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I have been directing the activities of the TYMM since 2000. Thanks to support from the Humboldt Area Foundation and the North Coast Cultural Trust; Carl Nielsen Memorial Fund : James Irvine Foundation; the Kroenenberg Family Fund all funds focused within the Humboldt Area Foundation. I have also received an enormous amount of web support from the Doug Renwick and Rose Panofsky at HostGIS. Venlo Chocolates on the square in Eureka has been a source of sweet inspiration and unusual prizes. The Vision Center has always been there for The Young Media Makers and Big Screen Showcase with door prizes and printing costs. Our professional association with the Fortuna Theatre, the largest movie theatre with the best projection and sound system on the west coast, is our new venue hosting TheYoungMediaMakers Big Screen Showcase each May. All this is due to the initial encouragement of Muriel Dinsmore.
The Young Media Makers program was developed as an educational program to teach video production and editing to young people. Although, most of the parents wanted to join in the learning too. It started simply as a community project to prepare young people for the burgeoning telecommunications age we all face today. Not surprising from our early pilot programs to today the students' video work is good. Initially, when viewing all the amazing student movies it seemed natural to form a competitive exhibition and public forum for their work. A place where young media makers their families and friends could come to listen to professional film presenters, have public speaking opportunities , watch youth made media and win prizes. In 2001, with the help of the pilot program schools and others in the Humboldt County Office Education we launched BIG SCREEN SHOWCASE. Many of my students and others that participate in the SHOWCASE have gone on to be collegiate film students and then professional producers.
In 2006-07 I witnessed another leap in the quality of work coming from the young people (average age 15) It seemed to to exponentially improve over the previous year. This gave me the idea that we now have a pool of very young people that could benefit from real production experience. So I created the The Young Media Makers WORK PROJECT. During the school year of 2007-08 I discovered a need in our community and then sent out a “request for participation” to several of the participants of the SHOWCASE. The TYMM Work Project matches the exemplary young media makers with non-profit organizations. The non-profit then provides a media out reach challenge to be fulfilled by the young media maker. It could be web photos, video PSAs or radio PSAs. Dependent on the NPOs need, the media maker will get the professional experiences that a young person may not find in a classroom.
From the first client meeting regarding the creative concept the young producer had to take charge and fulfill the clients' request. Most often these meetings are with a board of directors or sub committee and followed by storyboard and script presentation / approvals; product approvals and final approvals. Then comes distribution to the outlets either web master or broadcast television station. It’s quite the commitment for both parties.
We launched the TYMM Work Project with a commitment from our local food bank FOOD FOR PEOPLE and a young entrepreneur stepped up to produce a set of television PSAs for them. The PSA can be seen on our web site www.TheYoungMediaMakers.org under previous winners in the 2009 Senior Division.
At The Young Media Makers and Big Screen Showcase we aim to inspire.
I have been directing the activities of the TYMM since 2000. Thanks to support from the Humboldt Area Foundation and the North Coast Cultural Trust; Carl Nielsen Memorial Fund : James Irvine Foundation; the Kroenenberg Family Fund all funds focused within the Humboldt Area Foundation. I have also received an enormous amount of web support from the Doug Renwick and Rose Panofsky at HostGIS. Venlo Chocolates on the square in Eureka has been a source of sweet inspiration and unusual prizes. The Vision Center has always been there for The Young Media Makers and Big Screen Showcase with door prizes and printing costs. Our professional association with the Fortuna Theatre, the largest movie theatre with the best projection and sound system on the west coast, is our new venue hosting TheYoungMediaMakers Big Screen Showcase each May. All this is due to the initial encouragement of Muriel Dinsmore.
The Young Media Makers program was developed as an educational program to teach video production and editing to young people. Although, most of the parents wanted to join in the learning too. It started simply as a community project to prepare young people for the burgeoning telecommunications age we all face today. Not surprising from our early pilot programs to today the students' video work is good. Initially, when viewing all the amazing student movies it seemed natural to form a competitive exhibition and public forum for their work. A place where young media makers their families and friends could come to listen to professional film presenters, have public speaking opportunities , watch youth made media and win prizes. In 2001, with the help of the pilot program schools and others in the Humboldt County Office Education we launched BIG SCREEN SHOWCASE. Many of my students and others that participate in the SHOWCASE have gone on to be collegiate film students and then professional producers.
