Tuesday 5 December 2006

Apprentice Inteviews

We have now shortlisted the candidates for The Apprentice, Nicola, David and Madeleine are interviewing on Friday, so news will be posted here about the successful candidate/s.

Plans are coming together for the start of the project in January, with David, Peter and Madeleine going into Vermuyden School on 18th December.

If you know of a young person who would be interested in the project, please do not hesitate to leave a blog with their details. I will pick up all the blogs and won't publish personal details.

Nicola

Friday 17 November 2006

The Apprentice Film-maker

We are looking for an individual who wishes to enhance their skills in film-making through working with professional film-makers.


Contract with: Goole Town Council
Project Location: Goole
Proposed Project Timescale: 107 sessions (e.g morning, day or evening) dependent upon applicants The Apprentice may be split between two candidates 53 sessions each contract. Contract from end January 2007 – May 2007
Fee: £40 per session
Closing date for applications: Thursday 23 November
Interviews: w/c 11 December

The Project
The film-makers will be working with young people aged 13 – 20 in Goole in devising, creating, writing, filming and editing a silent movie distilled from research into the silent movie genre and local history.


The project is a partnership between Goole Town Council and the museums service of East Riding of Yorkshire Council. The project is funded by: Goole Town Council, Heritage Lottery Fund and Arts Council England.


The project will take place outside of school hours, but may involve some taster workshops within schools to create interest in the project.


It is hoped that we will shoot on 8mm film.


The Role
The Apprentice will assist the Film-making team in sessions with young people. This may include helping with storyboarding, scriptwriting, on location filming, animation and model-making and assisting with drama workshops and rehearsals.


We are looking for someone –
who is aged 18+
with GCSE/A Level or higher in Drama, Film or Media
who is committed and has a track record of good time-keeping
who is willing to help in any way on the project
who has made their own films before
who wants to learn from the other film-makers on the project
who is passionate about film-making or drama
who enjoys working with young people


How to apply
Send a letter stating why you would like to be considered for this apprentice post and tell us what you feel you would learn from being the apprentice. If you have any additional skills you can offer to the project please mention these (e.g stage makeup or animation) Please also send us your c.v (with details of two referees) and showreel of a film you have made (which we can return to you).


Send applications to: Nicola Dixon, Goole Town Council, 17 – 23 Gladstone Terrace, GOOLE DN14 5AQ

Monday 13 November 2006

An exciting opportunity to use heritage, drama and film to inspire young people.

My name is Nicola Dixon, and I am the Youth and Community Arts Co-ordinator for Goole Town Council who run The Gate Theatre and a range of youth arts activities. It's long been a fun idea to create a silent movie with a group of young people.

A year ago we took a group of young people to an International Youth Theatre festival in Poland. one of the items in the festival was a showing of Charlie Chaplin's 'The Kid'. The young people throughly enjoyed the film and alongside these young people we began the idea of creating our own silent film based on the history of our local area. A funding bid to Heritage Lottery Fund's Young Roots was successful and we had the funding.

Next young people helped with recruitment, shortlisted and interviewed artists to lead the project. They chose a team of highly experienced professionals who are:

David Bunting (animator)
Peter Kershaw (producer and film-maker)
Madeleine Frost (dramatist)

When does it all start - and how can I get involved?
We will be recruiting young people aged 13 - 20 to get involved in the project from now, with the workshops starting in mid February 2007. If you would like more information on the project please post a blog.

We are currently looking for an apprentice film-maker who will have the opportunity of working with the professional team - a really fantastic opportunity. More info in The Apprentice blog