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“Make It Stop (September’s Children)” is the latest video from rockers Rise Against, and comes loaded with a powerful message. The video serves as a poignant anti-bullying message that speaks to members of the lesbian, gay, bi, and transgendered youth community, spreading the message that “It Gets Better.”

The band performs in a darkened gymnasium while we see several instances of bullying happening around the school. In the last minute or so, we hear encouraging messages from real people who have been harassed in the past or understand what the victims are going through.

Watch the Video:

Visit the It Gets Better project, supporting LGBT youth:
http://www.itgetsbetter.org

Over the holiday weekend, I finally gave myself a chance to dig through a bunch of old materials from college and grad school. I discovered all kinds of art projects I had totally forgotten about!

Here’s a video piece I created in grad school. It’s one of the very first that pretty much taught me the basics of Final Cut Pro and After Effects.

I’m quite amused watching it all these years later (especially by the part with the flashing eyes!).

I recall having a lot of fun shooting and cutting up the assets for this, but I’m not sure why I decided on such a weird aspect-ratio.

I was clearly quite the rebel all the way back in 2002.