This educational module invites you to learn about the decisions, both in the field, and within the editing suite, that went into the making of Take Care.

Take Care is a story about family, choices and reconciliation. It offers a glimpse into the life of Virginia Gandee, a 22-year-old woman who lives in Staten Island, New York.

At first glance one is struck by Virginia's bold appearance; her bright red hair and the dozen tattoos that canvas her body. When she was 15, Gin left home to marry a 20-year-old she met online. Two years later, she was a teenage mother. Today, Gin is raising her daughter as a single mother and pursuing her dream to become a nurse. Meanwhile we see that inside her family's trailer park home, Gin’s caregiving goes beyond the love she has for her daughter.

Take Care is a product of the MediaStorm Storytelling Workshop, where participants work alongside MediaStorm staff to create an intimate, character-driven documentary in just one week.

This educational module invites you to learn about the decisions, both in the field, and within the editing suite, that went into the making of Take Care. Join a conversation between Producer Eric Maierson and MediaStorm Executive Producer Brian Storm as they discuss the development of this story through a scene-by-scene breakdown of the piece.

The Making Of provides more than an hour of discussion and exposition on the process and multitude of decisions that went into the editing and shooting of Take Care.

Topics covered include:

Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Finding the Story
Chapter 3: The Open and Building Drama
Chapter 4: Music and Narrative
Chapter 5: Title and Sense of Place
Chapter 6: Composition
Chapter 7: Shooting for Sequences
Chapter 8: Telling the Backstory
Chapter 9: Placement and Narrative
Chapter 10: Portraits
Chapter 11: The Interlude
Chapter 12: Controlling the Subject
Chapter 13: The Human Condition
Chapter 14: Narrative Transition
Chapter 15: Introducing the Grandfather
Chapter 16: Breaking the Wall
Chapter 17: Dignity of the Subject
Chapter 18: The Absence of Sound
Chapter 19: Frozen Moment
Chapter 20: Balancing Characters
Chapter 21: Editing Decisions
Chapter 22: Universal Storytelling
Chapter 23: The Close
Chapter 24: One Subject at a Time
Chapter 25: Teaching Moments
Chapter 26: "Can you repeat that?"
Chapter 27: Conclusion