Kids Rockets
Kids Rockets
This segment pertains to a class project were kids build their own model rockets. Shot of model rocket placed on detonation rod. The rocket is painted red, white and blue. It has UFO lettered on the front. Audio caputures kids screaming "1-Blast off". Camera pulls back as the rocket shoots into the air. The African-American students are seen with their heads tilted back looking up at the sky. View of the rocket in the air and spiraling back to the ground with the help of a parachute. Camera follows the rocket until it hits the earth, a boy is there to retrieve it. CU of hands folding a parachute that is about to be placed inside the rocket body. Shot of young boy adding wick to the bottom of rocket. View of several rockets lined up on a platform, ready for lift off. A countdown can be heard on the audio. Shot of young boy seated on a bench prepairing his rocket. Shot of reporter interviewing boy. The boy explains what the rocket is made out of and how it works. Shot of platform lined with rockets, one shoots off into the air. Brief view of rocket in the sky. Boy retrieves rocket after it lands. Reporter interviews the teacher who put this program together. The teacher is a young Caucasian man with an extremely long beard. (Hippie in a leather coat) Teacher talks about the interest that the students have for the program.