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For over 20 years kids have been doing something here in Sun Prairie,
Wisconsin that is unique. Television FOR kids BY kids. KIDS-4
teaches children ages nine to fourteen all aspects of producing television
shows. They are responsible for the cameras, sound, lighting, editing,
directing, talent and content of their programs.
KIDS-4 has been providing the community with television that can be found
nowhere else for over 20 years. In fact, KIDS-4 is the only access
channel in the country designated to serve children. For more
information about KIDS-4 history, check out our Frequently
Asked Questions.
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KIDS-4 End of the Year Pizza Party
The End of the Year Pizza Party is for all KIDS-4
crewmembers who have completed at least one taping outside of crew.
This year we had a total of 55 crewmembers who achieved this
goal! The party this years was held at Sheehan Park with beautiful
weather. The day was filled with relay races, kick ball and the park
equipment games that entertained everyone. Of course, to top it all
off - LOTS of pizza was consumed! Way to go all
KIDS-4 crewmembers on a great year, we appreciate all your hard work!
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Crewmembers played hard with the
relay races. |
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Thanks for making this a
GREAT year! |
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After holding ten different
sets of KIDS-4 auditions in June and September KIDS-4 is ready to kick
off the 2007-2008 crew year.
This year, KIDS-4 will
have eight different crews with almost
70
talented and unique young people participating.
To start the crew year off, the staff at Sun
Prairie Cable Access
held the Annual KIDS-4 Kick-Off Picnic on Sunday, September 30th at the
new Westside Services Building.
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Those who attended the picnic
included the staff, station volunteers, and KIDS-4 crew members along
with their families. The gathering was an excellent opportunity
for everyone to interact and to get an in depth understanding of the
KIDS-4 program.
The staff handed out informational packets to the families, talked
about crew expectations and gave a
camera demonstration. The camera demonstration allowed
everyone to see just how easy it is to videotape an
event.
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Congratulations to all the new
& returning KIDS-4 crewmembers!
Make sure you check out KIDS-4 this year to see television FOR kids
BY kids!
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KIDS-4 Summer Workshops
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Scriptwriting
Workshop Held |
SPCA-TV
held it's first scriptwriting workshop on June 26, 28, and
30th. Volunteer, Al Snowdon conducted the workshop for
eight KIDS-4 crewmembers. The kids learned how to
develop ideas, cr eate
characters, and personalities, create problems and solutions
to those problems. The kids will be able to apply the
skill learned to their academic work as well as to their
KIDS-4 crews and Film Festival entries. |
 Those who
attended include: Hannah Bloczynski, Cal Berg, Becky Dekelv er, Gweni
Smith, Paul Steinweg, Leighla Baney, Becci
Manke, and Gefjon
Garat.
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Film
Fest Summer Camp a Success!
This
is the second year that SPCA-TV held their Summer Film Fest
Camp. Ten kids participated in the camp this
year and made some outstanding films. Throughout the course of the camp participants
learned the proper skills it takes to make their own
movies. The first week of camp participants
developed their idea s into a script and
learned how to storyboard their scripts. The
kids also learned proper filming techniques and went
over how
to get the best audio for their films. Week
two the kids got into groups of three and four and
formed a production crew. Each group picked someone to be the
camera person, the producer, and the on-camera
talent. Groups each shot a feature stories by following along to a formal script.
When finished the groups got back together and wrote
their own scripts by following the storyboard format
and filmed it as a production team.
Each
participant was taught editing techniques and how to
properly put their stories together with graphics
and voice-overs. Groups worked together to
piece together their raw footage for a finished
product. In the third week of camp
participants came in individually to edit their Film
Fest Projects. The editing skills they learned
in week two were applied, and campers worked to
complete their projects for entry
into the Film Festival. The final week
we had a premiere party where all films were shown
in there entirety. Each film was unique and
creative, and the kids were all amazed on how much
they had learned in just four weeks! All films
were then entered into the SPCA-TV 2007 Film
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A wide variety of programs are produced by KIDS-4 crews, including:
- City events, parades, and festivals
- Music programs from area schools
- Sporting events, football, soccer, hockey, basketball
- Interviews with local personalities
- Original skits and plays
- Tours of local buildings and other points of interest
- Round table discussions on current topics
- Game shows
- Lectures and lyceums
- In-class presentations
The programs are limited only by the energy and imagination of the KIDS-4
crew members. For a sampling of what KIDS-4 offers today and a peek at
our current crews, check out
our Highlights.
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