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AUSTIN SCHOOL OF FILM AND AUSTIN VOICES TO HOLD FREE VIDEO AND ‘ZINE-MAKING WORKSHOP, TIED TO SUPER PAL UNIVERSE KIDS’ CONTEST, ON APRIL 26, AT ALAMO DRAFTHOUSE SOUTH LAMAR
Austin teen band to help students compete in anti-littering contest
Super Pal Universe, Austin musician Sara Hickman’s new program targeting teens and pre-teens with a combination of original music and pop-driven activism by the Super Pal Universe band members, will host a free workshop on Saturday, April 26, 11 a.m., at the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar (1120 S. Lamar), open to students interested in competing in a contest featuring anti-littering and anti-pollution messages.
During the workshop, Austin School of Film staff will be on hand to teach participants how to make videos, and Austin Voices staff will teach participants about ‘zine production. Following the workshop, the Alamo Drafthouse’s monthly Kids Club will host a free showing of the movie Infra-Man, a wild and wacky retro hero movie.
The contest, open to all students in Travis, Williamson, and Hays Counties, invites students to deliver an anti-littering or anti-pollution message around the theme “Super Hero – Clean Up This Mess!” Each contest participant will create a short video, a song, an animation piece, comic book or ‘zine around the theme of pollution and/or littering, incorporating a super hero of the participant’s own choosing.
The competition is designed to provide kids and their teachers or community service providers with a fun, educational and challenging creative project. Not only will kids win prizes, but the winners’ sponsoring classrooms or community groups will also receive a “wish list” of goods and services that will enhance their capability to educate and inspire other kids.
The first prize winner, as selected by a panel of judges will win $500, and that sponsor will receive wish list goods or services valued at $2500. The second prize winner will win $250, with that sponsor winning a wish list valued at $1000. The ‘Audience Favorites’ video/animation award winner and that winner’s sponsor will each win a $250 gift card from Best Buy.
More details on entering the contest are available at www.superpaluniverse.com, the band’s official website.
The Super Pal Universe band features five Austin-area kids, ages 13 to 17, who actively encourage teens and pre-teens to increase community involvement and creativity through music and Web-viewable programming (“webisodes”).
For more information on the Alamo Drafthouse Kids Club event, go to:
http://www.originalalamo.com/Show.aspx?id=5239
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