Youth Media Program

Welcome to CCTV's Youth Media Blog. CCTV's Youth Media Program is designed to teach Cambridge teens media making and career readiness skills. The program is comprised of two components: the Summer Media Institute and the School Year Production Program. Check here for weekly updates from youth involved with our program.

The Goal of my personal narrative project

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The goal of my personal narative was just to show and display with great detail how important the boston common and fanueil hall is to me. and that was pretty much it.

Demiidakid vidz

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cool stuff

Harvard Yard

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My name is Abdulla and I am part of SMI. Our first project is a Personal narrative about Harvard Yard. I spent a lot of time there after moving from Syria to the US because I took summer classes there. I learned English there and that is why it is important to me.
Excellent! Thank you and enjoy my project!

My Personal Narrative : Home Sweet Home

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This is my personal narrative project that i had to do. It's about my home and how it's important to me and how much i love it.It took 3 weeks to make it and the most challenging part is the editing because it's a lot of work and I'm new to final cut pro so it's complicated. But I had fun doing it especially the shooting. :)

Dudley St. on Halloween

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For the Summer Media Institute 2008 each person made a personal narrative about someplace that was important to them. I chose my block. One of the most important things about my block is Halloween, so I chose that as the focus of the project.

My sanctuary

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My personal Narrative is about the place that i go when i want to go away from everyone and the craziness that usually goes on in my life.So i chose to do this about my home because its the only place that i find peace and quietness.

My Personal Narrative is DONE!

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Hey. I finally got done with my personal narrative. I'm so glad I'm done, so now I can focus on my final project with Gus...it's gonna be awesome.

Gus PN Commentary turned on

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This is my personal narrative.

My Personal Narrative...Final Product!

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Hello everybody!
Finally my personal narrative is finished. Although it is not my best work I find it very emotionally interesting. The process of creating my project let me learn a lot about final cut pro, using the camera, and other things. I'm really excited that it's finished because now it's Final Project Time!

SMI 2008: Raising the Bar

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This video was produced by Alex Ayabe, Jordan Brazo, Leah Carpenter Andrew Keplin Max Lewontin, Will McCreight, Julie Pan Mary Kate Pedro and Cody Romano in Summer Media Institute 2008.

SMI 2008: The Spy With No Budget

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This video was produced by Matthew Rajcok in Summer Media Institute 2008.

SMI 2008: Real World

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This video was produced by Rose Schutzberg, Isabel Schooler and Jacob Lie

SMI 2008: Johnny Action

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This video was produced by Erik Madsen-Bond and Kirsten Johnson in Summer Media Institute 2008.

SMI 2008: Exhibit A

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This video was produced by Jordan Brazo in Summery Media Institute 2008.

SMI 2008: Dawn

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This video was produced by Cody Romano in Summer Media Institute 2008

SMI 2008: Daporama

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This video was produced by Jonathan Kramer-Roach in Summer Media Institute 2008

SMI 2008:

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This video was produced by Ben Cox and Gus Ostow in Summer Media Institute 2008.

SMI 2008: Ain't No Love

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This video was produced by Demetrious Brooks, Erika Cho, Fredeline Thompson, and Joshua Washington-Smith, in Summer Media Institute 2008.

SMI 2008: Summer Discovery 2008

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This video was produced by Abdulla Balla in the Summer Media Institute 2008.

Production Managing "The Rouple"

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This summer at SMI, I have been a member of the advanced group. As a group, we decided that for our final project we would make a comedy about a bachelor who gets cold feet and runs away at the alter to go speed dating. Each member of the group was assigned a specific roll in the production of the short film, mine being Production Manager. As Production Manager my job is to organize most aspects of the project. I only somewhat knew what I was in for when I was given this job, but I took the responsibility on whole heartedly. read more...

Gus PN Commentary turned on

This is my personal narrative.

My Personal Narrative is DONE!

Hey. I finally got done with my personal narrative. I'm so glad I'm done, so now I can focus on my final project with Gus...it's gonna be awesome.

Final Narrative

Here is the finished personal narrative.

Personal Narrative at Dana Park

This is my personal narrative story about the Dana Park playground and how I grew up around it and why it is so important to me and my childhood.

~My sanctuary~

My personal Narrative is about the place that i go when i want to go away from everyone and the craziness that usually goes on in my life.So i chose to do this about my home because its the only place that i find peace and quietness.

Dudley St. on Halloween

For the Summer Media Institute 2008 each person made a personal narrative about someplace that was important to them. I chose my block. One of the most important things about my block is Halloween, so I chose that as the focus of the project.

My Personal Narrative : Home Sweet Home

This is my personal narrative project that i had to do. It's about my home and how it's important to me and how much i love it.It took 3 weeks to make it and the most challenging part is the editing because it's a lot of work and I'm new to final cut pro so it's complicated. But I had fun doing it especially the shooting. :)

harvard yard

My name is Abdulla and I am part of SMI. Our first project is a Personal narrative about Harvard Yard. I spent a lot of time there after moving from Syria to the US because I took summer classes there. I learned English there and that is why it is important to me.
Excellent! Thank you and enjoy my project!

