Port Lincoln SA, January 2007
CHALLENGE: The Hero Project team were commissioned by the Community House in Port Lincoln to engage young people in their activities. The 10 youth participants agreed to make a promotional video to get more people to engage with the community house, as long as it involved fish…
PARTNERS: Arts SA Health Promotion Through The Arts; Country Arts SA Regional Arts Fund; Community House Port Lincoln; Tallstoreez Productionz; Apple Australia
Film: Pilchard Ninjas
A 3-min fish-slapping comedy extravaganza, that doubles as a quirky advert for the Community House /social centre in Port Lincoln.
OUTCOMES: The team created an engaging promo-clip about the community center – but really most of young people came to the social centre to make a fun film – so they worked on combining the two! They identified they wanted to create something Python-esque and that the fish factories are a big issue in town [renown for its tuna]…During the workshop the young filmmakers learnt all basic skills required for video production, including scripting, story-boarding, camera + sound work, acting, directing, editing and music production.
SCREENINGS & AWARDS :
The film screened at Come Out 2007 Youth Film Fest at the Mercury Cinema in Adelaide.
The participants delivered an engaging compromise – while sticking to their quirky film ideas, they managed to arrive at a wonderful conclusion, that supports their social centre in a humourous and upbeat way.
Port Lincoln Community House continued to build a youth media centre and purchased digital media equipment.
2 community members took part in the Hero Youth Media Festival master-class at Come Out 2007. Their team had the task to document the Come Out Festival – and they were cooking up a storm!
Update February 2010: Some of the young people involved have started a new youth organization and media centre in Port Lincoln, called 2-way street. Check it out here.
Tags: regional, remote, social justice, youth