Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Coop's PP

Lets get some background on how this all came about: 
Yes week was underway.
My brother has just started grade 10.
To pass the year he has to do a Personal Project.
That means he does what ever he wants to do and then presents it.
My mum's a film director. means she has good stuff we can use.
I have a slight phobia of calling people on the phone/asking for anything (yeah i'm a freak, we know this, accept it, and move on.)

so one lovely day my brother was complaining about his PP (personal project, yes u know what it sounds like)  not knowing what on earth he was going to do, when my mother turned to him and said, " oh for goonessake, how about you do a doco on Yes Week" my brother said that was a good idea and my mother let out a sigh of relief as her son had now left the kitchen to plan and she could get back to chopping onions.

So he started to embark on this project, soon he realized that this was harder than expected and decided he needed my help, this was a good idea for two reasons
1: my brother looks like a 12 year old Justin Bieber so its hard for people to take him seriously
2: last year i was apart of a 3C's production called STOLEN, about oh guess what, human trafficking, go figure! and so had made a few good contacts with people that were good to interview and what not.

So we started getting interviews, and talking about what we were doing and the word started spreading. 2 weeks into this all. i received and email...
This email was from a prominent university in the area (who want to remain anonymous, until all is finalized in january). The Uni wanted to dare Cooper to finish his documentary, pledging a significant amount of money to Yes week, for it.

So now this small school project, has erupted into a campain to raise awareness and money and actually make a difference!

this isn't the end of the story so keep reading!

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