Film Blog

Towards the end of the school year I will be be finishing working on a film me and my team NYC Wicked Kids have been working on about homeless kids in the city. These Streets Are Our Home is the name of our film. This film is about what teenage kids were going through during tough times in their lives.

The film is called These Streets Are Our Home, kids fighting for survival in the city and make it through in the life he had once had. I have been taking pictures of what these kids have been going through, where have they been sleeping, what type of childhood they had, who was there to save them at the time and how they're overcoming it now. About 3.5 million people are homeless in the world each year. These children, teens, adults, go homeless and try to survive these streets they have to call home just because they don't have nowhere to go. Emmanuel Baptiste and Clevins Brown have survived living in the streets finding a way to make everything for their lives better than okay.

People have a hard time living out here and make money, that's why you see so many homeless people in the world. This film goes out to those who are overcoming that they once were homeless or still are homeless. I see that it effects peoples lives and others around them. Homelessness is a big issue in New York City and not that many people know it and need to be aware of it.

Cinematography Workshop

Last week I had attended a cinematography workshop led by Ariana Allensworth that introduced some of the basics of filming. Cinematography is the choices one makes when filming. During this workshop, I had learned the different types of angles being showed and the way the shots are being taken like wide shots and close shots.  We watched some film clips from Michael Moore who's a documentary filmmaker. He made the films Bowling for Columbian and Sicko. We had watched Favela on Blast and Bowling for Columbian by Michael Moore, and during the the film he had interviewed Charleston Heston in Bowling, he was an famous actor and the head of the National Rifle Associations. I learned the few ways of how to shoot an angle and the pieces of how to get the right shot you want. Watching both the documentary films had inspired me with what I want to work on when I start my film with the team.