Film Screening: Progeny Film Festival

hoekzema — Sat, 07 May 2011 22:28:43 +0000

The Discovery of Duct Tape will be screening again at the Progeny Film Festival at the Lyric Theatre in Blacksburg, Virginia on Wednesday, May 11 at 7 p.m.

Admission is free! Come out and celebrate the work of several student filmmakers in the region!

More information about the festival can be found at: http://www.progeny.org.vt.edu/

Some Upcoming Changes

hoekzema — Sun, 01 May 2011 14:48:53 +0000

I am going to be making some changes over the summer to the blog. I still intend to post videos to the blog, but I am slowly going to start pulling sections of the film down off the site and Vimeo. If you would like to get a copy of the film, don’t worry! If you want a copy, email me at amhoekzema(at)gmail(dot)com. Till next time!

Episode 9: Global Finals!

hoekzema — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 13:49:51 +0000

The Flock head down to Knoxville to compete at Destination ImagiNation Global Finals!

Next week will conclude The Discovery of Duct Tape!

Crazy Hat 2011

hoekzema — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 13:27:39 +0000

With Global Finals just around the corner, I thought I would share my DI hat for this year. As with every new season of Destination ImagiNation, I have the sudden urge to make a new crazy hat.

I normally make the hats out of unusual items like Christmas ornaments, flowers, bottle caps and other interesting items. The hats all share a common theme: they are made with the base of a cowboy hat and somewhere on the hat is feathers.

Now, my initial goal this year was to make a hat without feathers, as it’s an item I use every year to help cover the hat. Alas this year I was unable to go without feathers, but I’m proud to say that the feathers made up less than 30% of the hat this year.

If you couldn’t guess, the theme for the hat this year was the sun. I found some really interesting floral items at Michael’s this year and wanted to design the hat around them. So this is the result!

I hope you enjoy!

What the heck is Pin Trading all about?

hoekzema — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 17:10:34 +0000

For a lot of the first time Globals teams, pin trading can be a little daunting. How many pins should you order? Why do the kids pin trade? What’s so important about it? While the following video doesn’t answer how many pins you should order, I hope it makes it easier for parents and new team managers understand what pin trading is all about. Plus, if you are planning on heading to Globals, you should definitely consider ordering some pins to trade!

Film Screening

hoekzema — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 02:53:33 +0000

Want to see the film? Well, The Discovery of Duct Tape will be screening at the Virginia Student Film Festival in Charlottesville, Virginia this Friday during the 7:30 to 9:15 competitive shorts program at the Newcomb Theater. This will be the first public screening of the film, so come on out!

For more information about the festival please check out the website at: http://student.virginia.edu/~fms-uva/festival/2011/.

The DVD

hoekzema — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 21:27:37 +0000

In the next week, the DVD for The Discovery of Duct Tape will be complete. I am working on the finishing touches as I type this. The DVD will include some awesome special features including some of the short educational videos posted to the blog as well as a festival cut of the film. If you find yourself wanting a DVD please contact me at amhoekzema (at)gmail(dot)com. The DVD will not be for sale, but by special request only.

As a teaser, here is the front of the DVD cover:

Episode 3: The Flock

hoekzema — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 15:18:37 +0000

Three teams in Virginia compete in Destination ImagiNation for a chance to perform at the international competition, Global Finals, in Knoxville Tennessee. Teams solve complex challenges and present their solutions to Appraisers and an audience at Regional and Affiliate competitions in the 2009-2010 school year.

This week meet The Flock from Marion, Virginia. The Flock is a high school team competing in Challenge D: Do or DI. The team has been to Globals eight times!

Join us next week for Episode 4: Regionals!

Episode 4: Regionals, Part 1 will be posted on March 14.

Episode 2: The Crazy, Ancient, Secret Time Travelers

hoekzema — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 17:52:39 +0000

Episode 2: The Crazy, Ancient, Secret Time Travelers

This week meet CASTT, an Elementary Level team from the Roanoke Region. Join us next for the introduction of our last team, The Flock from the Southwest Highlands Region.

Episode 3 will be posted on March 8, 2011

Episode 1

hoekzema — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 21:41:20 +0000

Check out Episode One!

This week meet the 6 Phoenixes from Kemps Landing Magnet Schools in the Tidewater Region.

Join us next week to meet CASTT from the Roanoke region!

Episode Two will be available on March 1, 2011