Mentors
Raphael Nash
Mentor
Raphael Nash is Digital Youth Network's Coordinator for Video Production and The Youth Mentorship Program. He is an MFA Candidate in Film and Media Arts at Temple University, and is the CEO/Creative Director of the Media Production and Product Design Company, Endangered Peace.
Over the past 2 years, Raphael has presented the program with new paths for Video and Media creation through his Photo/Digital Video Production Pods and Video Editing Classes. Creating Curricula that presents film/video making as a process, and not a mere activity, students deconstruct popular media to understand the formal construction of their own.
Using Film as a tool of expression, students use their Filmmaking knowledge to create Short Films, Documentaries, Public Service Announcements, and Commercial Advertisements.
As Coordinator of The Youth Mentorship Program, he works with students who have been with DYN for 3 plus years - providing them with employment opportunities within DYN as Instruction Assistants, as well as Freelance Media Producers for partnering organizations.
In the Summer of 2008, the Youth Mentors took lead in DYN's Summer Film Program in conjunction with the IFP/Chicago, to create the short film, Division 201. Both programs guided the Youth Mentors and 30 additional students through the entire script-to-screen process of producing a Short film - providing professional training, equipment, and actors.
By allowing these students to gain a professional filmmaking experience, his goal is to prepare them to intern with professional media creators the following summer, and to be prepared to enter a work intensive collegiate film and media program the following years.
Specialties: | Digital Video and Photography |
Hometown: | Matteson, IL |
Education: | BFA Photography & Cinema Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign;MFA Candidate- Film & Media Arts, Temple University |
Webpage: | https://www.EndangeredPeace.net |