Final Draft launches its outreach initiative Global Voices - Building Bridges One Story At A Time.
Global Voices strives to celebrate and support storytellers throughout the world. We believe that every person has a story to tell, and that no one's voice should be silenced. Global Voices supports programs that promote literacy, healing and awareness through the medium of storytelling.
As part of this initiative, Final Draft has launched two programs - On The Verge and The Mentor Project.
On The Verge promotes new voices in storytelling by spotlighting a hand picked clip or trailer of an emerging artist's works.
The mission of The Mentor Project is twofold;
1. To celebrate the teacher and educator who uses storytelling and digital media to foster and nurture the student's intellect and imagination; and
2. To provide youths and adults with access to the leading storytellers of our time through sponsored workshops and seminars.
ON THE VERGE ~
View the short film ""NIGHTMARE ON AIDS STREET" , one of Scenarios USA award winning student films.The story behind "NIGHTMARE ON AIDS STREET" ~15 year-old Nicole Zepeda had her first experience in film as a crew member on the 1999 Scenarios film Don't Dance With Death along with nearly 150 of her classmates. The following year, in 2000, Nicole submitted a script to the Scenarios contest on coming of age in the era of AIDS. She wrote from experience, about what she saw going on with her peers and what her friends told her. She used imagery and special effects to tell her story. She was surprised as anyone when she learned that she had won the contest. Her winning marked the second year in a row that Scenarios would be working at Pharr/San Juan/Alamo North High School (PSJA North).Nicole's involvement with Scenarios brought her other exciting experiences...In August 2001, Nicole got a call from Hollywood. They wanted her to audition for an HBO film entitled Real Women Have Curves. Nicole had a first audition in San Antonio and then, by the time she drove the three hours home, the director had called and wanted her to fly to Los Angeles the following day. Arriving in Los Angeles, Nicole was picked up in a limousine and taken to meet the director. She auditioned for six hours, opposite actors who had already been cast. The director told her she was trying to choose between Nicole and one other actress. Though Nicole didn't get the part, it was an experience of a lifetime and confirmed her love for film. Now a senior in high school, Nicole is applying to film schools.
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