. Children who die from abuse or neglect or poverty are usually parentless. We want our peers to know that it is important to have a good relationship with their parents. We used statistics and individual interviews of teens that have distinguished relationships with their parents. The interviewees weren’t afraid to show their true emotions, which helped get the message across.
Although the students were sensitive towards the topic, they were still willing to be openly honest and show true emotion because they know the importance of the issue as we do. We want others to see that the relationship between a parent and a teen is important because it influences us on whether we will be come strong individuals in the future and be successful or not. We want others to make an effort on improving their relationship between either their parents, or their own kids. We learned that every student responded differently, yet they still felt it was a strong topic. We also learned some interesting stories about our peers.
The message of our project is that it only takes a few words to either hurt someone's feelings or to comfort them. Our main character is a new girl at school who is very affected by what her classmates have to say throughout her first day.
Our project is about a young boy who struggles to be confident. When a confident cool guy shares the secret of high self esteem with him, he gets the courage to participate in school, and to talk to a special girl.
We hope to make people more aware of the everyday human activities that contribute to global warming. Our story shows the affects that global warming has on the polar bears.
Demonstrating the power of technology to engage middle- and high school-age youth, Adobe Youth Voices provides breakthrough learning experiences using video, multimedia, digital art, web, animation, and audio tools that enable youth to explore and comment on their world.
This project highlights two cousins and how they love to dance. On a street that is notorious for its violent crimes these two members are able to find something else to do that keeps them out of the dirt that surrounds them.
"Angel in My Sky" is a coming of age story of young man who searches for answers during a tragic time in his life. He learns a powerful lesson in faith, forgiveness, and staying true to your word.
A short photo essay and typography piece that utilizes imagery from all over the world of women in poverty and illustrates some simple ways to make a big difference.
Adobe Youth Voices Film Camps provides to youth the opportunity to create high-quality youth-produced media created to address critical issues and effect positive change. Students learn how to take their filmmaking to the next level – and receive the unique opportunity to premiere their film at the Cinequest Film Festival.
Adobe Youth Voices Film Camps provides to youth the opportunity to create high-quality youth-produced media created to address critical issues and effect positive change. Students learn how to take their filmmaking to the next level – and receive the unique opportunity to premiere their film at the Cinequest Film Festival.
Spy Hop on TV is the newest addition to the Youth Documentary Arts Program. Spy Hop was able to partner with KUED to offer a special project, Spy Hop on TV, to eight, advanced documentary film students. KUED asked students the question “what does freedom (Civil Rights)” mean to you from as youth perspective? Students created four short films in teams of two. The selected film topics addressing this question include education equality, Salt Lake City’s refugee population, religious freedom and LGBT issues in the Salt Lake community. The four short films premiered on KUED on May 16th, 2011 and the resulting partnership has received positive feedback and praise from the community.
Spy Hop on TV is the newest addition to the Youth Documentary Arts Program. Spy Hop was able to partner with KUED to offer a special project, Spy Hop on TV, to eight, advanced documentary film students. KUED asked students the question “what does freedom (Civil Rights)” mean to you from as youth perspective? Students created four short films in teams of two. The selected film topics addressing this question include education equality, Salt Lake City’s refugee population, religious freedom and LGBT issues in the Salt Lake community. The four short films premiered on KUED on May 16th, 2011 and the resulting partnership has received positive feedback and praise from the community.
Spy Hop on TV is the newest addition to the Youth Documentary Arts Program. Spy Hop was able to partner with KUED to offer a special project, Spy Hop on TV, to eight, advanced documentary film students. KUED asked students the question “what does freedom (Civil Rights)” mean to you from as youth perspective? Students created four short films in teams of two. The selected film topics addressing this question include education equality, Salt Lake City’s refugee population, religious freedom and LGBT issues in the Salt Lake community. The four short films premiered on KUED on May 16th, 2011 and the resulting partnership has received positive feedback and praise from the community.
Spy Hop on TV is the newest addition to the Youth Documentary Arts Program. Spy Hop was able to partner with KUED to offer a special project, Spy Hop on TV, to eight, advanced documentary film students. KUED asked students the question “what does freedom (Civil Rights)” mean to you from as youth perspective? Students created four short films in teams of two. The selected film topics addressing this question include education equality, Salt Lake City’s refugee population, religious freedom and LGBT issues in the Salt Lake community. The four short films premiered on KUED on May 16th, 2011 and the resulting partnership has received positive feedback and praise from the community.
