{"id":7359,"date":"2019-10-03T14:13:44","date_gmt":"2019-10-03T18:13:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/myfaithandjoy.com\/?p=7359"},"modified":"2019-10-03T14:13:44","modified_gmt":"2019-10-03T18:13:44","slug":"the-bsn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myfaithandjoy.com\/?p=7359","title":{"rendered":"The BSN"},"content":{"rendered":"

Several of the kids are…let’s call it…theatrical.\u00a0 They’ve been channeling that leaning into a production they call the “BSN,” which stands for the “B____ Siblings Network.”\u00a0 So far, they’ve videoed two installments of the news broadcast, featuring all five of the kids.\u00a0 Susie has been starting them off with an overall news wrap-up, Becky then comes on with an interview (in which she plays both the interviewer and interviewee), then Jim gives a sports update, then Danny pontificates on any topic that is pressing on his mind at the moment, then there’s a brief “Talking with Tazie” interview where the videographer scrambles to keep Tazie in the picture while asking her questions, concluding with a “light show” where the boys illuminate the darkened foyer with flashlights waving in sync with rhythmic music.\u00a0 It’s 100% child-written, child-directed and child-filmed.<\/p>\n

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Here’s the kids’ inventive stage for their most recent broadcast, complete with Jim acting as the human teleprompter, scrolling through Susie’s pre-written speech.<\/p>\n

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Their dad then takes the videos and splices them together into an iMovie app, which adds a “newsy” sound effect.\u00a0 Susie is anxious to learn the technology herself so she can take that piece of the production over too.\u00a0 I’m very impressed!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Several of the kids are…let’s call it…theatrical. They’ve been channeling that leaning into a production they call the “BSN,” which stands for the “B____ Siblings Network.” So far, they’ve videoed two installments of the news broadcast, featuring all five of the kids. Susie has been starting them off with an overall news wrap-up, Becky then 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