Kristin Osiecki

While in Limay our group is working on two projects with students at the youth center. The majority of Art of Solidarity participants are working on mural projects. I am working with a smaller group that is leading students in the creation of a video. 

 Our students chose to work with the theme of drug abuse in Limay. In the course of planning out their video, students decided that they wanted to shoot a scene in Limay’s police station. Not only did the police agree to let our students film in the station, they also agreed to act in our film! One of our student actors was booked, cuffed and thrown in a cell. After shooting this scene the police also filmed a chase scene where they catch a drug dealer in the act. It was a fun shoot, and the police seemed to enjoy it as much as the students did. 
Overall our students have done an awesome job, both on camera and behind the scenes. I’ve been really impressed by their ability to select a theme, generate a story, and edit it down to create a storyboard. I’ve also been impressed by how well they have been framing their shots. 

I made this for a stop motion demo. On Monday I will be teaching a stop animation workshop. The goal is to have our students integrate some form of animation into their film.

After two sweltering days with no running water in Limay it is finally back on.

Can’t wait to post some videos for you folks.