(working title)
Strassner Entertainment Group, LLC, 4700 Sterling Drive, Suite J, Boulder, CO 80301
303-545-9955, FAX 303-545-6658
Marcie B. (Bunnie) Strassner (bunnie@fascinating.tv)
ã 1997 – Strassner Video
History doesn’t need to be dry and boring.
Most of the important passages in history were incredibly exciting when
they happened…why can’t we teach it that way?
With a vibrant, contemporary musical background and stars from film, TV
and Rock & Roll, history can come alive (and kicking) for our audience.
Using
original locations and virtual reality sets, sophisticated animation, popular
personalities and intelligent, funny writing, Hip Hop History sets
the stage to gallop through the ages and make it as thrilling …curious… enlightening… magical… wonderful (as in full of wonder) as it should be.
At a time when parents are
crying for good, substantial, educational programming, a whole group of viewers
is being left out. Children from 8 to
15 have virtually no intelligent programming designed for them, yet they have
the ability to understand more complex ideas and really appreciate the quality
of information that will go into Hip Hop History
Hip Hop History will take the stale old facts of the past and
liven them up with dramatizations, quirky stories that are not well known,
exciting digital effects, humor and a constantly evolving interactive
Website. We’ll take young teenagers
and put them on location at the site of an historic event and let them tell the
tale.
In addition, Hip Hop History will be a wonderful
classroom tool, providing curriculum-enhancing video to spice up some of the
drier passages. Every teacher’s dream.
Using the resources
available at every library, college and university, the multitude of
enthusiastic history teachers, writers and amateur history buffs, Hip Hop History will dance through the ages with a light touch,
a keen eye and tongue firmly in cheek.
The facts will be accurate, but the approach will be entertaining.
Hip Hop History Sample Episodes
1.
The
Eruption of Vesuvius – You can run but you can’t hide
The
Mystery at White Sands – How big a bomb is too big?
Benjamin
Franklin – A teenager in spirit for over 80 years
2.
The
Pyramids – No wheels, no trucks how did they do it?
Riverboats
– A paddle and a steam engine changed America.
Madame
Curie – It cost her life to discover radium
3.
The
Renaissance – Shakespeare, Elizabeth I, Michelangelo
Civil
War – Destruction of a way of life
Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. - Let his
people go
4.
The
Crusades – On a mission of death and destruction.
The
Invention of Television – Good news or bad?
Cleopatra
– 21 when she met Caesar, 39 when she died
5.
The
Coliseum – Gladiators, lions, screaming fans
The
Roaring 20s – Parties, fringes and screaming fans
FDR
– He led America to greatness from his wheelchair
6.
Gods
& Goddesses – Keeping track could be a real chore
World
War I – From an assassination to a global conflict.
Catherine
the Great –She brought Russia into the modern world.
7.
7
Wonders of the Ancient World – The Colossus, Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Temple
of Diana, The Sphinx
7
Wonders of the Modern World - Taj Mahal, Leaning Tower of Pisa, Eiffel Tower,
Empire State Building, Great Wall of China
Albert
Einstein – the single wonder of the 20th century
8.
Ancient
Mariners – How did they go so far on those tiny boats?
The
Sinking of the Titanic –How could they make such a mistake?
Mohandas
K. Gandhi – The Great Soul
Will be magazine style with 3 main
segments and short bumpers and wraparounds.
Each show will offer one story on ancient history (prior to 1700),
another on modern history (from 1700 to the present) and a biography of some
historical figure.
Our
3D animated guides and/or their celebrity guests, we’ll present stories that
will be part silly or serious recreations, part documentary and part visual
excitement. The writing will bring all
aspects into a cohesive and relevant context that gets all the facts straight
but keeps them entertaining.
Will be a mix of Hip Hop, Ska,
Techno, Rock and other contemporary styles that will attract our viewers and
keep them watching. Having guests from
the music world will help to attract our audience. Music will be an integral part of our stories and, properly
presented, even Beethoven and Wagner can be considered the “head-banger” styles
of their day.
Marketing and cross promotion
Offering the chance to interact with
stories from the show, the Hip Hop History Website
will give teens another, unique, resource for homework and an opportunity to
have fun while they research and learn about specific eras or people. A truly interactive way to study events and
walk through history.
Hip Hop History videos,
CDs and DVDs can be organized by show or by subject. If you need information on Egypt but there were several stories
scattered over multiple shows, Egypt-specific collections can be ordered
including the biographical segments that belong in that category.
In response
to our requests for stories/videos on history or biography, Hip Hop History will send prize winners to exciting
historical locations around the world to report back for the show. Picture a 14-year-old at the Coliseum in
Rome describing his or her feelings about bread and circuses or Christians and
lions.
The
development team for Hip Hop History is
headed by Bunnie Strassner of Strassner Entertainment Group, LLC.