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>From TDavenport@aol.com Tue Dec 13 21:09:56 1994
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 1994 15:52:20 -0500
From: TDavenport@aol.com
Reply to: roundtable@cni.org
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Subject: Making Grimm Movies Press release


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DAVENPORT FILMS    DELAPLANE, VIRGINIA  22025
    TEL 703-592-3701    FAX 703-592-3717
e-mail "tdavenport@aol.com

Making Grimm Movies teaches the basics of creative movies making.  Free
to schools during 1995-1996 school year.

Making Grimm Movies  (MGM) is a three-part, 20 minute unit, media
literacy series on movie making aimed at middle and high school students
in the language arts curriculum.  The series is based on examples from
Tom Davenport's popular folktale series From The Brothers Grimm.  The
titles used as examples are ALA "Selected Films for Young Adults" and
Parent's Choice Gold Seal award winners -- ideal for junior and senior
high audiences.

Inexpensive camcorders have created a new pool of young filmmakers
across the country, but the unavailability of editing facilities and
education tend to trap young people in linear ways of conceiving film.
Films about  movie making have done little to address this dilemma;
they tend to be either illustrated guides, like primitive Kodak manuals,
or publicity films about the special effects and celebrity personalities
of high budget features.  Making Grimm Movies, on the other hand, will
speak to the inventive young movie maker with limited budget and
unlimited creative energy.

Making Grimm Movies shows young people how to use resources and
locations in their own communities to produce inexpensive movies.  Using
examples from the from the Brothers Grimm folktale films, members of the
production staff tell how they translated tales into scripts and
storyboards, worked with teams of actors and crew members, selected
locations, and edited fragments into a coherent narrative.

Making Grimm Movies not only shows students how to "read" media; it
also inspires them to "write" it.  In the classroom, an English teacher
might use the series as an inspiration for students to translate
folktales into creative script writing.  The series encourages schools
to offer production opportunities by highlighting the liberation from
time and space available through increasingly affordable computer-based
editing.  Making Grimm Movies fills an important gap in media education
and lights the way for schools to finally take the plunge into media
literacy as we move into the age of the information highway.  The 48
page illustrated teacher guide includes material to help the
inexperienced teacher enter this exciting but sometimes intimidating
field.

Program one covers writing, casting, and make-up.  Program two features
set design, props, sound, and the "creation" of locations through
juxtaposition of images.  Program three is about cinematography, editing,
film acting, and directing.

Each of the programs highlights problem solving and creative thinking
using the "principles" of movie making.

Making Grimm Movies is currently available as an ITV broadcast from many
public television stations.  Public TV stations and schools are free to
tape and distribute and duplicate the series at no charge from May 1994
to September 1996.

Making Grimm Movies is also for sale on video for $19 per program or
$45 for the three program set.  The 48 page teacher guide is $5 with
quantity discounts available.

For further information, contact B. J. Flemming at Davenport Films.


Tom Davenport
<tdavenport@aol.com>