So the one thing that I think has stuck with me the most, and it seems has stuck with the others in the group, is this very clearly defined concept of the limited number of "boxes" high school students often find themselves forced into. These are:
-College
-McJob (i.e. low paying non-skilled labor)
-Military
-Crime, drug sales, etc.
The goal of SCAP seems to be expand and multiply these limited sources of opportunity. Victoria has already been working on some illustrations that we might be able to use to represent this idea. Last night it occurred to me that another way to represent these "boxes" would be be through the idea of doors students have the option of going through after high school. While I don't know exactly how this would be accomplished yet within our piece (and it has the danger of coming off as cliche i.e. "open the door to opportunity"), I think a lot of interesting possibilities come up. We could do a very simple animation using a variety of techniques. We could actually shoot doors in a hallway, or opening and closing (i.e. with the new HOPE regulations the college path suddenly became slammed shut for many). We could do stop motion. Anyway, all just ideas I wanted to get down before they left my brain.
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