Gwenda Adkins and Marcella
Szymanski
have been developing a program
to teach about the forest. One part of it is a video in which
a
woman,
played by Flo Whitley, is trying to decide what to do with a forested
plot
of land that has been in her family for generations. She
reminisces
about her grandfather and his stories that he told her about when he
was
a child and his grandfather. As she ponders what
she should
do she also thinks about what the forest will mean to her children and
grandchildren.
Interior scenes set in the present day were shot at our
house.
The pictures show some of the production. Nancy is the
narrator
for
the video (she didn't want to appear on camera). The last
shot is
the cast and crew discussing, debating and revising everything about
the
script during a break in the shooting.
More shooting is planned showing the woman's childhood memories and also what resources are available to help her with her decisions about the forest.
Click Here to see posters that elementary students in the county did to show some aspects of the forest. They have been turned into a booklet which is used to supplement the program.
E-mail Nancy
and
Alan