Zalab TV in Poble Sec´s UEC
Zalab TV, presents it’s new documentary and fiction video project in it’s new hub : the “UEC of Poble Sec”, in Barcelona, Spain, and in coordination with RAI. A group of tennagers between 14 and 15 years old will be creators, scriptwriters, camera operators, directors, editors, actors and actresses of their own stories. Each one of them will direct, while the rest will take part as the staff, of their stories, their portraits. Through these stories, we will discover a bit of their essence , their dreams, their representation of their realities.
Tuesday, January 30th
First day of workshop at the UEC.
We are in front of five kids who think movie directors are millionaires, so they show interest. They are also curious kids, who make video with their mobile phones, who make music with the computer and have already made some short films with a handy cam.
In this first day of the workshop, we started with a brief presentation of each one of them and their teachers. Then, an introduction of what the workshop will be like and what they will be able to create. And, since this is not the first time Zalab TV has done one of these workshops, we show them two short videos made in other workshops by kids like them but in different countries.
In the first stage of “getting to know the equipment”, we divided the group in two. Each group attends a short presentation of the camera. They are shown the basics: how to turn it on, how to insert the tape, how to use the viewfinder, how to assemble the tripod and how to start recording. Once the presentation of the equipment was over, each kid had a little test and recorded short fragments of them acting or presenting themselves on camera.
Wednesday, January 31st
In order to make a video portrait of each kid, a brainstorm was necessary. We all sat down, and one by one, each kid told us about themselves, how they are and what they like to do. But they didn’t only speak about themselves, but it was also important to know what they could tell us about the rest of the kids.
Once the brainstorm for each one of the kids was finished, we split up in two groups. We explained to them that for each story they could only choose one location, and only had one hour to record. Once we explained the restrictions, some of the ideas were ruled out until we had only one tangible idea for each kid. Their homework for the next class would be to think and develop the idea in order to create a story.
Tuesday, February 6th
A new team member shows up: Sara. The rest of the kids did a brief presentation for her on how the camera works and how to assemble the tripod. We all participate in the brainstorm about Sara and what she likes to do, and that’s how her story emerged: Sara likes chocolates and big cars, but for now she can only have chocolates, and she’s ok with that for now. We went out in the streets to film her story while a second camera filmed the “making of”.
Sara’s video is available at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njtnbRKU_ck
Wednesday, February 7th
Only one of the kids did his homework. Dany, presented us his story on a storyboard made with pictures taken with the school’s digital camera. We made a quick review on logistics and shot planning, and prepared the location (it was filmed inside the school). Dany, and one of his schoolmates were the characters in this story about a tattoo maker and his “prison-made” tattooing machine, while another classmate was the camera operator.
Tuesday, February 13th
The kids of the UEC of Poble Sec had to move to another neighbourhood: the Born, in order to have their first class in introduction to the edition process. We showed them how the camera had to be connected to the computer in order to digitalize the images, and once everything was connected, we made an explanation on how the program works and proceeded to capture a first clip. Nevertheless, it’s not always peaceful with these kids, and mischief had to be present. In a classroom next to ours, some people were having a circus class, and without the teachers notice, one of the kids shut the door of this next-door class and left them locked inside.
Even if logging the recorded material is a bit boring, we got to do it dividing the group in two, one of them logging Sara’s story and the other group Dany’s story.
Wednesday, February 14th
Since it’s difficult to have four or more people editing video on the computer, and since we have only a few days to get to film the rest of the stories, we once again divided the group in two. One part stayed at the UEC filming Ruben’s story: a bicycle fan who shows us his peculiar way of riding, but something will happen at the end of the story. The other part of the group went to RAI again to continue digitalizing the material and to start editing one of the stories. Clips from Dany’s story were logged. He had already done a selection of clips that would work better than others, so we proceeded to log only the best clips. Once the logging was finished, his story started to get assembled. Together with his partner they watched the clips and decided in which order they wanted to put them, to then trim them to the story’s convenience.
Dany’s video is available at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agiI59CU8O8
Tuesday, February 20th
Continuing with the rhythm we had already established with the kids, we split up again. The group that participated in Ruben’s story moved to RAI to see what they had filmed, log the clips and edit the story. This time, Ruben and his team managed to finish the edition including on it some image effects and adding music in style of a music video.