This film was created by a group of students who feel that success in education is too often linked to achievements in scientific subjects. This film makes a plea for the Arts, the so-called ‘soft subjects’ illustrating how without a solid creative foundation the world would be much diminished. Inspiration lies at the heart of this film as it tackles the centuries old debate of arts versus sciences. The film is very stylised and the participating students were involved in every aspect from commissioning original music to deciding on the lighting states as well as the sound, camera, scripting and editing of the film.
The Adobe Youth Voices Aspire Awards is an international juried media competition that recognizes projects that best illustrate the program’s ‘Create with Purpose’ philosophy. Winning submissions are original, high-quality youth-produced multimedia created to address critical issues and effect positive change.
The Adobe Foundation hosted the Adobe Youth Voices Summit 2011, “Media Beyond Borders”, a three-day immersive media event for over 60 specially selected international youth (ages 14-19) in which youth create and collaborate on media projects exploring issues such as human rights, education and community. The summit took place August 2nd - Aug. 6th, 2011 at Santa Clara University and also brought together lead educators from around the world representing the core leadership of educators in the Adobe Youth Voices Network. Educators worked in teams to create short media clips to use in longer presentations on a range of topics meaningful to adult facilitators of youth media. In this clip educators illustrate options and strategies for exhibition of youth media work.
The Adobe Foundation hosted the Adobe Youth Voices Summit 2011, “Media Beyond Borders”, a three-day immersive media event for over 60 specially selected international youth (ages 14-19) in which youth create and collaborate on media projects exploring issues such as human rights, education and community. The summit took place August 2nd - Aug. 6th, 2011 at Santa Clara University and also brought together lead educators from around the world representing the core leadership of educators in the Adobe Youth Voices Network. Educators worked in teams to create short media clips to use in longer presentations on a range of topics meaningful to adult facilitators of youth media. In this clip educators discuss how they use media as a means to develop critical thinking.
The Adobe Foundation hosted the Adobe Youth Voices Summit 2011, “Media Beyond Borders”, a three-day immersive media event for over 60 specially selected international youth (ages 14-19) in which youth create and collaborate on media projects exploring issues such as human rights, education and community. The summit took place August 2nd - Aug. 6th, 2011 at Santa Clara University and also brought together lead educators from around the world representing the core leadership of educators in the Adobe Youth Voices Network. Educators worked in teams to create short media clips to use in longer presentations on a range of topics meaningful to adult facilitators of youth media. In this clip educators share their experiences and suggestions for working with young people with unique challenges and offer suggestions.
The Adobe Foundation hosted the Adobe Youth Voices Summit 2011, “Media Beyond Borders”, a three-day immersive media event for over 60 specially selected international youth (ages 14-19) in which youth create and collaborate on media projects exploring issues such as human rights, education and community. The summit took place August 2nd - Aug. 6th, 2011 at Santa Clara University and also brought together lead educators from around the world representing the core leadership of educators in the Adobe Youth Voices Network. Educators worked in teams to create short media clips to use in longer presentations on a range of topics meaningful to adult facilitators of youth media. In this clip educators offer tips for facilitating youth expression in media work.
The Adobe Foundation hosted the Adobe Youth Voices Summit 2011, “Media Beyond Borders”, a three-day immersive media event for over 60 specially selected international youth (ages 14-19) in which youth create and collaborate on media projects exploring issues such as human rights, education and community. The summit took place August 2nd - Aug. 6th, 2011 at Santa Clara University and also brought together lead educators from around the world representing the core leadership of educators in the Adobe Youth Voices Network. Educators worked in teams to create short media clips to use in longer presentations on a range of topics meaningful to adult facilitators of youth media. In this clip educators describe techniques that help develop the best ideas and facilitate productive brainstorms.
The Adobe Foundation hosted the Adobe Youth Voices Summit 2011, “Media Beyond Borders”, a three-day immersive media event for over 60 specially selected international youth (ages 14-19) in which youth create and collaborate on media projects exploring issues such as human rights, education and community. The summit took place August 2nd - Aug. 6th, 2011 at Santa Clara University and also brought together lead educators from around the world representing the core leadership of educators in the Adobe Youth Voices Network. Educators worked in teams to create short media clips to use in longer presentations on a range of topics meaningful to adult facilitators of youth media. In this clip educators share their experiences with community collaboration.
