- AboutOut the Window For Out the Window, short video portraits of places will be presented in the unusual context of the Los Angeles County Metro bus system, during spring and summer 2011. By sharing perspectives from individual households and neighborhoods to the city and region at large, Out the Window creates a mosaic of the many social, cultural, economic and creative layers of a complex American city. Out the Window is a multi-phase project, with the first phase involving videos made by L.A. youth and the second, by artists, activists and storytellers. Phase One Since Fall 2010, youth in Echo Park, Historic Filipinotown and East Los Angeles have been participating in a collaborative learning community, specifically designed to build digital media communication skills, including storytelling, technical media skills, social networking and critical thinking. Specifically, they are writing and producing two-minute videos exploring aspects of community and place, which will be seen on over 2,200 buses traversing Los Angeles County. The videos will be broadcast on Metro buses in May and June, 2011 and will be later archived on this website. An interactive element of the project will allow bus riders to text responses to site-specific questions posed by community curators,…
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- ResponsesContest!! Contest!! We want to hear from you! Taking advantage of Transit TV’s interactive system, bus riders can text responses to questions posed at the end of each video by artists and community curators. Questions will be presented in English and Spanish. DVD prizes go to the most creative responses to each video! How does it work? Ride the bus (cost of admission: $1.50) Watch the videos. They appear once per hour. A different video each day. Text us your response to the question at the end of the video (310.405.4134) Selected responses will be posted on our blog and winners announced at the close of the project in November. October 1-2, 2011: What’s the sound of a bike ride? ¿Cual es el sonido de un viaje en una bicicleta? coming soon Previous texts 22+ 110 35+fox, deer, racoon and possium 55+ chevy camaro 40mln people visit LA each year. I don’t know ann says its because its development rich #20 scary #20 to be a great firefighter and own my own house #39 34+ Bel Air 1+4 My favorite love song is “Diane” by local Hollywood songwriter David Peretiatko #1: mta buses 333 and 720 (sometimes the local 20),…
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