Ruben’s video is available at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Auw117CBctw
Meanwhile, in the UEC one of the kids decides to leave the workshop because he is not interested enough on it. He receives a call from some of his friends and he leaves in order to spend the day with them. But, as we lost one, we gained another one…That same day, a kid came back to the UEC after a period of absenteeism due to an obliged rest after a leg operation. So, Manu taught him how to operate the camera, and did a film schedule to then go out and film Manu’s video. We took off to a park in Montjuic, near the UEC, were the new kid was the camera operator for Manu’s story: a kid who does Yamakasi, and jumps and does amazing pirouettes to then fall stupidly down a step.
Wednesday, February 21st
Until this day, we have three of their stories totally finished. So we seize the opportunity that we have a new member in the group who just joined the UEC and show them the videos. Guillermo, the new kid, who doesn’t know what the stories are about, served as a judge to verify if the stories were understandable or not. The kids were very excited as they watched the videos, and Guillermo told us what he understood for each story. Then, we all gave our opinions about what were the stories lacking or what wasn’t ended. After a forced pause (because the kids were so excited that they were not capable anymore to pay attention), we divided into two groups. One of them sat in front of one of the computers to learn how to upload their videos on youtube and be able to watch them whenever they wanted to or even to show them to their friends. The other group, which consisted of only one kid, Guillermo, sat in front of another computer to learn how to digitalize images and start to get familiar with the edition programme.
Then, we gathered up all the kids to explain them about an event they had been invited to: PlayRec. An event where kids from different schools had been invited to make a story in video. Before the event, the organizers asked us to make an exercise with the kids, which we performed that same day. The exercise consisted of presenting them a mysterious word, kokobunyo, and ask them to give ideas about what the meaning of that word could be. The kids gave their ideas, while one of them took note of them, because the day of the event they will have to make a story of one of these ideas. Their homework for the next class is to write of more ideas for kokobunyo´s story.
Tuesday, February 27th
Today, all of the kids assisted to class (usually there’s one or more missing due to several reasons), and we once again divided the group in two. One of the groups had their first rapprochement with the world of sound recording. They learned how to assemble a microphone to a boom, connect it to the camera, and made sound tests inside the classroom. Once they felt familiar with the operation of this new equipment, they went outside and recorded people’s conversations. The other group stayed inside the school to make the edition of Manu´s story making yamakasi. Making shifts, each kid edited parts of the story. Once a first rough cut was finished, they inserted image effects and finally added an audio track.
Manu’s video is available at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHTakA5mx-0.
In the second part of the class, we gathered both groups to make an exercise regarding kokobunyo. The kids presented the ideas they had come up to for kokobunyo’s story, nevertheless, they were so excited that it was difficult for them to work all together, so finally it was decided that each one of them would stand in front of the camera to present their story.
Wednesay, February 28th
After the day’s before experience, we once again divided the group in two. One group continued working on the ideas they already had for kokobunyo’s story. We presented to them examples of TV commercials so that they could see how it is possible to create a 30 second story. Then their challenge was to think how to tell the story using only a steady long shot, and then make several rehearsals.
The other group attended a presentation about new audiovisual elements. They were taught how to use two cameras for one same action: the over the shoulder shot. And they rehearsed the theory using a conversation between two people.
In the second part of the class, the activities got inverted. So the first group had the class about audiovisual elements, and the second group performed more rehearsals for other kokobunyo’s stories.
Thursday, March the 1st
Early that morning, we were already in the III muestra de producciones audiovisuales de centros educativos, Play Rec 2007 (http://mitjans.pangea.org/tiki-read_article.php?articleId=16), taking place in Garcilaso Centre, with the participation of kids coming from six different schools.
All the kids were divided in two groups to make two different activities: first, they would tell a story using digital pictures, and second, they would tell their kokobunyo story in front of a video camera.
Once they had finished both activities, they attended a presentation of the stories made that same day in the workshop. Then, videos that these kids had done in their schools were presented. Here, the UEC kids could see videos that other kids of their same age had done. Amongst these videos was Ruben’s story: “The crazy bike”, which caused very good impressions in the audience. They were asked questions about how the video was made.
Tuesday, March 6th
Since we had always divided the group in two so that each team had a teacher in charge and so that we had more control over the groups, this time we decided to work on the story that had yet to be filmed with all the seven kids as one crew.
