Summer Media Institute 2008

The Summer Media Institute works with the Mayor's Summer Youth Employment program in order to employ Cambridge youth and introduce them to the skills needed to create media that is meaningful and original. Here is media that was created by youth in the SMI in 2008.

The Boston Common - Joshua Washington Smith

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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.

The Charles - Demetrius Brooks

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cool stuff

Harvard Yard - Abdullah Balla

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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.

The Tracks - Ben Cox

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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!

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!

My Narrative

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Check out my personal narrative at blip.tv!

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 Ezorsky-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: Miscellaneous Minutes

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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.