About Cyber Bullying and Adina's Deck

Cyber Bullying is threating, harassing, humiliating or embarrassing someone by using the Internet, interactive and digital technologies or mobile phones.

Adinas Deck: The Exclusive Detective Agency Specializing in Solving Cyber Bully Mysteries, is a 30-minute film geared towards 9 to 14 year-olds. The series centers around four tech savvy girls who solve their peers cyber bullying mysteries.

Adina's Deck originated from research that was conducted at several SF Bay Area middle schools. Through this research, several learning problems were found: there is a significant knowledge gap between the concepts of virtual identity and real-life consequences. In the process over 30 middle school girls contributed to concepts used in the script.

The first production meeting was held in March of 2007 at Stanford University. From there, the production expanded and soon after, Adina's Deck was born.
Auditions were held at Stanford University, and over 150 kids and teens auditioned. There were over 300 submissions overall.


Megan Hsu, 6th grade student Brandi and I at Stanford during Adina's Deck Auditions

The filming took place on location in Palo Alto and Atherton, CA.


before and after pictures of our main location, Clara's Room

The film was shot in May of 2007 in the San Francisco Bay Area. Over 150 cast and crew members volunteered to work on the production.

Crew members create the sign for Clara's Room, production design lead by Felicia Yiu, far right


preperation for the library scene. Librarian played by Marianne McCall. Cindy Taylor (far right), Jason Azicri and Amelia Varni (far left) also pictured. Photos by Jamison Boyer.

In addition, many incredible organizations donated money and/or products such as the eBay Inc. Foundation, Wyse Computers, IKEA, Ahh Bean Bag Chairs and Chipotle. Adina's Deck was fortunate enough to be supported by the umbrella organization XRI Research, a global research non-profit. More information can be found in the funding section.

Kelcie, Stephanie, Amelia, Ciera and keyboard donations from Logitech

After four incredible editors and extensive help from Manastorm Productions in Pleasanton, Adina's Deck had come into fruition. It was first shown at Annenberg Auditorium at Stanford University. Afterwards Amelia Varni, Ciera Trussell and Stephanie Cameron answered questions from audience members. Over 300 people were in attendance. Since then, cast and crew members have made live appearances, speaking about the film and the important topic of cyber bullying. Appearances have been held at eBay, Apple Computer and other organizations and schools.

The DVD is now available. DVD features include: 30 minute film, behind the scenes documentary, cyber bullying documentary, bloopers, a live taping of the Q&A from the Premiere and still photographs. In addition, parents and teachers can get copies of a Teacher's Guide, suggested activities and a pre & post-test to be used in conjunction with showing Adina's Deck. As supplemental instruction, parents, teachers and students can visit the Adina's Deck website for additional resources about cyber bullying and information about the film.

If you would like to hear more about our actors and crew members experiences, please visit the Adina's Deck Blog. In addition you can view trailers on YouTube by searching for Adina's Deck, as well as on our main Adina's Deck website.

If your school or organization is interested in a live appearance, please email: adinasdeck@gmail.com

more information:
Cyber Bullies often have a complete lack of awareness of the seriousness of their actions. They get caught without realizing they have done something that could be traced back to them. Both Bullies and Victims often cannot go to their parents, teachers or counselors because they are not allowed to have MySpace pages and do not want to get in trouble. As a result this trend is continuing to increase.

Cyber bullying can result in deppression, anxiety and suicide. Additional Reading: Toughening Up on Cyber Bulling; and The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention: A Cyber Bully Victim