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- I developed the KidVid / Everyone a Filmmaker (EAF) curriculum in Honolulu to empower children six years old and older to write, direct, and act in their own original, complete films with nothing but a videocamera, blank videotape, paper, and their imaginations – no editing equipment necessary.
- The trick is to plan the video, on paper, shot by shot, in advance, in sequence, so the entire production can be “edited in the camera.” Opening shot taped first, then 2nd shot, and so on. In this way, at the end of taping the program is finished and ready to present.
- Because of the ease of creation with this method, it’s possible for the young filmmakers to make many videos in a class period, increasing their fluency and ease with the visual medium.
- Six- to seven- years old are pre-literate, but can make up a story, approximate the writing of dialogue through "invented spelling," draw a storyboard, act, and direct a film. The video camera and the EAF approach will help them to create their own movies – an accomplishment that is thrilling to them.
- I’ve found that the most enthusiastic EAF participants are those students who are in the lower rank of the class academically; these students grab the opportunity to learn to create programs in a medium they feel comfortable with - TV and films.
- If you can't go where people are happier, try to make people happier where you are." Ashleigh Brilliant
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