In My Words, by Rachel
My favorite part about this program was using the cameras for anything we wanted to film. Behind the camera was fun because we were all really hyper and crazy, but in front of the big professional camera it was kind of scary because no kind of camera ever filmed me before. It was great after the first couple times in front of that camera because I got to use it. We made bracelets, finger print pictures, collages, mellowed out and took quizzes in the uniquely ME! books and goofed around at the end of the day when the parents started coming. We talked about anger and how to deal with it. We talked about mellowing out and body language. When we had free time, I made lots of bats with expressions and accessories and called them “batfuls”. This program is fun and I would definitely come back next year.
-Rachel, 11, Pennsylvania, uniquely ME! Real Girls in Reel Life Summer Film Institute