With two cameras and a sound recording equipment, each kid had a role to fulfil. We went to a park nearby (in Montjuic) to film Aitor’s story (who had already participated as a secondary actor in some of his classmate’s stories), once again, a story about “yamakasi”. A story about three kids who bet that the first one to arrive at the top of the park would win a cigarette pack.
Once at the park, each kid fulfilled their role, and we had both cameras in two different locations, the microphone set to register and the actors in place. But soon the kids realized how complicated it can get when working with two cameras simultaneously and registering audio independently. Distracted by other situations occurring in the park and loosing interest after only the second sequence was filmed, we had to cancel the shooting and look for a possibility to continue in an unofficial schedule so that the official calendar wouldn’t get altered.
Wednesday, March 7th
Paying attention to the kids’ requests, in this occasion we dedicated the class to learn about interviews. After an introduction on how to formulate interviews, we say several example of them, and then divided the group in two. The first group prepared a camera and the microphone and thought about a topic for which they could go out and make a brief opinion poll. As a topic, they chose “corruption” and they went to the Mossos de Esquadra (local police) station to ask them their opinion about corruption. The other group stayed at the UEC, thinking about a famous character one of them would characterise. They wrote down the questions to be asked to this famous character and performed the interview while another kid filmed it.
In the second part of the class, the activities were inverted. The second group went on the streets to make an opinion poll about what people think about the teenagers nowadays. And in the first group, one of the kids characterised a famous Spanish TV actor, while another kid leaded the interview, and another kid operated the camera.
Wednesday, March 14th
Last day of workshop.
For this last day, the kids would practise what they had learned during the previous classes. So, we went outside to a square to make interviews of each of them, about what the thought about the UEC, about their dreams, and about their worries. Four people were needed for this exercise: someone who would interview, someone who would be interviewed, a camera operator, and another operator for a second camera who would register the “making of”. These roles were inverted so that they all participated.
In the second part of the class, we gave Aitor a new opportunity so that he could finish filming his story. Nevertheless, the assistance and participation of the rest of the kids would not be compulsory. Despite the fact that we expected a greater participation, only three of the kids agreed. We went to the “Parque del Grec” with the three kids, and with only one camera, they finalized the shooting for Aitor’s story.
We will provide an editing programme that will be installed in one of the UEC’s computers, so that the kids can continue producing videos. They will then be able to edit Aitor’s story, and hopefully they will continue creating stories for us all to enjoy.
Tuesday, January 30th
First day of workshop at the UEC.
We are in front of five kids who think movie directors are millionaires, so they show interest. They are also curious kids, who make video with their mobile phones, who make music with the computer and have already made some short films with a handy cam.
In this first day of the workshop, we started with a brief presentation of each one of them and their teachers. Then, an introduction of what the workshop will be like and what they will be able to create. And, since this is not the first time Zalab TV has done one of these workshops, we show them two short videos made in other workshops by kids like them but in different countries.
In the first stage of “getting to know the equipment”, we divided the group in two. Each group attends a short presentation of the camera. They are shown the basics: how to turn it on, how to insert the tape, how to use the viewfinder, how to assemble the tripod and how to start recording. Once the presentation of the equipment was over, each kid had a little test and recorded short fragments of them acting or presenting themselves on camera.
Wednesday, January 31st
In order to make a video portrait of each kid, a brainstorm was necessary. We all sat down, and one by one, each kid told us about themselves, how they are and what they like to do. But they didn’t only speak about themselves, but it was also important to know what they could tell us about the rest of the kids.
Once the brainstorm for each one of the kids was finished, we split up in two groups. We explained to them that for each story they could only choose one location, and only had one hour to record. Once we explained the restrictions, some of the ideas were ruled out until we had only one tangible idea for each kid. Their homework for the next class would be to think and develop the idea in order to create a story.
Tuesday, February 6th
A new team member shows up: Sara. The rest of the kids did a brief presentation for her on how the camera works and how to assemble the tripod. We all participate in the brainstorm about Sara and what she likes to do, and that’s how her story emerged: Sara likes chocolates and big cars, but for now she can only have chocolates, and she’s ok with that for now. We went out in the streets to film her story while a second camera filmed the “making of”.
