Virtual Video Project
"Discovered"
Discovered is a digital "machinima" film produced in Second Life that explores the powerful issue of child sex trafficking through the fictional story of one Mexican teenager. This is the final product of a year-long, intensive digital filmmaking program called the Virtual Video Project (VVP), an after-school program conducted by Global Kids, Inc in NYC. The students gathered regularly during the past year to learn about film production, human rights, and virtual worlds, culminating in a serious issue machinima film produced entirely by the youth filmmakers.
Press release on the film here.
Collection of 30-second machinima films highlighting some of the teens’ online personality in Second Life:
Click here to see fun photos and exciting highlights from the VVP teens in 2008-2009.
Videos produced in 2007-2008
“Race to Equality”, a seven-minute film on racism and access to equal education for all.
Click here to see fun photos and exciting highlights from the VVP teens in 2007-2008.
Videos produced in 2006-2007
Five PSAs on media credibility, media piracy, online discrimination, safe surfing and health and media.
"A Child's War", a seven-minute film on the plight of child soldiers in Uganda.
Click here to see fun photos and exciting highlights from the VVP teens in 2006-2007.
VVP teen working on machinima.
The Virtual Video Project (VVP) works with teens interested in learning about global issues and understanding the role that digital media plays in their lives. The program combines film production skills and leadership development to empower the youth to become critical thinkers, media producers, and global citizens. Skills such as storyboarding, script writing, and acting techniques are used by the teens to create original stories and produce their own short animated/machinima films to raise awareness on the global issues they identify.
