Barry Scott

Scott's program, "Filmmakers Making Changes at Juvenile Hall," challenges at-risk youth serving time in the juvenile detention center to direct their energy toward positive and constructive filmmaking activities. Working as teams, and in individually assigned roles including director, scriptwriter, set designer, cinematographer and editor, students in the program plan, develop, record and edit videos addressing a variety of topics. After teams have completed production, students share positive feedback and constructive criticism of the videos. Allowing students a chance to increase their personal writing, reading, speaking and listening skills, the video projects improve student self-esteem, social awareness and attitudes toward learning.