Demiidakid vidz

cool stuff

The Goal of my personal narrative project

The goal of my personal narative was just to show and display with great detail how important the boston common and fanueil hall is to me. and that was pretty much it.

My Narrative

Check out my personal narrative at blip.tv!

SYPP 2008 - You Contribute to Global Warming

This video was produced by Laura Asherman in CCTV's School Year Production Program (SYPP), Spring 2008.
SYPP is an afterschool program designed to provide teens with an opportunity to further develop career readiness and media production skills after the conclusion of the Summer Media Institute.

SYPP 2008 - King Open Extended Day Program

This video was produced by Julie Pan in CCTV's School Year Production Program (SYPP), Spring 2008.
SYPP is an afterschool program designed to provide teens with an opportunity to further develop career readiness and media production skills after the conclusion of the Summer Media Institute.

SYPP 2008 - Sneaker Culture

This video was produced by Hassan Cox in CCTV's School Year Production Program (SYPP), Spring 2008.
SYPP is an afterschool program designed to provide teens with an opportunity to further develop career readiness and media production skills after the conclusion of the Summer Media Institute.

SYPP 2008 - The End of the Beginning

This video was produced by Anduelem Beyene Wondafresh in CCTV's School Year Production Program (SYPP), Spring 2008.
SYPP is an afterschool program designed to provide teens with an opportunity to further develop career readiness and media production skills after the conclusion of the Summer Media Institute.

SYPP 2008 - To Die For

This video was produced by Cody Romano in CCTV's School Year Production Program (SYPP), Spring 2008.
SYPP is an afterschool program designed to provide teens with an opportunity to further develop career readiness and media production skills after the conclusion of the Summer Media Institute.

SYPP 2008 - The Essence of Cars

This video was produced by Treajha Hastings in CCTV's School Year Production Program (SYPP), Spring 2008.
SYPP is an afterschool program designed to provide teens with an opportunity to further develop career readiness and media production skills after the conclusion of the Summer Media Institute.

SYPP 2008 - A Gift

This video was produced by Alex Ayabe in CCTV's School Year Production Program (SYPP), Spring 2008.
SYPP is an afterschool program designed to provide teens with an opportunity to further develop career readiness and media production skills after the conclusion of the Summer Media Institute.

SYPP 2008 - Homies

This video was produced by Joshua Washington Smith & William Sheffield in CCTV's School Year Production Program (SYPP), Spring 2008.
SYPP is an afterschool program designed to provide teens with an opportunity to further develop career readiness and media production skills after the conclusion of the Summer Media Institute.

SYPP 2007 - The Game

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This video, directed by Cody Romano, was produced at CCTV as part of the School Year Production Program. Want to see more vids from our student producers? Check out CCTV's Youth Channel!

SYPP 2007 - KAMIKAZE

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This video, directed by Joshua Washington Smith, was produced at CCTV as part of the School Year Production Program. Want to see more vids from our student producers? Check out CCTV's Youth Channel!

SYPP 2007 - Willz Lyfe

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This video, directed by William Sheffield, was produced at CCTV as part of the School Year Production Program. Want to see more vids from our student producers? Check out CCTV's Youth Channel!

SYPP 2007 - LASAGNA

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This video, directed by Jordan Brazo, was produced at CCTV as part of the School Year Production Program. Want to see more vids from our student producers? Check out CCTV's Youth Channel!

SYPP 2007 - "Waltz" Music Video

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This video, directed by Alex Ayabe, was produced at CCTV as part of the School Year Production Program. Want to see more vids from our student producers? Check out our Youth Channel!

SYPP 2007 - City Links

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This video, directed by Andrew Wonda Fresh and Julie Pan, was produced at CCTV as part of the School Year Production Program. Want to see more student-produced vids? Check out our Youth Channel!

SYPP 2007 - The History of My Family

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This video, directed by Treajha Hastings, was produced at CCTV as part of the School Year Production Program. Want to see more student-produced vids? Check out our Youth Channel!

SYPP 2007 - An Interview with Michael Capuano

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This video, directed by Hassan Cox, was produced at CCTV as part of the School Year Production Program. Want to see more student-produced vids? Check out our Youth Channel!

SYPP 2007 Introductions - Jordy Brazo

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Participants in CCTV’s School Year Production Program made these short videos to introduce themselves to the CCTV community. Stay tuned for much more from this talented group of youth video producers!

SYPP 2007 Introductions - Andrew Wonda Fresh

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Participants in CCTV’s School Year Production Program made these short videos to introduce themselves to the CCTV community. Stay tuned for much more from this talented group of youth video producers!

SYPP 2007 Introductions - Hassan Cox

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Participants in CCTV’s School Year Production Program made these short videos to introduce themselves to the CCTV community. Stay tuned for much more from this talented group of youth video producers!