Week 4 at the DROP House

The DROP TV House is buzzing with activity! Take a glimpse at what's been going on this week.

Meet the MC's!

The MC's (Media Creators) have been taking CMP's social media by storm this summer. Now is your chance to meet the youth behind the tweets!

Name: Brianna aka MC BE

1. If you could be an actor in any movie or TV show, what would it be? 

Orange is the New Black.

2. What is your favorite musician or band?

Pierce the Veil, Of Mice and Men, Bring Me the Horizon, Sleeping with Sirens, We are the In Crowd, All Time Low, Tonight Alive, Mayday Parade, You Me at Six, Divided by Friday, Panic At The Disco, Prince Royce, Drake, Romeo Santos, Never Shout Never, Greyson Chance, Eminem, Falling in Reverse, My Chemical Romance.

3. If you were an animal, what animal would you be, and what would your name be?

I would be a water fairy named Eurydice. 

4. Where do you want to travel? 

All around the world.

5. What is your favorite ice cream flavor?

Chocolate. 

6. What is the first thing you bought with your paycheck?

I bought a piece of pizza. 

7. What is your favorite color? 

Black, because it goes with everything. 

8. What is your guilty pleasure? 

Chocolate and Netflix.

9. Are you a lover or a fighter? 

I’m a lover, not a fighter, but I will fight for what I love. 

10. What is your favorite holiday? 

Halloween. 

11. If you could have any superpower what would it be? Would you use it for good or for evil? 

The power of teleportation, to transport things and people to different places, even into the future and past. I would use it for good, but might even do something for myself once in a while. 

Name: Vivianna aka MC VG

1. If you could be an actor in any movie or TV show, what would it be? 

Futurama.

2. What is your favorite musician or band?

ZUN.

3. If you were an animal, what animal would you be, and what would your name be?

I would be a rabbit named Koish.

4. Where do you want to travel? 

To Japan.

5. What is your favorite ice cream flavor?

Cookie dough. 

6. What is the first thing you bought with your paycheck?

I’m saving it up for a mac.

7. What is your favorite color? 

Magenta and Pink.

8. What is your guilty pleasure? 

Liking the Legend Of Zelda Spirit Tracks.

9. Are you a lover or a fighter? 

I’m a lover.

10. What is your favorite holiday? 

Easter.

11. If you could have any superpower what would it be? Would you use it for good or for evil? 

It would be the manipulation of subconscious, I would use it for good.

Name: Larken aka MC LE

1. If you could be an actor in any movie or TV show, what would it be? 

Orange is The New Black.

2. What is your favorite musician or band?

Alicia Keys, John Legend, John Mayer, Chance the rapper, Maroon 5.

3. If you were an animal, what animal would you be, and what would your name be?

I would be a puppy named Charlie.

4. Where do you want to travel? 

Greece, Australia, Spain, and France.

5. What is your favorite ice cream flavor?

Mint Chocolate Chip.

6. What is the first thing you bought with your paycheck?

A donut.

7. What is your favorite color? 

Purple.

8. What is your guilty pleasure? 

Mcdoubles with Mac Sauce. 

9. Are you a lover or a fighter? 

Lover.

10. What is your favorite holiday? 

Christmas and Thanksgiving.

11. If you could have any superpower what would it be? Would you use it for good or for evil? 

The ability to read minds, I would use it for both depending on what I heard.

Name: Dyasia aka MC DV

1. If you could be an actor in any movie or TV show, what would it be? 

I would love to be on The Bad Girls Club, to set a correct bad girl example.

2. What is your favorite musician or band?

I don’t think I honestly have a favorite musician.

3. If you were an animal, what animal would you be, and what would your name be?

I would be a tiny little pittbull and I would name myself Clifford because he’s big.

4. Where do you want to travel? 

I want to travel to Miami.

5. What is your favorite ice cream flavor?

My favorite ice cream flavor is cookies and cream.

6. What is the first thing you bought with your paycheck?

The first thing I bought with my paycheck was my bellybutton piercing, and I put the rest of my money in my savings account.

7. What is your favorite color? 

My favorite color is royal blue and hot pink.

8. What is your guilty pleasure? 

There are too many to count.

9. Are you a lover or a fighter? 

I’m definitely more in between.

10. What is your favorite holiday? 

My favorite holiday is Christmas and Independence Day.

11. If you could have any superpower what would it be? Would you use it for good or for evil? 

It would be for bullies to be kind and the victims to have some courage.

Name: Maya aka Mamma MC

1. If you could be an actor in any movie or TV show, what would it be? 

Sherlock, or any show from Masterpiece Theatre.

2. What is your favorite musician or band?

The Avett Brothers.

3. If you were an animal, what animal would you be, and what would your name be?

I would be a dog named Goldie.

4. Where do you want to travel? 

Australia.

5. What is your favorite ice cream flavor?

Chocolate.

6. What is the first thing you bought with your paycheck?

A new pair of earrings then I paid my rent.

7. What is your favorite color? 

Purple.

8. What is your guilty pleasure? 

Chocolate.

9. Are you a lover or a fighter? 

Lover.

10. What is your favorite holiday? 

Thanksgiving.

11. If you could have any superpower what would it be? Would you use it for good or for evil? 

I would read minds or be able to travel long distances quickly. I would use these powers for good.

Interstitial Madness

The MC’s (Media Creators) are back again from a visit to the DROP House, and much has happened in a short period of time. Come and see for yourself what they’ve been up to! When we were there we found them working on an interstitial. An interstitial is a segue in between two sections of a video, show, or movie. It tells you what you are watching or listening to. These are a couple of examples of interstitials from previous seasons of DROP TV.

Here we see some DROP producers hard at work creating scripts for some new interstitials.

Here we see Amanda, one of the co-directors of DROP TV, guiding the DROP TV producers on what to do and where to be to make an awesome interstitial.

Here we see a bird’s eye view of the final product from DROP producers filming one of their ideas for an interstitial.

Even though the DROP TV producers are hard at work they can still have a lot of fun!

DROP TV is Back in Action!

This summer at CMP, youth at DROP TV have been learning about media arts and what it takes to make a movie from start to finish. During the first week the students started with the basics, like camera angles and storyboarding. Storyboarding is when you draw out, shot by shot, what is going to appear in your film. Like any good TV show, you need a good intro. The Media Creators, better known as the MCs, took a trip to the DROP House to see what the youth producers were working on.

Here are some photos from our adventure to the DROP House and a sneak peek about what to expect from the DROP TV crew this summer.

Jack, one of the DROP TV veterans, is explaining to the team how to storyboard.

Jack is showing one of the MC’s, Dyasia, what they are storyboarding.

A complete storyboard.

The first group is excited about their refined ideas.

The second group documenting their ideas for the intro on a bigger scale.

The second group getting their creative juices flowing.

This is just the tip of the iceberg of what Children’s Media Project has to offer. The youth this summer are all full of creative ideas that we can’t wait to share with you. Stay tuned for more updates about new projects by the MC’s and the Drop TV team.