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Explore The Hudson (5:46)
Amina K, Reed R, Jaime R, Philip R, Brian B, Antonio S - Poughkeepsie, NY
We all hear about climate change in the news, on the Internet, in movies, and in school, but we realized that we didn’t know how climate change was affecting our home, the Mid-Hudson Valley. We did some research and learned some startling facts about how climate change is affecting the Hudson River Valley. For example, bloom dates of many plant species are 4-8 days earlier on average than they were in the early 1970s and average rainfall is increasing while days of snow cover are decreasing. If the climate keeps changing as it has been, this change is predicted to negatively affect our area’s food production, air quality, shoreline infrastructure and development, the local winter recreation-based economy, health of residents, and native plant populations.
This year, Hudson River Valley communities such as ours are celebrating the 400th anniversary of the voyage of Henry Hudson up the Hudson River. Poughkeepsie, NY, where our organization and crew are based, is located along the Hudson River midway between New York City and Albany. Our video serve as a reminder that while we are celebrating the river and all that it means to this area, that we need to focus on how to care for it and how to give back!
For our video production we plan to document our exploration of how climate change affects the environment we live in. We will start on the river itself; the Hudson River Clearwater Sloop, Inc. has invited us onto their boat, the Clearwater, for their first educational sail of the season. We plan to interview educators and other experts from local organizations such as Scenic Hudson, the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, and the Hudson River Clearwater Sloop, Inc. We will also interview William L. Chameides, Dean of the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University who is an expert in climate change. We plan to creatively interweave interviews with these climate change experts with filmed footage of the river and our sail. Our goal for the final video is to send a message to our peers and to the world about how climate change is affecting our environment, why we should all care, and what we can do to help.
We are an experienced production crew with a history of making unique narrative, documentary and experimental videos for our television show, DROP TV. DROP TV is the award-winning youth-produced television show created by youth at Children’s Media Project in Poughkeepsie, NY. We are currently in our 6th year of production of our show. The video that we are pitching for this Open Call will add to our history of making environmentally themed short videos for the FACE (Food And Clean Environment) segment of the show. We are excited to make our video and we hope that you will choose our pitch. We appreciate your consideration.
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I like the beginning! Your
I like the beginning! Your video is #1!
Nice work guys !
Very nicely done, and professional. Hopefully it'll be enough to convince people to support our efforts.
I can't wait to start
I can't wait to start working on this short. Thanks to everyone for voting.
I hope you win!!!
Rock on!!!!!!!!!!! :)
This is great and i hope you win!
Impressed
I'm impressed with the level of work in this pitch. Impressed, but not surprised. As a student at Vassar College I am familiar with the CMP program and I understand that it is an organization with very motivated students. It seems that the combination of the FACE program with CMP would be a serendipitous situation of the right group at the time. Good luck.
Bring it home
I like that you're bringing global issues home. It's exciting to be investigating environmental issues that impact the Hudson in this historic year. I think your pitch shows a lot of promise.
Nice Work!
Great work on this pitch! A very compelling subject that certainly hits home for folks in the Hudson Valley and beyond. Really interesting facts and information, and nice imagery. Very impressive, good luck!
Explore The Hudson
Wow!!! You guys need to make this film. The Hudson River is one of the most famous rivers in the world and you are all right there to explore it! I have faith in the future with young folks like you getting ready to take over the world!
Can't Wait
I cannot wait to see the finished product. An impressive topic to tackle.
Bravo!
I'm so impressed by the level of intellectual inquiry being undertaken here. We're living in a time when it's so easy for youth to disengage and tune out, and it really makes me proud to see such a conscientious and talented group of young filmmakers engaging the world in such a creative, professional way. Well done, CMP. I can't wait to see what y'all come up with next!
I am so jealous that you all
I am so jealous that you all get to go on the Clearwater Sloop! I love the Hudson River and I am excited for you to make your video and remind us all about how our actions affect the environment and how the environment affects us!
Great pitch!
Nice work, CMP! You've proven your mastery of the medium of video and you've done excellent research. I look forward to seeing what you can do when you have a budget to work with! Best of luck!