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 b
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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 b
log
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good luck with the project
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