The Adobe Foundation hosted the Adobe Youth Voices Summit 2011, “Media Beyond Borders”, a three-day immersive media event for over 60 specially selected international youth (ages 14-19) in which youth create and collaborate on media projects exploring issues such as human rights, education and community. The summit took place August 2nd - Aug. 6th, 2011 at Santa Clara University and also brought together lead educators from around the world representing the core leadership of educators in the Adobe Youth Voices Network. Educators worked in teams to create short media clips to use in longer presentations on a range of topics meaningful to adult facilitators of youth media. In this clip educators demonstrate what happens when youth are encouraged to be creative and collaborative.
The Adobe Foundation hosted the Adobe Youth Voices Summit 2011, “Media Beyond Borders”, a three-day immersive media event for over 60 specially selected international youth (ages 14-19) in which youth create and collaborate on media projects exploring issues such as human rights, education and community. The summit took place August 2nd - Aug. 6th, 2011 at Santa Clara University and also brought together lead educators from around the world representing the core leadership of educators in the Adobe Youth Voices Network. Educators worked in teams to create short media clips to use in longer presentations on a range of topics meaningful to adult facilitators of youth media. In this clip educators explore approaches to human rights as a topic for youth media.
This year we studied about the rights of a child. We learned that millions of children worldwide do not have the freedom to have a voice in their lives. Children have the right to food, water, shelter. love, a community, and an education. We hope that others will join with us as we inform our global partners about those of us without a voice.
A personal story from a youth artist about the challenges of being born with HIV, how she succeeds, and how society can help her and other young positives to live fully within the community.
Stop bullying is a question of attitude, both group and individual. Everybody can contribute. A simple gesture can be the first action as shown in this video.
Youth from South Africa and the United States bring rap artist Diamante Horton's lyrics to life with interviews and imagery portraying the universal struggle for equality, freedom, and opportunity.
Young artists from Ireland, Japan and the United States explore the meaning of community in this positive music video. We may struggle with finding connection and feeling safe in our neighborhoods, but real community may be closer by than we realize.
Using objects and imagery from home, youth from Uganda, New Zealand, Jordan, Canada, and Romania reflect on their love for their culture and what it means to them.
Youth uncover the truth about all kinds of relationships across the globe in this collage of motion graphics, text, and personal writing. A multiplicity of voices reveal that love, friendship, and romantic relationships are always a work in progress, some more worth working on than others.
Youth artists show us that change begins with imagination and being open to the magic and potential that surrounds us. This narrative includes graphic animation and original music produced by Summit participants.
Youth Feel Power and Unity from Working Together Across Borders at Adobe Youth Voices Summit 2011
Using the common language of technology and human experience, nearly 60 youth from around the world are collaborating on media projects exploring issues such as human rights, education and community. “It’s amazing,” reflects youth artist Nontobeko from South Africa, “when you think that people are here literally from around the globe. And you realize, when someone else is telling their story, that’s exactly how you feel.” As youth work together they are forging bonds across cultures as well as cultivating their own unique voice.
Youth Feel Power and Unity from Working Together Across Borders at Adobe Youth Voices Summit 2011
Using the common language of technology and human experience, nearly 60 youth from around the world are collaborating on media projects exploring issues such as human rights, education and community. “It’s amazing,” reflects youth artist Nontobeko from South Africa, “when you think that people are here literally from around the globe. And you realize, when someone else is telling their story, that’s exactly how you feel.” As youth work together they are forging bonds across cultures as well as cultivating their own unique voice.
A story about the importance of reforming our educational systems so that students develop common sense and life skills, not just the knowledge and test-taking skills used in exams.
What is going on around us? If you see a person who is in trouble help him! Next time maybe you will need help. We are all human and we all need support.
This video is about our view towards the environment in urban areas. People want to get fresh air, clean water, etc. but don't care about what they have done. There are too many cars on the road and rubbish in the water. We live our life carelessly. So if we take care of the nature, the nature will return us healthy life.
Demonstrating the power of technology to engage middle- and high school-age youth, Adobe Youth Voices provides breakthrough learning experiences using video, multimedia, digital art, web, animation, and audio tools that enable youth to explore and comment on their world.
It is so easy to upload onto Facebook and other media networks that people do not think of the consequences when they upload pictures or information that may cause embarrassment.
