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high school Archive
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The Juggling Act
Posted on May 6, 2011 | No CommentsWild month ahead! As of today I have 22 days left before the BIG installation, and you know what that means… EUPHORIC STRESS. I was at Inglenook yesterday to assess the space and determine media placement. So much potential. So much room to play. It... -
Inglenook It Is!
Posted on April 13, 2011 | No CommentsChoosing the right space for my documentary media installation was a challenge. Initially, it was clear. It would have be in a classroom that resembled my Alma mater, Villa-Maria (which, because it’s in Montreal was not an option for the Toronto finale). Why would Villa... -
A Bridge in the Room
Posted on January 5, 2011 | 1 CommentBefore the holidays I had the pleasure of interviewing Leah Sherry, a high school teacher (who prefers to be called a “facilitator”) and some of her students at the CICO Education Program (Community In, Community Out) in Toronto’s Annex district. Leah teaches media literacy at... -
Reading List and Dream School
Posted on October 28, 2010 | 2 CommentsNo escaping it. One must read to get a degree, and to contextualize what the thesis is… and what the thesis is trying to prove. I met with both of my advisers recently, Vinita and Alex, to sort through some pressing questions. One, how I... -
Needs in school and not home-school!
Posted on September 23, 2010 | 3 CommentsThe last shoot in Montreal, at LaurenHill Academy, was fun! The anticipated 3-4 interviewees turned into 5 that needed to be filmed as a group during their lunch hour. The night before I was trying to figure out how I would incite conversation from students... -
2nd Shoot on 2nd Thought
Posted on September 7, 2010 | No CommentsLast Tuesday I returned to Villa for a second shoot. I was reluctant, at first, to follow through with this one as the interviewees were recommended to me by the Villa Principal which led me to suspect that they would be model students–and therefore paint... -
Enamoured with the Image
Posted on August 29, 2010 | 4 CommentsLast Thursday was the first shoot for my MFA project and ahhhhh…. it felt fabulous! When I began the Doc Media program last fall I decided to: 1) explore media that I am least familiar with, and 2) present my final thesis project in unfamiliar... -
Back from trip & back to learning
Posted on August 18, 2010 | 1 CommentYep, was gone for a bit there. Took off to New Hampshire where I climbed a mountain and then nursed my aching muscles. What did I learn? Don’t hike longer than you can manage and in the event that you foolishly hike to long, bring... -
Benefits of Segregation?
Posted on July 29, 2010 | 1 CommentI’ve been so anxious to start filming at my old high school–as I have been planning to for a while now–that I decided a couple of days ago that I could at least grab some B-roll on the campus grounds until the formal shooting can... -
Freedom Writers
Posted on July 25, 2010 | No CommentsWell now, I haven’t sobbed like that in a while! I’m one of the programmers for the wonderful Regent Park Film Festival (in Toronto) and I just finished viewing a documentary film based on the Freedom Writers Diary which is about how a high school...
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