1. thinc Career Chat
with Filmmaker Ed Brown
Friday, December 14
1 p.m. ET
Bring your students to our thinc Career Chat with
filmmaker Ed Brown. Ed is the Owner/Director of
Macroscopic Media, LLC. and recently wrote, directed
and produced Unacceptable Levels, an award-winning
documentary about what goes in our bodies and what
we can do about it.
What do I need to do to have my students participate?
1
Let us know youʼre planning to attend. Register at: http://tinyurl.com/thincCCreg
2
Have your students submit their questions for our guest to our Edmodo
group.
Just go to Edmodo.com and register for a free account.
Then join our thinc Career Chat group using the code: fjsgij
3
Double check to make sure Google Hangouts are not blocked at your school. On the day
of the event you will go to http://tinyurl.com/thincHangout to participate.
About thinc Career Chats
Our thinc Career Chats are an opportunity for students to connect with some really
amazing people who have equally amazing careers. The chats are intended for students
in grades five through twelve.
The first part of the chat is a live video broadcast through Google Hangouts. For
approximately 20-30 minutes a student interviews our special guest. All students are
encouraged to submit questions in advance via Edmodo.
After the video broadcast, our special guest will answer additional questions live in
Edmodo for approximately 30 minutes.
Questions? Contact Lance@PurpleFeetFoundation.org
2. Ed Brown
Owner/Director of Macroscopic Media, LLC.
www.unacceptablelevels.com
To help your students get to know Ed before the thinc Career Chat, we asked him some
general questions in advance.
Where do you live?
Enola, PA Edʼs Favorites
Where did you go to school? Book
Juniata Gap Elementary (Altoona, PA), Altoona Area Breakfast of Champions
High School (Altoona, PA), Shippensburg University
Food
(Shippensburg, PA) Peanut Butter
Tell us about your family. Place
Lauren Brown (Wife), Brayden Brown (Son, 4) and Yosemite National Park
Maia Brown (Daughter, 2) They are the reason why I do
everything that I do. Technology
iPhone
Give us your bio in your own words.
I spent the first 23 years of my life in Pennsylvania, and Sports team
I thought I really knew something about the world that Seattle Seahawks
we live in. It didnʼt take much to learn how big this
planet is, and how important it is to take care of it. Movie
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
I lived in New York City, which as you know, is a pretty Season
big place. Compared to what I was used to, it was a lot Summer
different as all of the trees that I had been used to
being around had suddenly been replaced by a lot of Quote
really big buildings and there were a lot of people. First they ignore you, then they
laugh at you, then they fight you,
I had become inspired while there to tell stories in a then you win.
way that many people take for granted, as the real -Gandhi
world is usually stranger and more beautiful than in any
book that you can read. Thatʼs why I became a
documentary filmmaker, because there are aspects of everyday life that people do not think
about as being important.
The trick for myself is this, how to make someone think something is just as important as I do,
just by pointing a camera in the right direction.