Sara’s video is available at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njtnbRKU_ck
Wednesday, February 7th
Only one of the kids did his homework. Dany, presented us his story on a storyboard made with pictures taken with the school’s digital camera. We made a quick review on logistics and shot planning, and prepared the location (it was filmed inside the school). Dany, and one of his schoolmates were the characters in this story about a tattoo maker and his “prison-made” tattooing machine, while another classmate was the camera operator.
Tuesday, February 13th
The kids of the UEC of Poble Sec had to move to another neighbourhood: the Born, in order to have their first class in introduction to the edition process. We showed them how the camera had to be connected to the computer in order to digitalize the images, and once everything was connected, we made an explanation on how the program works and proceeded to capture a first clip. Nevertheless, it’s not always peaceful with these kids, and mischief had to be present. In a classroom next to ours, some people were having a circus class, and without the teachers notice, one of the kids shut the door of this next-door class and left them locked inside.
Even if logging the recorded material is a bit boring, we got to do it dividing the group in two, one of them logging Sara’s story and the other group Dany’s story.
Wednesday, February 14th
Since it’s difficult to have four or more people editing video on the computer, and since we have only a few days to get to film the rest of the stories, we once again divided the group in two. One part stayed at the UEC filming Ruben’s story: a bicycle fan who shows us his peculiar way of riding, but something will happen at the end of the story. The other part of the group went to RAI again to continue digitalizing the material and to start editing one of the stories. Clips from Dany’s story were logged. He had already done a selection of clips that would work better than others, so we proceeded to log only the best clips. Once the logging was finished, his story started to get assembled. Together with his partner they watched the clips and decided in which order they wanted to put them, to then trim them to the story’s convenience.
Dany’s video is available at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agiI59CU8O8
Tuesday, February 20th
Continuing with the rhythm we had already established with the kids, we split up again. The group that participated in Ruben’s story moved to RAI to see what they had filmed, log the clips and edit the story. This time, Ruben and his team managed to finish the edition including on it some image effects and adding music in style of a music video.
Ruben’s video is available at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Auw117CBctw
Meanwhile, in the UEC one of the kids decides to leave the workshop because he is not interested enough on it. He receives a call from some of his friends and he leaves in order to spend the day with them. But, as we lost one, we gained another one…That same day, a kid came back to the UEC after a period of absenteeism due to an obliged rest after a leg operation. So, Manu taught him how to operate the camera, and did a film schedule to then go out and film Manu’s video. We took off to a park in Montjuic, near the UEC, were the new kid was the camera operator for Manu’s story: a kid who does Yamakasi, and jumps and does amazing pirouettes to then fall stupidly down a step.
Wednesday, February 21st
Until this day, we have three of their stories totally finished. So we seize the opportunity that we have a new member in the group who just joined the UEC and show them the videos. Guillermo, the new kid, who doesn’t know what the stories are about, served as a judge to verify if the stories were understandable or not. The kids were very excited as they watched the videos, and Guillermo told us what he understood for each story. Then, we all gave our opinions about what were the stories lacking or what wasn’t ended. After a forced pause (because the kids were so excited that they were not capable anymore to pay attention), we divided into two groups. One of them sat in front of one of the computers to learn how to upload their videos on youtube and be able to watch them whenever they wanted to or even to show them to their friends. The other group, which consisted of only one kid, Guillermo, sat in front of another computer to learn how to digitalize images and start to get familiar with the edition programme.
Then, we gathered up all the kids to explain them about an event they had been invited to: PlayRec. An event where kids from different schools had been invited to make a story in video. Before the event, the organizers asked us to make an exercise with the kids, which we performed that same day. The exercise consisted of presenting them a mysterious word, kokobunyo, and ask them to give ideas about what the meaning of that word could be. The kids gave their ideas, while one of them took note of them, because the day of the event they will have to make a story of one of these ideas. Their homework for the next class is to write of more ideas for kokobunyo´s story.
Tuesday, February 27th
Today, all of the kids assisted to class (usually there’s one or more missing due to several reasons), and we once again divided the group in two. One of the groups had their first rapprochement with the world of sound recording. They learned how to assemble a microphone to a boom, connect it to the camera, and made sound tests inside the classroom. Once they felt familiar with the operation of this new equipment, they went outside and recorded people’s conversations. The other group stayed inside the school to make the edition of Manu´s story making yamakasi. Making shifts, each kid edited parts of the story. Once a first rough cut was finished, they inserted image effects and finally added an audio track.
