Change Media

Directors Blog Added

Felix — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 14:30:00 +0000

Welcome to our Director’s Blog

Jen, our Creative Director, and Carl, our Executive Producer, will regularly post discussion points and talk about issues related to media empowerment education and capacity building through digital media for marginalized communities.

Headspace, Elizabeth, SA July 2012

Carl — Sun, 13 May 2012 23:27:29 +0000

Headspace, Elizabeth, SA, July 2012

SLIDESHOW COMING SOON

CHALLENGE:
As part of our A Penny For Your Thoughts initiative, Tallstoreez’ Change Media will work with up 15 youth participants, during a hands-on 2-day workshop at the Northern Sound System. Participants include staff from the Headspace office in Elizabeth, youth workers, youth action committee members and young people dealing with social problems and mental health issues. The aim is to engage with the Change Media production and training methodology, which includes a basic intro to equipment and digital media narratives and how to create relevant digital media art works to raise awareness for mental health for young people.

PARTNERS: Australia Council for the Arts Creative Community Partnership Initiative; Headspace Northern Suburbs; Northern Sound System Elizabeth; OurCommunity; Tallstoreez Productionz

Headspace media training

OUTCOMES:
All participants will be trained hands-on in no-nonsense video techniques, including HD camera and sound work on Day 1, a strong focus on recording interviews on Day 2 and how to build engaging narratives, create video messages and artistic documentations.
We will develop a scope for a larger partnership with Headspace, to create viral campaign material for mental health strategies and overcoming domestic violence, abuse and other challenges often faced by young people.

On the second day the group will review their footage and discuss improvements and changes for their second attempt at interviewing and developing story structures.

Topics will include: interview techniques training and tips how to structure a story in 5 key points.
Special focus will be given to cross-cultural process and equitable negotiations, the push for excellence as a political necessity especially in community youth arts. We will demonstrate examples from our latest creative laboratories with Bell Shakespeare, Indigenous and refugee communities, to develop innovative strategies to craft messages and use digital media for CACD work and social justice campaigns.

SCREENINGS & AWARDS: Stay tuned for updates!

IMPACT & FEEDBACK:
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Moving Strathmont 2, SA May 2012

Carl — Sat, 12 May 2012 08:15:00 +0000

Strathmont, SA, Nov ‘11 to June ‘12

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CHALLENGE: The Change Media team will run a second series of workshops with clients and staff at the Strathmont Centre, documenting the next stage of the process, challenges and improvements as clients are moving out of institutional care into houses in community care.
During the training day on May 21 at Strathmont Centre, clients and staff members of the Disability Services will also learn skills in film narrative, interview and editing techniques.

PARTNERS: Department for Communities and Social Inclusion – Disability Services; Australia Council for the Arts Creative Community Partnership Initiative; Strathmont Centre community; Tallstoreez Productionz

Moving Strathmont – Coming July 2012

Click on the image above or the link to watch - Coming July 2012: Moving Strathmont.

If your device can’t play the clip, click here to watch it on Vimeo.

Our team in collaboration with staff and community members is developing a creative approach to produce a unique client-centred documentary with people living with mental disabilities. What does it take to shut down an institution and move clients into community care facilities? Will they be better off in their brand new community house?

The training day on May 21 will form part of our A Penny For Your Thoughts initiative.

Click on the link to watch our current training clips here.

OUTCOMES:
Stay tuned.

SCREENINGS & AWARDS: Stay tuned for updates! The final documentary will be launched at a national health and disability conference in Adelaide, mid August 2012.

IMPACT & FEEDBACK:
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