Explore Student Work
Spy Hop exists to give young people a platform to share their stories and ideas with the world. From personal narrative films to hip-hop music, students create digital media content to create positive social change.
Reel Stories
Check out the most recent teen short films coming out of Salt Lake City! These films are from Reel Stories, our longest-running film program. These films are so good, and are even more impressive when you realize that they were written, filmed and edited in only three weeks! Learn more about the films and filmmakers here »
Orange
The Art of Change
Get Outta Town
Frame of Mind
Fragile Collectors
Who Am I
The Deities of Aphrodite
The Reality of Cerebral Palsy
Watch This!
These films are from Spy Hop’s four-month experimental, episodic filmmaking program, Watch This! Our Park, Unbearable, Infinitesimal, In Retrospect, and Recycle America explore the themes of growing up, recycling, being a teen, and how our choices change the world around us.
Student Work Highlights 2022-2023
In 2022-2023 students continue to create individual and collaborative projects. This is just a small sample of the work that has been created to date.
REEL Stories:
- The Front Yard of Utah
- To The Seventh Generation: Once, We Had Everything
- The Epiphany of Vela Mag
- My Love Letter to Jazz
- At The Same Time
- Crashing Bubbles
- Behind the Knife
- A Source of Inspiration
Resonate:
- Fall 2022 EP – The Sewer Children
- Spring 2023 Album – The Studio Rats
Woodshedding:
Musicology:
Loud & Clear Youth Radio
Sending Messages Youth In Care Podcast:
PitchNic 2022 Films:
Fall Apprenticeship:
Youth Podcast:
Student Work Highlights 2021-2022
In 2021-2022 students created hundreds of individual and collaborative projects. This is just a small sample of the work that was created over the course of the year.
Musicology:
- Paper Thin – Stage Fright (full album)
- Stage Fright Demos
Loud & Clear Youth Radio:
Resonate:
- Resonate Spring 2022 playlist
- Resonate Beat Challenge:
Woodshedding:
“Sending Messages” Youth In Care Podcast:
PitchNic Premiere 2022 Film:
Reel Stories 2022:
- Ultrablue – Kiri-Anna Kingsbury Lee
- The Town That Raised Me – Isabella Martinez
- The Misunderstanding of Hip Hop – Desire Ramazani
- Rolling Nation – Mae McConkie
- Dream Realm – Tene Singare
- Donuts Galore – Sophie-An Kingsbury Lee
- Deadheads Forever – Andrew Olmsted
- A Little Bit About Me – Leo Corrales
- A Collection of Dreams – Peter Freston
- Beyond the A – Jayce Wright
Film Apprenticeship:
Music Promo:
Student Work Highlights 2020-2021
In 2020-2021 students created hundreds of individual and collaborative projects. This is just a small sample of the work that was created over the course of the year.
801 Sessions Fall 2020:
Fall: Soundcloud compilation
- Clean Out Your Locker – Hanna & Malory Emery
- Gun Shot in the Avenues – Izzy Thomas & Jacob Garaycochea
- Mean Machine – Urah Goh & Elvia Anaya
- Straight Down – Gavin Palmer
- Delusion – OK Vision
- My Show Is On Friday – Marcus Koncar
- We Read Scripture Soaked In Sunlight – Obabo
- Son of Johnny Appleseed – English Budgies
- Doors – Sunfish
- Green As She Ought To Be – Madi’s Tattoo
Spring:
- Laser Yes –Kilby Court Performance
- Be Alone – Hannah Williams
- New Age // Home // She Is – Bentley and Kalyse
Woodshedding:
- Woodshedding Class Demos, Spring 2021
Musicology:
- Mean Machine – Blue Collar Lovers
No Static:
Film Apprenticeship:
- Spy Hop Outreach Video – Spy Hop Apprentices, Fall 2020
PitchNic Premiere 2021 Films:
“Watch This” Film:
“Sending Messages” Youth In Care Podcast:
Super Sweet Program:
Student Work Highlights 2019-2020
In 2019-2020 students created over 1,000 individual and collaborative projects. This is just a small sample of the work that was created over the course of the year.
- Music Monday with Simon Griffen
Simon Griffen
Live Stream Concert - Watch This Showcase
Live Stream Showcase - Lost
Q.Bee, Sending Messages - Music Monday w/ Hannah Williams
Hannah Williams
Live Stream Concert, 801 Sessions - Woodshedding Spring Showcase
Live Stream Concert, Woodshedding - Sown
Calvin Mumm
PitchNic - Hope
Ali Meraai
Personal Narrative, Film Apprenticeship - My Eternal Abyss
Yung Skrrrt, Sending Messages - Simpler Times
Becca, Loud & Clear Youth Radio
Student Work Highlights 2018-19
In 2018-2019 students created over 1,000 individual and collaborative projects. This is just a small sample of the work that was created over the course of the year.
- Hopelessly Romantically
Cameron Baer
Personal Narrative, Film Apprenticeship Program - Glass Heart
Sincerely, The Universe
Original song, Musicology - What Can Happen in a Second
Maya Hardie
Poetic Documentary, Watch This! - Progress
“Ruby”
Podcast, Sending Messages - American
Kamila Stice
Documentary, Reel Stories - Worried
Ava Snow
Documentary, Reel Stories
Explore Spy Hop's Annual Programs
Reel Stories Summer Film Program
Watch short documentary films from first-time film students in the Reel Stories Program.
Musicology Band 2018,Sincerely the Universe
Listen to the latest album of all original songs from the Musicology Program. Sincerely, the Universe is a soulful collection of indie-rock music that explores life through the eyes of a teen.
PitchNic Yearlong Film Program
Watch films from the award-winning PitchNic Program, Spy Hop’s most advanced filmmaking program. PitchNic students create fiction and non-fiction films that cover many genres and topics.
Voices of the West
Explore personal narratives and community spotlights from Voices of the West students in Blanding, Tooele, and Vernal, Utah.
Watch This!
Watch thematic episodes from Watch This!, Spy Hop’s web channel that gives advanced film students the opportunity to explore social issues, politics, religion, education, environmental issues, and more.
801 Sessions
Watch live recorded videos created by 801 Sessions students of Salt Lake City youth bands performing in local venues.