In this video a student are facing troubles in high school. He his feeling pressure at school by his peers to do stuff he doesn't want to. The morale of the story is not fall into the pressure exerted by other students
Kinship care is a growing phenomenon across the U.S. In the nation 14.5% of all children live in granparents headed households/ More than 54% of kinship care children families live below 200% of the poverty line. This video shows the impact of kinship care from a kinship care youth perspective.
The Adobe Foundation hosted in 2009 the first Adobe Youth Voices Summit, a three-day digital media immersion event for 100 specially selected international youth (ages 14-19) and educators, held at Stanford University.
The summit, took place July 30 - Aug. 1, 2009, and brought together youth from undeserved communities around the world for creative workshops focused on all aspects of digital media, including film making, photography, animation and design. The first-of-its-kind summit was designed to empower youth to create media for social change and foster a deeper sense of social and civic engagement.
THE FRIENDSHIP TREE is a story that examines the process of industrialization, the significance of nature, and the lasting effects of a childhood friendship in a stop motion animation.
“FRIENDSHIP?” is a story that illustrates the struggle of a young girl to have faith in herself and her ability to recognize friends and friendship even when it’s a little hidden.
“VOICES” explores the question of what happens after high school graduation and provides a glimpse into that struggle as youth try to make their own best choices.
“WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? THE STORY OF GRAY GREG” is a stop motion animation film and tells the story of young gray crayon, Gray Greg. Greg faces stereotyping and identity issues at school because of his differences, but later comes to terms with who he is.
“CHANGES” is a film that shows that with each decision made comes change. Each character's life intertwines with one another, leading them to solutions, and supporting the message that our friends and loved ones will help us achieve our goals.
Angel in My Sky is a short film that combines the elements of narration, story telling, acting, cinematography and music video production. As a collaborative effort of all members in the Adobe Youth Voices Peapod Academy, Angel in My Sky tells a story of a young man who suffers a great loss that makes him question his own beliefs in his faith, ability to forgive, and passion for education. This project served as an opportunity for many AYV members to explore their acting interests and experience working with a team to produce a major project.
A young man reflects on the meaning of a quote from Martin Luther King Jr. "I have the audacity to believe that peoples everywhere can have three meals a day for their bodies, education and culture for their minds, and dignity, equality and freedom for their spirits." and what it means to him in his life today.
This music video emphasizes the importance of remembering our origins in music and in life. Although technology has changed this form of art, it will never be necessary in order to enjoy music. The true beauty of a song will be revealed if we keep music simple.
This project is an After Effects animation that mixes typography and a quote by Albert Einstein about the reality of cutting education. With the budgets deficits many states are facing many are choosing to cut education and this piece highlights those that have already cut education.
This is a documentary about the filmmaker and his family as they struggle to deal with the deportation of his Father. The filmmaker interviews his father, via a phone conversation, his mother at home and ends with the filmmaker talking directly into the camera. This documentary offers the viewer a portrait of the immigration struggle with heart felt honesty as the filmmaker documents how the deportation of his father has directly affected him.
This project is a short stop motion film about the concepts of individuality and its impact on community. The project gives viewers pause to consider how their personal individuality works in connection with everyone around them to form community.
Graffiti isn’t just something you see on the streets or something you see people going to jail for. It’s a way that people express themselves. In this video people talk about what inspires them to pursue drawing graffiti and why they are interested in doing graffiti.
This powerful PSA on the issue of immigration is addressed, specifically the Dream Act, which is a bill in Congress that would give undocumented students a path to becoming citizens. The video features student who in compelling short quick statements explain and ask for support in passing this important legislation.
This public service announcement depicts the torment of bullying that a middle school girl repeatedly endures from the same group of mean girls. One day, it all becomes too much, and so she makes an attempt to end the pain for good.
A stop motion style PSA that highlights the challenges of a society that is hooked on water. The water glass represents the contents of the Earth's water supply and it drastically decreases as the availability of fresh does as well.
Pop and Scrape is a video documentary about the struggles and passions of skateboarders. This documentary is a peek into skate culture and a view of what skating is like on the "other side".
Follow Naomi as she explores the history of
women getting the right to vote in Washington
state one hundred years ago. Her journey includes
interviews with historians, public officials, and
some unexpected help from the Mayor of Seattle.
We Wonder, We Create is a video made by a
group of 4th and 5th graders at the South Shore
School in Seattle. Using stop-motion animation, the
students investigate the creative process from the
spark of an idea all the way to an invention or
artistic product.
