2020
Reel Stories
Our current programs that are using the Adobe licenses include our Documentary Lab, Summer Lab,
Narrative Lab and Fellows Lab that focus on filmmaking from pre to post production. Through these
programs, high school students are learning to use Adobe
Apps such as Premiere Pro to develop video editing skills to
create narratives of stories about their lives and community,
while developing their portfolios for college and/or careers in
the film industry.
Since COVID-19 hit, we were able to install the donated licenses on laptops that were then provided
to students who don't have access to the software at home. Students were able to continue to make films and
finish editing their film projects as a result of these shared device licenses. Through virtual instruction of the
Adobe apps, students learned technical skills such as organizing their footage into bins, importing media files,
labeling their sequences and making notes on their
interview footage, how to implement b-roll and music
into their timeline, and basic color correction.
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