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Mr. Hagen-Smith from N. Hollywood, CA is requesting classroom basics through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Film Forward: Students Transform Their Persuasive Ideas Into Powerful Films!

Help me give my students storyboard journals and colored pencils to create, illustrate and organize their ideas.

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My Students

My students are an eager group of young scholars working in a low-income area (Title One school). They are hard-working, enthusiastic, inquisitive students from a diverse array of backgrounds and cultures. They represent much of the best qualities of our country. I am very proud of each student and plan to enhance their education by initiating a new Film Forward class.

Film Forward is a special new program designed to teach students a variety of film-making skills, build an appreciation for classic scenes from past movies and finally, to create their own short films.

The students' films will be short opinion pieces about relevant issues taken from today's news headlines.

Students will learn the basic elements of a persuasive essay and transfer these elements to visual media. Student groups will collaborate in the creation of each film. Subsequently, students will evaluate each project for its effectiveness as a persuasive piece and its' quality as a film.

Selected student films will be screened for community members at our school's Night of the Arts towards the end of the spring semester.

My Project

Today's student lives in a world inundated with visual media. Film Forward is a special project that will empower students by providing them with the tools necessary to better understand visual media and to create their own films.

Learning to analyze and create films empowers youngsters as they develop a better understanding of their world and the power which visual media provides to express ideas and effectively communicate with others.

Individual storyboard notebooks, collaborative poster boards, colored pencils and a microphone are essential tools that will help students develop their ideas into films. Created collaboratively, each film will address a topic that students find both relevant and controversial.

Participating in Film Forward will help students learn the importance of research, writing and teamwork for the creative process. They will develop their organizational skills in order to select powerful images to communicate their ideas more effectively. Additionally, they will practice the teamwork necessary to edit their films for the content and precision necessary to make them convincing and successful.

Mr. Hagen-Smith Toluca Lake Elementary School Grades 3-5

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At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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N. Hollywood, CA View local requests

More than half of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

32 students impacted 16donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Storyboard Posters - Multi Pack • Amazon Business $9.95 16 $159.20
Storyboard : film Notebook & Journal :Storyboard Template :Cinema Notebook:Black: (8"x 10" Notebook with black grunge cover, 4 frames per page ideal for filmmakers, advertisers, animators) • Amazon Business $6.99 19 $132.81
Crayola Colored Pencils 12 Each (Pack of 24), Pre-sharpened, Assorted Colors • Amazon Business $35.49 2 $70.98
Storyboard : film Notebook & Journal :Storyboard Template :Cinema Notebook:Black: (8"x 10" Notebook with black grunge cover, 4 frames per page ideal for filmmakers, advertisers, animators) • Amazon Business $6.99 9 $62.91
How to Make a Movie in 10 Easy Lessons: Learn how to write, direct, and edit your own film without a Hollywood budget (Super Skills) • Amazon Business $55.76 1 $55.76
Studio Recording Microphone, ZealSound Condenser Broadcast Microphone w/Stand Built-in Sound Card Echo Recording Karaoke Singing for iPhone Phone Windows Garageband Smule Live Stream & Youtube (Gold) • Amazon Business $23.98 1 $23.98
Persuasive Writing & Argument: Teach Your Child To Write Good English (Teach Your Child Good English) • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Storyboard : film Notebook & Journal :Storyboard Template :Cinema Notebook:Black: (8"x 10" Notebook with black grunge cover, 4 frames per page ideal for filmmakers, advertisers, animators) • Amazon Business $6.99 2 $13.98

Materials cost

$534.61

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $48.92

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.02

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$621.55

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$109.69

Total project goal

$731.24

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $731.24

16 Donors

-$731.24

Donations toward project cost

-$621.55

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$109.69

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