This is a group project made by middle school girls
at South Shore Middle school. The project uses a
map as a device to talk about who they are and
where they are from.
Shattered Dream is a short film to illustrate some
of the extreme cases of parents who don't allow
their children to follow their interests and the
consequences that have followed.
This film uses first hand experiences by Everett Middle School students to explain the effects sexual harassment can have on girls and boys alike. Following these stories are tips that one can use to protect themselves from future situations where they might feel sexually harassed. It also goes on to explain some of the many ways sexual harassment can occur within a school’s campus, including cases involving teachers.
The video explains the current situation of the U.S. government having prisons as the main priority over education. It also explains the possible outcomes if the priority of the government doesn’t change.
"Choices" is a short drama as gay discrimination unravels around a school. The story follows three friends and their reactions and the choices they make when one of them is suspected to be gay. We follow the characters as they evolve and confront the situation.
This project will encourage teenagers to love and appreciate their mothers because of all the things they do. Through a combination of poetry and peer interviews, the video expresses thanks to my mom and all mothers, and acknowledges that even though teenagers can be hard to handle, we still love our mothers. While deeply personal, the project reaches to everyone who has a mother figure that they should appreciate and work to understand.
The Perfect Environment Party teaches us ways to have a party the greenest way possible. It offers tools and tips on how to use and reuse material that can work with just about any party. The best part is that these parties can be planned without the need to over consume or over spend ones money.
Our animation is about a guy who is having a bad day, and gets disrespected by others. In the end he remains strong, and does a good deed for a total stranger. This animation has a large meaning, which can be understood easily; it represents that kindness is still alive in the world, and sometimes it just takes a nice deed to spread it around.
This film looks at the way bullying can effect the confidence and sense of security students have while at school. It focuses on the relationship between those who bully and the individuals they target. The film goes on to show the important roles other students can take on in order to stop bullying from occurring at their school.
"Contradictions" is a stop-motion animation piece that artistically uses photographs and hand drawn elements to explore the idea that you shouldn't judge people and their character by their appearances. People may dress or act in certain ways, but often have interests and tastes, in this case, musically, beyond what their fashion traits may indicate.
This part animated, part live short movie shows the story about a fictional teenage girl living with depression. It is through her story that we show the world that depression is not just some made up "disease", but a real problem. With many of those affected being teenagers like ourselves, we want to inform others about how they can help treat this.
A video PSA that encourages teens and young adults to consider the negative consequences of drinking alcohol before they decide to take a sip. The piece shows a typical party scene in which a friend offers another a drink, and the recipient must stop, think, and decide before making the decision to decline it. The short, fast-paced project delivers an important message and demonstrates a strong act of positive individual decision-making.
Drinking or tennis?! Drugs…or dancing?! A teenage boy pursues social activities as a way of escaping from parental conflicts. However, he comes across moments where he must make a decision: whether to find a healthy way to escape or to follow a deception that will drag him deeper into the darkness. Either way, his life hinges on his choice…and the road not taken.
A dramatic short film about four teens who are challenged by a difficult decision. As the day goes by, one bad decision after another leads to a problem, and no one in the group decides to speak up. The ultimate question the project poses is: "If you were in this situation, what would you do?"
This film looks at gun violence within the United States and the thousands of deaths that occur each year, largely due to accidental firings within the home. Anti Guns goes on to focus on the shocking links between guns and teenage boys, including the fact that more teenage boys are dying from gunfire then car accidents in today’s society.
Addiction is a difficult thing to overcome, and especially when you don’t understand that you are addicted. In this film we follow a high-schooler, named Derrick. Most addictions are to drugs, but in this case we follow the addiction to the video game world. Derrick is addicted to video games and it envelopes his world. What is Derrick going to do when he sees his future.
Litter in the Trash Can provides a humorous look at the effect littering has, not only on the Everett campus, but also within our planet as a whole. One student’s daydream turns into a nightmare when a walking pile of garbage, which should have been properly thrown, stands up and attacks him on campus!
This is a video we created to re-enact one of the most heart-breaking and empowering recent true-life stories that we had heard relating to a terrible bullying incident at a high school in the U.S. A student was bullied for just wearing a pink shirt to school! We depicted what happened when people came together to take a stand against bullying at their school as a community.
This project is about how people label others just by watching them, and not by getting to know the real person inside. This project encourages people not to label others without knowing them, but to really get to know the real person.