In 2006-07 I witnessed another leap in the quality of work coming from the young people (average age 15) It seemed to to exponentially improve over the previous year. This gave me the idea that we now have a pool of very young people that could benefit from real production experience. So I created the The Young Media Makers WORK PROJECT. During the school year of 2007-08 I discovered a need in our community and then sent out a “request for participation” to several of the participants of the SHOWCASE. The TYMM Work Project matches the exemplary young media makers with non-profit organizations. The non-profit then provides a media out reach challenge to be fulfilled by the young media maker. It could be web photos, video PSAs or radio PSAs. Dependent on the NPOs need, the media maker will get the professional experiences that a young person may not find in a classroom.
From the first client meeting regarding the creative concept the young producer had to take charge and fulfill the clients' request. Most often these meetings are with a board of directors or sub committee and followed by storyboard and script presentation / approvals; product approvals and final approvals. Then comes distribution to the outlets either web master or broadcast television station. It’s quite the commitment for both parties.
We launched the TYMM Work Project with a commitment from our local food bank FOOD FOR PEOPLE and a young entrepreneur stepped up to produce a set of television PSAs for them. The PSA can be seen on our web site www.TheYoungMediaMakers.org under previous winners in the 2009 Senior Division.
At The Young Media Makers and Big Screen Showcase we aim to inspire.
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
The Young Media Makers 2009 Big Screen Showcase Winner's List
We are very proud to announce the winners of the 2009 Big Screen Showcase. As is our tradition, all the winners under age 20 will be sent to the youth division of the Chicago International Film Festival next April. We will make every attempt to distribute all the movies to other festivals that invite us and to venues such as Access Humboldt.
Special thanks to our 2009 keynote speaker, David Scheerer for his great motivational talk and for his further assistance with handing out the winner's statuettes and certificates.
Congratulations 2009 Big Screen Showcase winners !
Big Screen Showcase
2009
Winners List
SENIOR DIVISION
Documentary
Drive To Stay Alive: Mathew Roscoe & David Loring
Portrait : Anais Kane Sydney Matterson
Narrative
Candybar Thief: Caitlin Jackson
Promotional
Bridgeville 4H Metal Works: Paul Mullen
Commercial
Food For People: Dominick Roney
Experimental
The Mustache: Aaron Green
Other / Spoken Word
Everywhere: Brendon Villanueva
Drama
I Am Insecure And I Like Girls: Ryan Roney
Big Screen Showcase
2009
Winners List
JUNIOR DIVISION
Promotional
The Battle of Pomojema (INDY from England): Nathan Wilkes
Instructional Video
Crafting with Dalas: Clarrissa Borges
Documentary
John Brown; The Fight For True Humanity: Jules Coronado
Other/Horror
Bat Boys Episode 2: Nathan Vanella & Dylan Vanella
Comedy
Best Friends On Cell Phones: August Domanchuk
Animation
The Amazing Monster v. Alien: August Domanchuk
DIRECTOR’S AWARDS
Uphill Struggle: For Documentary Story telling; Terra Stolberg
The Day The Earth Spun Around: For Special Effects; Nick Johnson
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Big Screen Showcase
Hello Everyone:
The Young Media Makers 9th Annual Big Screen Showcase is at College of the Redwoods this Saturday, May 30th. All media makers, friends, families and movie fans are invited. The Admission for this powerful show is free and doors open at 12:30p.m. Showtime 1 p.m. Come early to enjoy the pre-show reel and stay for the awards ceremony and a reception with the filmmakers that is immediately following the Showcase.
Big Screen Showcase is proud to announce that our keynote speaker is David Scheerer, Director-Producer and Professor of Film at the Humboldt State University Department of Theater, Film and Dance. Professor Scheerer is opening our Showcase with a presentation on The Digital Future in Humboldt County.
