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For over 30 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't be found
anywhere else for over 30 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 60 crewmembers who achieved
this goal! This years party was held at Sheehan Park with beautiful
weather. The afternoon was filled with kickball, ring toss
competitions, scavenger hunts and board games. 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,
see you next year!
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Hannah & Keyiona go head to head
in the ring toss competition |
A
heated game of Catch Phrase! |
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Thanks for making this a
GREAT year! |
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To start the crew year off, the staff at Sun
Prairie Cable Access
held the Annual KIDS-4 Kick-Off Picnic on Sunday, October 12th at the
Westside Services Building.
This year, KIDS-4 will have eight
different crews with almost 70
talented and unique young people participating.
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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.
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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,
create
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. |

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Film
Fest Summer Camp a Success!
This is the third year that SPCA-TV held their
Summer Film Fest Camp. Seven kids participated in the camp this
year and made some outstanding films. Throughout the course of the camp participants
learned t he proper skills it takes to make their own
movies. The first week of camp participants
developed their ideas 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. Thee 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 2008 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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