In "Manhood 5K" filmmaker Isaiah Miles embarks on a personal exploration of the qualities a young man needs to develop in order to become a "real" man. A member of the school track team, Isaiah uses a race as a metaphor for his transition into manhood.
This video is about the danger of owning a gun. In December 2010 we wrote a script about a situation in which someone got hurt by a gun. Then we came up with some question and interviewed people in the community about the effects of gun violence. In February we make a video and edited it. Our message to young people is that GUNS are not safe and they do not protect us.
We choose this topic because a lot of people in this part of Brooklyn are unfortunate to not have fathers. We came up with a scenario of a young girl without a father. It shows how her and her boyfriend broke up, and since she had no one to talk to, she ended up going to another boy on the street . The second situation is her and her boyfriend breaking up but this time she had a father to talk to so she ended up in the right hands. We also had interviews with some of the employees and interns here at ST JOHNS RECREATION CENTER. We asked questions concerning how it was for them growing up without fathers and would you let them back in your lives. Then we asked the employees who work with fatherless children how it impacts how the child acts.
"We are all immigrants" is a photo-audio slideshow part of Make The Road campaign in support of the Dream Act. The piece aims to show the other side of the immigration issue, the one affecting hard working undocumented families and especially their children, unable to attend college.
A short documentary that lists the reasons why more physical education time could benefit today’s youth both physically and mentally. Artist's statement: "Our school does not offer enough gym time, so I decided to make a video on why we should have more gym and the benefits of more gym. My friends and I really enjoy physical education, since it is fun, teaches us to work with others, and it gives us time to stay physically fit and healthy. I hope the audience will agree that more gym will be better after watching my video."
A short documentary that asks why middle school age students make fun of homosexuality and make gay jokes. Artist's statement: "What brought me to this subject was that my ELA teacher was encouraging us to do a lot of social justice projects and I was interested in the topics of homosexuality and suicide among teens. I wanted to find out why kids always made fun of these issues. They talked about them like they were jokes or like they were nothing. I decided to narrow down my documentary because I was worried about what people would think and say if I was asking about suicide. It’s a really sensitive issue. After making this movie, I’m hoping that people will understand that it’s okay to make jokes but you shouldn’t take things too far. By making jokes about homosexuality, you cross the line and can hit a nerve by hurting someone’s feelings and putting them down."
A short film about two friends who argue when one blames the other without really thinking things through. Artist's Statement: "We first wanted to make a movie about bullies and randomness. But then we decided to make something about false accusations after it just popped into our heads. Kids are always accusing other people of things and threatening them. People who watch our movie should think and get proof before they blame someone."
A group project which was created with the idea of "gender identity" in mind. A classic spin on the old idea of "girls can do anything boys can do," this project show that not only can girls play football, but in some cases, they can play it even better than a boy can! The style of black & white video along with ragtime music, and title cards is meant to evoke the early silent film era.
A 2-minute autobiography of Stephen Lee, a young man who moved from the Philippines to New York at a young age. Now, having lived in New York for a few years he reflects on the differences between the country life he had in the Philippines and the city life he now lives in New York City.
With this digital story Emerald Smith reminds us to embrace who we are and to not listen to shallow comments on the way we look and act. She shares the secret of her strength and happiness: cherishing the people she loves!
This documentary is the personal story of the young filmmaker who bravely shares her journey through coming out to her family. Despite the difficulties she's encountered and the pain she has been enduring, she doesn't regret her decision. She hopes to shed some light on the struggle of LGTB youth.
The message of this video project is that teenagers are often negatively stereotyped and not much attention is given to teenagers who are doing positive things.
A group of after school students from the Alfred E. Smith Recreation Center on the Lower East Side takes us on a tour of their neighborhood to express their views about graffiti and to ask the question of why there is so much graffiti where they live. Additional Authors: Tatiana Matos, Marisol Rodriguez, Zuri Smith, Nadia Stoute, Anyai Sumpter, Kyara Wilson
Demonstrating the power of technology to engage middle- and high school-age youth, Adobe Youth Voices provides breakthrough learning experiences using video, multimedia, digital art, web, animation, and audio tools that enable youth to explore and comment on their world.
Adobe Youth Voices, in collaboration with the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival, brings two great films to the third installation of Youth Producing Change, an event showcasing media created by young people to raise awareness of human rights issues.
