Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Plenty to Do

I have discovered that I will have no lack of things to do here.

Here are the current video projects I have lined up:

1.  A short, five minute collection of testimonials set to music and various clips for Millennium Villages to send to Millennium Congregation to have immediately available for fundraising and gaining support (both for my project and the organization as a whole)

2.  Vignettes of personal stories for Rwanda Community Works that will act as a similar support-raising mechanism

3.  A film for Miracle Corners of the World based on the footage I shot at their groundbreaking ceremony last week (see previous post)

4.  A film geared at donors about the Aegis Trust's new education program to discourage genocide ideology in Rwanda.  I filmed at their training session today.

5.  A short, fun video about Moto Polo, the crazy sport invented by ex-pats in Kigali where they play polo on the backs of motorcycles driven by actual moto taxi drivers in the city.

6.  A video that tells the story of the main genocide memorials throughout the entire country of Rwanda.  I will be collaborating with several Rwandans to select those that represent a diversity of experiences in order to try and tell as comprehensive a story as possible.

7.  A series of "How To..." videos for Millennium Villages.  These will not need to be translated from Kinyarwanda to English because the audience is local citizens, which makes the work much easier.  These will basically be instructional videos for things like applying fertilizer, understanding and signing a contract, artificial insemination of cattle (yay!), and handicrafts.

8.  Public Service Announcements for Millennium Villages.  These will be things like someone washing their hands at the new hand-washing posts at schools, and not getting sick.  Or encouraging menstruating girls not to miss school when they are having their period...don't ask me how that one will work.

9.  A full-length documentary on the Millennium Village Project in Rwanda.  Or possibly some combination of medium films about their different programs.  TBD.

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