This post is second in a short series of reflections from Ricardo Palomares, an artist, filmmaker, SOW alumni, and mentor for the UT CAN 5-Day Film Challenge, which wrapped on Sunday. Ricardo is one of our favorite storytellers — a true servant to the story, always seeking inspiration. It was really interesting to be on the other [...]
Read MoreFilm Challenge Recap: Girls on Fire
Along with the reflections from film mentor Ricardo, we are blogging this week from the perspective of some of the Film Challenge teams. From filmmaker Jacob Velcoff, here’s a recap on the Green Monkeys’ experience in the challenge so far… After sifting through an array of potential topics, our project led us to tackling sex trafficking in [...]
Read MoreNews Ways to Think About 5 Billion Liters of Water
Since 2004, P&G Children’s Safe Drinking Water has provided over 5 billion liters of clean drinking water to people living in over 65 countries. Five billion is a pretty big number. How much is 5 billion, really? If you’re like us, you could think about it like this: 5 billion liters is equal to… 6.7 [...]
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A Word from Winslow
So a few weeks ago I promised a blog post. I’m now sitting in the airport during my last few hours in Austin, and I guess I finally found the time. The past month and a half have flown by leaving me with the disorientating feeling of being here forever, yet knowing I barely got [...]
Read MoreGoodbye Austin
I’ve ridden my rusty blue road bike to work everyday for the past six weeks. My bike has not only served as transportation to work but my tour guide of the city as well. Through my daily bike rides to work I gradually learned the best routes to take — the shortcuts, the dead ends, [...]
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Progress
Looking back at the last eight and a half months I have spent as a Students of the World intern and Social Media Coordinator for the UT team, one theme sticks out—progress.
Read MoreThank You!
Photo by Nusaibah Kofar Thank you thank you thank you to everyone who came out to the 2012 Media Showcase this Saturday! We are so happy to have had the opportunity to show what we have created and learned this year and to share the stories of the organizations and people we encountered. We [...]
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Showcase time
With 5 weeks of production under our belts, the UNC Team is ready to showcase our work. During four weeks in Malawi, we gathered 3,720 minutes of footage, took 14,392 pictures, and conducted 54 interviews. In Austin, we had five weeks to make six videos, three photo stories, three graphics, and five feature articles and [...]
Read MoreA Gift for Ourselves
This morning I spent a few hours captioning photos for our team photographer, Thomas. Scrolling through the portraits of cancer survivors, street performers in the Plaza Guadalajara, children playing on the beach in Progreso, the fog covered Shanghai skyline, and the team doing man-on-the-street interviews, I started to think.
Read MorePost-Production in Austin, TX
The city of Austin has so much to offer from free paddleboard lessons, donation-based sweaty yoga classes and affordable quirky thrift stores, but, for me, it is the spirit of creativity and originality that appeals to me the most. It has been the perfect place for me to work on these short vignettes because this [...]
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