5/01/09 MOJO SOLO TRIP

Today, .EDU Film Festival co-Director Rick Hansen took selected students from MTS Digital Media Academy and headed out for a field trip to the St. Paul based media production company Mojo Solo. Selected students Fayth Cavaliere, Dustin Barnes and Eiryn Hegland accepted invitations to come and tour Mojo’s facilities and help create the .EDU Film Festival trailer.

At first, the kids were a bit apprehensive. ‘I did not know what to expect’ quipped Dustin at one of the taped interviews, ‘but it was such a relaxed environment. They really were getting stuff done, and totally professional, but in a cool and fun environment.’ Over the course of the day, the students looked into a real life media production work environment, met with Mojo’s staff, brainstormed ideas about the trailer, ate pizza/drank Red Bull, and got to work on actually creating the concept, imagery, and content of this year’s festival trailer. The day went by so quickly, because the Mojo Solo staff had the kids on a very tight schedule. No time for messing around because there was much work to do, and the time went by bang, bang, bang! Overall both the kids and professionals walked away inspired, rejuvenated and with a festival trailer that makes us all very proud. Great work by all and extra special thanks to MTS Digital Media Academy and Mojo Solo for making it all happen.