WGBH Lab

About this original series

Since 2003, the WGBH Lab has offered a virtual and physical space for innovation and experimentation in the world of user-generated content. The Lab is both a resource and a community for media-makers of all kinds, where users interact as they watch, create, and collaborate on video work.For more details, visit lab.wgbh.org

  • # Episodes

    14 episodes

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Episodes of WGBH Lab

    • Play The MASTERPIECE Video Diary Project Submissions | Inspired by "The Diary of Anne Frank" | PBS - WGBH Lab on Blip WGBH Lab episodes on Blip

      The MASTERPIECE Video Diary Project Submissions ...

      Anne Frank was an amazing storyteller. Through her words, she has engaged and inspired youth to document their thoughts on self-expression, tolerance, and being. Today, The Diary of Anne Frank is one of the most widely read pieces of non-fiction in the world. MASTERPIECE, PBS, and The WGBH Lab invite you, the next generation of independent media makers and storytellers ages 13 and up to create your own diary online, using video, audio or still images.By writing in her diary, Anne Frank was emp...

      • Release date
        Apr 21, 2010
      • Runtime
        01:42
    • Play The Antiques Roadshow Open Call | WGBH Lab - WGBH Lab on Blip WGBH Lab episodes on Blip

      The Antiques Roadshow Open Call | WGBH Lab

      We all have them old items, sitting in the attic, passed down by a cousins cousin, estranged fathers, or a mothers, sisters brother.

      • Release date
        Jan 26, 2010
      • Runtime
        01:48
    • Play Found in America - WGBH Lab on Blip WGBH Lab episodes on Blip

      Found in America

      Orphaned shopping lists, missing pet notices, and other discarded objects find their voice in a new magazine. Scott Patterson's "Found in America" travels with Davy Rothbart who created Found Magazine to uncover the unexpected beauty and pathos invoked by found objects. Short by Scott Patterson.

      • Release date
        Apr 17, 2008
      • Runtime
        08:42
    • Play The Pocket - WGBH Lab on Blip WGBH Lab episodes on Blip

      The Pocket

      Filmmaker Caroline Toth takes up drumming and soon experiences what musicians call being in the pocket. Commissioned by the WGBH Lab for a series pilot.

      • Release date
        Apr 17, 2008
      • Runtime
        04:07
    • Play Couples - WGBH Lab on Blip WGBH Lab episodes on Blip

      Couples

      A 21st century love story emerges from a web of e-mail, text messaging, cell phones, video, and chat rooms. Is it possible that technology is changing not only intimate communication, but ultimately, the nature of romance itself?

      • Release date
        Apr 17, 2008
      • Runtime
        09:48
    • Play Confessions of a Skating Addict - WGBH Lab on Blip WGBH Lab episodes on Blip

      Confessions of a Skating Addict

      Tracy Heather Strain reveals the extent of her late-blooming passion for figure skating. Commissioned by the WGBH Lab for a series pilot.

      • Release date
        Apr 17, 2008
      • Runtime
        03:24
    • Play The Legend of the End of the World - WGBH Lab on Blip WGBH Lab episodes on Blip

      The Legend of the End of the World

      Somewhere near the Badlands, an old woman makes a blanket out of porcupine quills. Sitting beside her is a huge black dog who scratches at the blanket every time the old woman turns around. A simple tale, this animated piece reveals the Lakhota legend about the end of the world.

      • Release date
        Apr 17, 2008
      • Runtime
        03:35
    • Play Competing Thoughts - WGBH Lab on Blip WGBH Lab episodes on Blip

      Competing Thoughts

      A rare hub of race, class, and sometimes gender, pickup soccer is arguably one of the most diverse gatherings in Boston. Everyone is welcome, and often no score is kept. This short is the first in a series of video essays drawing from Ben Stump’s research on competition. Stump is interested in exploring the pros and cons of competition and alternatives to it.

      • Release date
        Apr 17, 2008
      • Runtime
        06:40
    • Play Beneath the City - WGBH Lab on Blip WGBH Lab episodes on Blip

      Beneath the City

      Follow the lives of four subway performers. What drives them to perform day after day? This short shows the best and the worst aspects of these four performers' chosen careers.

      • Release date
        Apr 17, 2008
      • Runtime
        06:51
    • Play War Games - WGBH Lab on Blip WGBH Lab episodes on Blip

      War Games

      Several months ago I was sifting through some old family slides when I came across an image of me (age 3) sheepishly hiding behind my two older brothers. What stood out to me in an otherwise stereotypical family photo was that all three of us had play pistols strapped to our tiny prepubescent waists. "War" was as American to us a baseball and apple pie. This quirky, animated narrative explores my childhood's obsession with guns, heros and villains and how one accident introduced the reality ch...

      • Release date
        Feb 14, 2008
      • Runtime
        03:24
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