Teach me how To Govie
A collaborative music video project
Completion Date
2011
Community Partner
Govans Elementary, Baltimore, MD
Disciplines
Sound and Video, Community Art
Course
Elements of Visual Thinking II
Much like our first music video collaboration Homework Boy, our efforts in creating Teach Me How to Govie (TMHTG) were focused mostly on empowering students to be media literate consumers by engaging them in a creative process of media production.
TMHTG was the largest scale collaboration that we've done to date involving upwards of 100 people! Two groups of MICA students enrolled in both my and Professor Chris Metzger's Elements of Visual Thinking II course collaborated with the fabulous choir of Govans Elementary for a larger scale music video collaboration.
We added some new workshops like animation and costume design and worked with the students for several weeks. Everyone really enjoyed getting to know each other better.
AYE get it GOVIE!
As usual, Ysem Brown brought some amazing artistry to the lyrics-- this time he re-wrote "Teach Me How to Dougie" as "Teach Me How to Govie." Govie, is the school Mascot for Govans Elementary and we even had our illustration students adding some cool new shades to Govie. Our MICA students contributed many hours of work including video recording/editing, motion graphics, sound mixing, costuming and of course, learning the Govie.
Being a Govie is about being a great friend, about working hard and spreading the love. And there was plenty of love to share after this project.
The great Ysem Brown!
Faculty Team
Ysem Brown, Jenna Frye, Christopher Metzger
Photo Credits
Christopher Metzger
Grant Funding
MICA Lucas Grant
Faculty Assistants
Erin Zerbe (TA) and Marcus Civin (linked instructor)
Special Thanks
Thanks to students from MICA and Govans Elementary for being amazing collaborative partners in this project.