Adobe Youth Voices, in collaboration with the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival, brings two great films to the third installation of Youth Producing Change, an event showcasing media created by young people to raise awareness of human rights issues.
Adobe Youth Voices, in collaboration with the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival, brings two great films to the third installation of Youth Producing Change, an event showcasing media created by young people to raise awareness of human rights issues.
Adobe Youth Voices, in collaboration with the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival, brings two great films to the third installation of Youth Producing Change, an event showcasing media created by young people to raise awareness of human rights issues.
Deaffinity, a group of young deaf people based in London, have gathered to produce this sensitive and thought-provoking statement film campaigning for greater access for members of the deaf community.
"Forced to walk home from school, a child is deeply disheartened to find his drunken father passed out on the couch. Growing up, he reflects on his father’s destructive actions, which greatly influence his own. Eventually becoming a father himself, he is faced with a decision that will not only impact his own life, but directly affect the well being and future actions of his daughter."
This movie is about how we are forced to change along with the technology that is coming to us. Our daily lives are based on technology and it’s neither good nor bad. Technology brings convenience and efficiency into our lives which we come to rely upon to the point where we don’t realize that we need technology to function normally.
This project focuses on how education has become less of a priority. It is meant for mainly teenagers and young adults. It is a documentary that's message is to push towards success to give yourself a chance.
"Everyone has a story, a story that they can change. This particular story is about a man going from drug addict to a pastor. This film will leave you with a message that it is not to late to change."
This project is a unique narrative presented in stop motion using still photos. It is about a student named Angel who chronicles his high school experience going from a student who gets into trouble into a student who strives to work towards graduation. His experience with teachers is the focus. Its audience is high school students who might be in similar situations or know someone who might be. Its carries a strong message of students being able to change.
This story is a mixed media piece that presents the topic of youth profiling by police. It is meant for a teen to adult audience and the message it will focus on is that there is more to a person than the way they look.
Second Look is a video that explores adult stereotypes of teens. The video asks adults to renew their faith in youth. Teens are made of more than just their faults, they have the potential to be amazingly successful."
The song is about what can families, schools, and communities do to help the youths be more successful in school. 2020 Vision was created to support President Obama's initiative of having the most college graduates by the year 2020
Directed and produced by Maria Centeno from the Boys & Girls Club of East Palo Alto, California. Maria explains how we should all be paying attention to what's happening around us.
"Choice" shows that even though there are many different issues in the world, mostly all of them can be solved simply by citizens from neighboring cities, states, and countries being in contact with one another. Without propaganda, groups of ordinary people can work across borders and territories to make fundamental changes that even our governments can't make alone.
Oakland/San Francisco - Department of Education Youth Listening Tour
The project was created through Adobe Youth Voices for the Department of Education. The DOE is going to 9 major cities to do a National Youth Listening Tour and is using this video to open up the tour when it comes to SF/OAK. The song is about what can families, schools, and communities do to help the youths be more successful in school. 2020 Vision was created to support President Obama's initiative of having the most college graduates by the year 2020. The project was a collaboration between SF AYV sites, Oakland Peapod AYV, and Redwood City Peapod AYV.
Seattle - Department of Education Youth Listening Tour
In just over 2 weeks, young people made a video in answer to the questions posed by the Department of Education Listening Tour. They interviewed each other, as well as visiting a local school and interviewing youth about their reasons for going to college and some of the difficulties involved in doing so. They were able to make a 5 minute video that represented diverse viewpoints and expressed some of the struggles of many young people today in taking that next step.
Members of the Peapod Adobe Youth Voices Academy in Redwood City, Ca, collaborated with representatives from the NOH8 Campaign to create a song and video which promotes the campaign’s “anti-hate” message. The NOH8 Campaign is a photographic silent protest against the ruling of California’s Proposition 8. In the brainstorming process of the project, the members of the Peapod Adobe Youth Voices Academy decided to address all forms of hate including race, gender, religion and so forth. By expressing their own opinions on the subject matter, along with visual images that support their lyrics, the artists hope that the song and video will raise awareness of these issues and encourage their peers to be more understanding, tolerant and accepting of each others’ differences. The project was proposed and managed by Diego Petterson from the “Somewhere2turn” community outreach project. Diamante Machuca-Horton and Richard Kaho wrote and performed the song. Their good friend and fellow Peapod Adobe Youth Voices Academy member, P.J. Poloai, edited the video sequence.
