Now accepting applications for July Camp, Storytelling with Video!
Applications are due Friday, July 11

(Summer Camp Application ‘08)

Designed to encourage creative learning during the Summer Break, Akaku has launched fun camps geared for Maui youth who would like to see their own videos on their islands’ community access channels. Akaku is currently accepting applications (due Fri. July 11) for the next camp, Storytelling with Video, which will begin on Monday, July 21 and last till Friday, July 26.

“Storytelling with Video” explores techniques and tricks to bring campers’ story ideas to life in a short film.

Both camps will convene in the Akaku Media Lab at 333 Dairy Road, Kahului, and each weeklong camp costs $200. Scholarships are available to motivated applicants who are passionate about video production and provide evidence of financial need.

• • Music Video Production Camp, June 23-27, 9 am – 3 pm daily. This weeklong camp is offered to youth between the ages of 12 – 18. Teens are encouraged to bring in their favorite music for inspiration as they learn what it takes to create a music video—from writing video treatments and creating storyboards to shooting and editing. Completed videos will air on Akaku channels 52 and 54. Applications are due Friday, June 13.  (June camp is now completed. Contact Sara Tekula for additional or background information.)
  • Storytelling With Video Camp, July 21-26, 9 am – 3 pm daily. This weeklong camp is offered to youth aged 10 – 16. Tweens and teens who have dreamed of shooting their own movie will learn how to develop a storyboard, write a script, and shoot and edit their own film that will air on Akaku channels 52 and 54. Applications are due Friday, July 11

“Music videos and short films are two creative ways video is used in modern-day storytelling,” says Sara Tekula, Akaku Education Director, whose production credits include working on documentary films and music videos with such bands as The Shins and The Academy Is, as well as hip hop artist Snoop Dogg. “I am excited to share what I know about these subjects, and to learn what Maui youth have up their creative sleeves.”

Because space is limited, only 10 students will be selected for each camp. Upon completion of the camp, students will be “youth-certified” to borrow cameras and use editing equipment free-of-charge in order to create and contribute content for community viewing on Akaku TV channels 52, 53, and 54.

Visit www.akaku.org to download and application. Call Akaku at (808) 871-5554 for more information. Or visit the front desk of Akaku’s studio offices at 333 Dairy Road, Kahului.

Akaku: Maui Community Television (Akaku) empowers the community’s voice through access to media. Akaku is a 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation that airs content created by the community for the community. Community members on Maui, Moloka’i, and Lana’i are encouraged to submit programming to the station, create their own television shows and have their voices heard by fellow community members. For more information, please visit www.Akaku.org.

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