Manu’s video is available at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHTakA5mx-0.
In the second part of the class, we gathered both groups to make an exercise regarding kokobunyo. The kids presented the ideas they had come up to for kokobunyo’s story, nevertheless, they were so excited that it was difficult for them to work all together, so finally it was decided that each one of them would stand in front of the camera to present their story.
Wednesay, February 28th
After the day’s before experience, we once again divided the group in two. One group continued working on the ideas they already had for kokobunyo’s story. We presented to them examples of TV commercials so that they could see how it is possible to create a 30 second story. Then their challenge was to think how to tell the story using only a steady long shot, and then make several rehearsals.
The other group attended a presentation about new audiovisual elements. They were taught how to use two cameras for one same action: the over the shoulder shot. And they rehearsed the theory using a conversation between two people.
In the second part of the class, the activities got inverted. So the first group had the class about audiovisual elements, and the second group performed more rehearsals for other kokobunyo’s stories.
Thursday, March the 1st
Early that morning, we were already in the III muestra de producciones audiovisuales de centros educativos, Play Rec 2007 (http://mitjans.pangea.org/tiki-read_article.php?articleId=16), taking place in Garcilaso Centre, with the participation of kids coming from six different schools.
All the kids were divided in two groups to make two different activities: first, they would tell a story using digital pictures, and second, they would tell their kokobunyo story in front of a video camera.
Once they had finished both activities, they attended a presentation of the stories made that same day in the workshop. Then, videos that these kids had done in their schools were presented. Here, the UEC kids could see videos that other kids of their same age had done. Amongst these videos was Ruben’s story: “The crazy bike”, which caused very good impressions in the audience. They were asked questions about how the video was made.
Tuesday, March 6th
Since we had always divided the group in two so that each team had a teacher in charge and so that we had more control over the groups, this time we decided to work on the story that had yet to be filmed with all the seven kids as one crew.
With two cameras and a sound recording equipment, each kid had a role to fulfil. We went to a park nearby (in Montjuic) to film Aitor’s story (who had already participated as a secondary actor in some of his classmate’s stories), once again, a story about “yamakasi”. A story about three kids who bet that the first one to arrive at the top of the park would win a cigarette pack.
Once at the park, each kid fulfilled their role, and we had both cameras in two different locations, the microphone set to register and the actors in place. But soon the kids realized how complicated it can get when working with two cameras simultaneously and registering audio independently. Distracted by other situations occurring in the park and loosing interest after only the second sequence was filmed, we had to cancel the shooting and look for a possibility to continue in an unofficial schedule so that the official calendar wouldn’t get altered.
Wednesday, March 7th
Paying attention to the kids’ requests, in this occasion we dedicated the class to learn about interviews. After an introduction on how to formulate interviews, we say several example of them, and then divided the group in two. The first group prepared a camera and the microphone and thought about a topic for which they could go out and make a brief opinion poll. As a topic, they chose “corruption” and they went to the Mossos de Esquadra (local police) station to ask them their opinion about corruption. The other group stayed at the UEC, thinking about a famous character one of them would characterise. They wrote down the questions to be asked to this famous character and performed the interview while another kid filmed it.
In the second part of the class, the activities were inverted. The second group went on the streets to make an opinion poll about what people think about the teenagers nowadays. And in the first group, one of the kids characterised a famous Spanish TV actor, while another kid leaded the interview, and another kid operated the camera.
Wednesday, March 14th
Last day of workshop.
For this last day, the kids would practise what they had learned during the previous classes. So, we went outside to a square to make interviews of each of them, about what the thought about the UEC, about their dreams, and about their worries. Four people were needed for this exercise: someone who would interview, someone who would be interviewed, a camera operator, and another operator for a second camera who would register the “making of”. These roles were inverted so that they all participated.
In the second part of the class, we gave Aitor a new opportunity so that he could finish filming his story. Nevertheless, the assistance and participation of the rest of the kids would not be compulsory. Despite the fact that we expected a greater participation, only three of the kids agreed. We went to the “Parque del Grec” with the three kids, and with only one camera, they finalized the shooting for Aitor’s story.
We will provide an editing programme that will be installed in one of the UEC’s computers, so that the kids can continue producing videos. They will then be able to edit Aitor’s story, and hopefully they will continue creating stories for us all to enjoy.
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