WHYY’s high school Summer Filmmakers tried their hand at the Action/Adventure genre with their film, LATE. This was the second project of WHYY’s high school Summer Filmmakers program, where students were assigned a genre and line of …
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A Second Home for LGBT Youth
Students in WHYY’s after school documentary class spent 4 months researching, interviewing, and editing their findings into this 7-minute piece highlighting the high school LGBT community and the organizations established to support them. “I didn’t …
Continue reading »Romeo oh Romeo: WHYY High School Filmmakers
WHYY’s high school filmmakers made a Mockumentary for their final project during camp. Student actors took on the roles of Romeo, Juliet, director, and more while others focused on shooting, editing, and writing the script. Romeo oh …
Continue reading »The Time Freezer: WHYY Middle School Filmmakers
How do middle school students try to stop bullying? By freezing time, of course. A group of middle school filmmakers created a superhero who could freeze time in order to defeat the one who was …
Continue reading »Hall Monitor: WHYY High School Filmmakers
WHYY’s high school Summer Filmmakers bring you their Western, Hall Monitor, for their genre challenge project. This was the second project of WHYY’s high school Summer Filmmakers program, where students were assigned a genre and line of …
Continue reading »Manipulation: WHYY Middle School Filmmakers
There is no shortage of imagination in a room of middle schoolers who are given a superhero movie assignment. When writing Manipulation this group of students gave the power to Huntress, a superhero known for her kindness …
Continue reading »2018: A Colonial Odyssey: WHYY Middle School Filmmakers
In their final project, WHYY’s middle school Summer Filmmakers take you on a journey to the present through Colonial eyes. 2018: A Colonial Odyssey is the story of James Griffith III’s wrong turn into 2018. …
Continue reading »Bully Bear: WHYY High School Filmmakers
Students at WHYY’s high school Summer Filmmakers program produced Bully Bear, short film with a moral: be kind. You don’t know who will come back to haunt you if you bully them. The project is a …
Continue reading »Bye Bye Bikram, Hello Hot Yoga
With the rise of niche fitness gyms, many customers have found incredible success in getting in shape and fostering relationships within a gym community. However, Bikram Yoga, one of the most popular niche workouts, …
Continue reading »The Development of Jewelers Row
Jewelers row is the name given to the stretch of Sansom between 7th and 8th streets in center city Philadelphia. With its brick paved street and patchwork of row houses, it certainly …
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