Rain Barrel Project

Mutual Impact – Water Barrel Project (2011)

Created by Brian Slavinsky’s high school Film Production class, this video clip highlights the WPSD Rain Barrel project, whose goal is to help clean up the Nine-mile Run watershed.  This cross-curriculum project between the video and science departments was conducted through a partnership with the Nine Mile Run Watershed Association.

Mutual Impact – Rain Barrel Project won the Grand Prize award at the Seventh Annual C.A.U.S.E. Challenge High School Film Festival presented by Bayer Corp., Carnegie Science Center and Pittsburgh Filmmakers on Apr. 28, 2011. The Grand Prize included $1000 plus video euipment and $1500 to support the school’s media program.

This movie clip also won the “Best of Category” award in the Magazine competition at the 2011 Television and Video Teachers (TVT) Consortium Student Video Festival at Robert Morris University on April 13th.  26 schools in the tri-state area submitted videos that were judged by industry and academic professionals from Robert Morris University and the Pittsburgh area. Each submission was scored using several criteria, including the use of storyboards and scripts, the quality of camera and editing work, lighting, audio, creativity and video impact.