Here is a piece of work created by participants on the RecTech Internship at Southwest.

“Billy the Bully Beater”, you are not alone if you are being bullied, there are people to help.

This is a stop motion animation, using Lego, originally edited in Flash, then exported as video and re edited and dubbed in Premier. Photoshop was also used for edits to the stills made during the animation filming.

see it on Vimeo: billy the bully beater from Group Lego on Vimeo.

On Friday, May 11, eight students who participated in the RecTech Youth Media 24 Hour Film Competition at Delridge Community Center attended a Gala event at MOHAI. Three of our film teams walked away with honors.

“History Is… Repetition,” created by Bryan Shickley, Thien Vo, and Liban Mohamud won the MOHAI History Award. Film makers Bryan and Liban were winter quarter students at the RecTech Youth Media Interns program located at Delridge Community Center. Thien is a current RecTech Youth Media intern who has been working with us since the beginning of this year. All three students signed on for the 24 hour film challenge this spring and their team received the $1000 MOHAI History Award, which they split three ways.

Bryan Shickley is 16 and attends Big Picture High School. Thien Vo is 16 and attends Evergreen High School’s Technology, Engineering & Communications School. Liban Mohamud is 14 and attends Chief Sealth International High School.

“History Is…Invention” took the Best Youth Group Project award, and Samira Hussein and Hibo Mohamad received a $500 prize which they split two ways. Samira has been working with the RecTech Youth Media program since January 2012. She is 17 years old and attends Chief Sealth International High School. Hibo Mohamed signed on just for the 24 hour film challenge. She is a 17 year old student at West Seattle High School.

“History Is…Basketball”, by Issa Mohamed, Evan Williams, and Sterling Espinoza, received an Honorable Mention.  Issa is a 15 year old student at West Seattle High School.  Evan Williams joined the Youth Media Interns for the first time to participate in the 24 Film Challenge. He is a student at Franklin High School. Sterling Espinoza is a 16 year old high school junior who has been with the RecTech Youth Media Internship for one year.

All of our winning interns came away with a great “swag bag” that included a SIFF short film festival weekend pass and a MOAHI membership. Congratulations to our RecTech Youth Media Filmmakers, and many thanks to our partners, SIFF and 911 Media Arts!

In the summer of 2011, RecTech hosted its inaugural Sampling History Internship* at Rainier Community Center serving 10 promising high school students.

While all participants were gifted, Akeda Jones’ drive (as big as her smile) seemed to push her to a level of excellence seldom seen in such a young person.

“100 Bars Closer,” a combination of several pieces she’d written during her time with RecTech, made the final cut and is featured on her latest mix-tape, Consider it Done.  Listen Here:  http://rectechseattle.podbean.com/mf/web/mq8ug/Kneak-100barscloser.mp3

*The Sampling History internship is an amalgamation of history, music theory, creative writing, and sample based hip-hop production.  RecTech is currently considering bringing the program back to serve a second cohort for summer 2012, but until then you can join us in the recording studio Tuesdays, 4pm -6pm, at Rainier Community Center for our Music Production program.

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A project from RecTech’s fall 2011 Digital Media Internship at Garfield Community Center. For more information about programs at Garfield, contact RecTech Site Lead Tariq Sahali (aka Tarqnology) at tariq.sahali@seattle.gov.