Here's your chance to sit in the producer's chair because this section is just for you! It's your chance to test out your ideas, see what others have done and ask questions before you start. Take the lead with these great links.
Find out how others have made their movies in just one day.
See some movie clips from MOVIExperience™ Movies.
Here are some useful books and products to make the most out of your experience as a girl with a story to tell.
List of Books:
Girls Speak Out: Finding your true self by Andrea Johnston
When We're in Public, Pretend You Don't Know me by Susan Borowitz
Queen Bees & Wannabes by Rosalind Wiseman
Chicken Soup For The Teenage Soul: 101 Stories of Life, Love and Learning by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen& Kimberly Kirberger
Dear Mrs. Parks: A Dialogue With Today's Youth by Rosa Parks with Gregory J. Reed, Lee and Low Books
Finding Our Way: The Teen Girls Survival Guide by Allison Abner
Girl Power!- Young Women Speak Out! by Hillary Carlip
Fighting Invisible Tigers: A Stress Management Guide For Teens by Earl Hipp
Girls & Young Women Inventing: Twenty True Stores About Inventors PLUS How You Can Be One Yourself by Frances A. Karnes and Suzanne M. Bean
Kids With Courage: True Stores about young people making a difference by Barbara A. Lewis
Taking Charge of My Mind and Body: A Girl`s Guide to Outsmarting Alcohol, Drug, Smoking and Eating Problems by Gladys Folkers and Jeanne Englemann
Girls and Young Women Entrepreneurs: True Stories about Starting and Running a Business plus How You Can Do It Yourself by Frances A. Karnes and Suzanne M. Bean
Girls and Young Women Leading the Way: 20 True Stories about Leadership by Frances A. Karnes and Suzanne M. Bean
Friends Forever by Judy Blume
Sula by Toni Morrison
Bad Girls by Cynthia Voigt
Girl Director: A How to Guide for the First-Time, Flat Broke Filmmaker (and video maker) by Andrea Richards
Real Girl/Real World: Tools for Finding Your True Self by Heather Gray
Girls in America: Their Stories, Their Words by Carol Cassidy
That Movie in Your Head by David Shepherd (available on
Star Girls: Questions and answers, messages and interviews with some of our inspirational ACTNOW! stars. (we need to set up a chat room for this too)
Here's your chance to voice your opinion in our girl's only chat room. (to be open soon)
These are great sites about stress, boys, life, parents, career, school, homework, dating and more.
Occasionally, we hold a showcase to share all of your fun work with others. We call these showcases "Shine Festivals."Here are details on the first one: It is tentatively planned for 2004 in the Pioneer Valley and co-sponsored by the Northampton Film Festival. Movies from MOVIExperiences™ of the last two years from around the country will be screened.
Additional sites on movie making and improvisation (this section should be in the main part of the site, too)