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Ms. Velick from Mt. Pleasant, SC is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Ms. Velick's classroom raised $932

Future Film Makers

My students need 4 classroom video cameras to film their final projects in our Film Appreciation class.

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Ms. Velick Wando High School
Mt. Pleasant, SC Grades 9-12

You could be helping the next great film director find their vision! I teach Film Appreciation at a large high school in South Carolina. The class consists of sophomores, juniors, and seniors, and we study the technical and literary aspects of classic and modern American film. Many of the students sign up for the class for the opportunity to create their own film at the end of the semester. This task is always more difficult than they imagine, as they have to work in groups to brainstorm, storyboard, write, film, edit, and act in the film. We spend the last three weeks of the semester toiling away at this process during fifty minute periods. I have seen some amazing works of art, as well as some disasters.

The biggest problem seems to come when it is time to actually pick up a camera and get to work. My students often struggle with getting their visions on film in just the right way. Conflicting schedules and limited access to technology are often to two major killers of a great movie in progress. Our library has five or six old to new video cameras, but with 3000+ students it is often difficult for all of my groups to get a camera on assigned filming days. When they do get a camera, it is returned to the library of course at the end of the period and available to other classes until we go back the following day. This leads to footage being either erased or taped over and ultimately lost. It is very discouraging to my students, especially those who do multiple takes around school to get the perfect shot.

It would make all the difference to my students if they had access to cameras kept in my room, at all times. This way they could sign them out before or after school or during other classes and know that their footage will be there the next day. In addition to this, they would benefit by having the Flip video camera because they could upload their footage right to a computer in my room via USB port. The pride that my students feel on viewing day is tangible; this project creates and reinforces a passion for creativity and film making in these students that I do not get to experience in my English classes.

Your support will allow my students to attack this project with less stress and more confidence. You will help their creativity come alive and possibly inspire them to pursue a career in film! Please help us bring their visions to the big screen; donate a Flip!

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than half of students from low‑income households

50 students impacted 16 donors
Ms. Velick Wando High School Grades 9-12

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Mt. Pleasant, SC View local requests

More than half of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

50 students impacted 16donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
PURE DIGITAL FLIP MINO CAMCORDER, WHITE -- Flip Video Camcorders; Mino, White • Quill $161.99 4 $647.96

Materials cost

$647.96

Vendor shipping charges

 $64.80

Sales tax

 $32.40

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.72

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$763.88

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$167.68

Total project goal

$931.56

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $931.56

12 Donors

-$931.56

Donations toward project cost

-$763.88

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$167.68

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