LIFE Reels Youth Workshop

2009 hallmarked the success of our pilot workshop series, LIFE Reels, which culminates in a premiere screening at our annual Miami Heat red carpet event.

LIFE Reels serves elementary, middle and high school students. It is an educational workshop series that guides youth through the experience of developing their story ideas into completed 30-minute movies, public service announcements and documentaries. It empowers youth to use creativity as an outlet for expression on topics relevant to their generation. It is through our workshops that we teach, provide vocational insight, impart good character education and communicate the responsibility to promote positive images and messages in their work.

Program components include:

• Script Writing - Students will learn and apply basic skills education in order to write a movie script (narrative writing, visual storytelling, character role-playing, and standard scriptwriting formatting).
• Producing - Students will apply and develop critical thinking, problem solving and decision making skills to budget, schedule and shoot their video/film presentations.
• Acting - Student cast will observe, learn and practice acting techniques. They will also rehearse roles and blocking (positioning themselves) for on camera performance.
• Presenting - Students will present their completed film production in their school, community and online.

LIFE Reels participants are celebrated every year at the Annual LIFE3 Heat Red Carpet Event and share their creative achievement with their community. We invite you to screen the trailers for our 2009, 2010 and 2011 youth movies.