If that is not sweet enough Big Screen Showcase will also announce its new program The Young Media Makers Work Project. It’s a form of community service that exemplary young media makers can’t refuse. To help launch the new TYMM program we will be offering sign – ups and showing a TYMM Work Project PSA shot this winter for Food For People by Dominick Roney. Dominick is a three-time participant in Big Screen Showcase. Food For People enjoyed Nick’s PSA so much that they have kindly offered to partner with Big Screen Showcase. FFP representatives will be on hand to encourage those who have to be generous! In this bumpy economy even those of us that were “all good” question the stability of the future. So reach out if you need to and lend a hand if you can. We are a community ! That may mean only two hours a week packing bags at the FFP location in Eureka. If you can swing it make a donation. There will be a food collection barrel at the Big Screen Showcase. Bring bags of dry food or cans to the Big Screen Showcase. Be creative.
We aim to inspire !
Sincerely,
Barbara
Thursday, March 20, 2008
One more notice
Hello Everyone!
Just wanted to give one more notice to you busy media makers out there. I have had a few more calls and emails than usual this year. Probably because our CALL FOR ENTRY deadline is earlier this year. We want all of you to enjoy the Showcase. So the the deadline has been extended to the end of next week, March 28. Please use the online entry form to state your intended entry by March 21.
Best of luck to all of you!
Sincerely,
Barbara
Big Screen Showcase
P.O. Box 204
Carlotta CA 95528
Any questions or just want to talk about your films give a call
(707) 768 -1738
Please forward to those who need to know.
Sunday, November 25, 2007
Many Thanks! Big Screen Showcase Winners Online
Hello Everyone:
I hope you had a rather splendid holiday weekend.
I would like to give a special thanks to Doug Renwick of CopiaGroup and Derek Howard. These two have made it the best year ever for our web site.
Our web master, Derek Howard, released a new version of the site TheYoungMediaMakers.org that contains a NEWS / blog section and a variable access display of all the winning entries of the 2007 Big Screen Showcase. Please go to TheYoungMediaMakers.org and enjoy the success of our youth.
Derek is a senior at Fortuna Union High School. He developed TheYoungMediaMakers.org in his elective computer applications class, "Students Working In The Community of Humboldt" (SWITCH).
The site is supported by HostGIS, a CopiaGroup company. Doug also helped to design the entry and release forms. I can't wait to experience the newest movies coming in for our spring festival.
Enjoy.
Sincerely,
Barbara Domanchuk
Friday, February 2, 2007
News Article in the Beacon
A News Article by The Humboldt Beacon.
Young movie makers ages 8 to 22 are invited to enter their films in The Young Media Makers seventh annual Big Screen Showcase. The showcase
provides an opportunity for youth to have their movies viewed by the
general public, learn more about their career opportunities and talk
with media teachers and other filmmakers about future projects.
All movies that are submitted by the deadline, March 14, will be
eligible to compete for prizes in the selected category, and for the
grand prize of having the movie go to Chicago.
Winners from the Big Screen Showcase are automatically entered into the Chicago Film Festival. Last year, three movies from the 2005 Big Screen Showcase
were selected for screening at the Chicago Film Festival. This is quite
an honor, as films are solicited from all over the world and only 581
submissions were accepted worldwide.
Of those 581 movies, Humboldt County-based Chisa Hughes won a
Certificate of Merit for her first movie, “Working to Survive Behind
Barbed Wire: The Nisei Interned.” Her documentary portrays the living
conditions for Japanese Americans in the internment camps set up in the
United States during World War II.
Entries should be submitted on mini DV tape or DVD and can be no longer than 10 minutes in length. Submit them to The Young Media Makers Big Screen Showcase, 790 Riverside Park Road, Carlotta, CA 95528.
Categories include commercial, educational, documentary, animation, experimental and narrative trailer.
The competition will commence on May 5 at College of the Redwoods Forum Theater, 7351 Tompkins Hill Road, Eureka.
For more information, call Barbara Domanchuk at 768-1738 or go to www.TheYoungMediaMakers.org.
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