Clare SA, April 2007
CHALLENGE: The Hero Project mentored students from 5 area schools in the Lower Mid North region during 2x 1-day edit-in-camera workshops.
PARTNERS: Lower North Health – Community Health Promotion; Snowtown Area School, Blyth Area School, Clare High School, Burra Area School, Riverton High School, Tallstoreez Productionz
Parafield Gardens SA, May 2006
CHALLENGE: To run 3x 3-hour edit-in-camera workshops with students from the Parafield Gardens R-7 school.
PARTNERS: Parafield Gardens R-7 School, DECS ArtSmart, Tallstoreez Productionz
Film: Six Edit-In- Camera Films
Film 1 – Play
Film 2 – Play
Film 3 – Play
Film 4 – Play
Film 5 – Play
Film 6 – Play
OUTCOMES: The students made a series of funny films and acquired basic film narrative, camera and sound recording skills.
SCREENINGS & AWARDS:
IMPACT & FEEDBACK: The school continued using digital media in the classroom, resulting in highly engagaing films – they even send us a DVD a few months later. Congratulations to a great program implementation!
Murrayville VIC, April 2006
PROCESS: The Hero Project worked with 3 communities and schools in Murrayville, Pinnaroo and Karoonda in the second series of workshops to train the students in digital media skills to script, storyboard, film, record sound, and create edit-in-camera films.
PARTNERS: Arts SA Health Promotion Through The Arts; Country Arts SA Regional Arts Fund; Mallee Health Service Inc; Tallstoreez Productionz
Film: Steve Irwina Goes Wild
OUTCOMES: The team made a fun and engaging short film, shot and edited in one day! The team were interested in making fake blood and created a fun spoof of Steve Erwin’s bush antics.
SCREENINGS & AWARDS: Come Out 2007 Youth Film Festival at the Mercury Cinema in Adelaide.
Karoonda Area School, April 2005
CHALLENGE: The Hero Project worked with 30 students at the Karoonda Area School, to introduce digital media and develop storytelling techniques.
PARTNERS: Office for Youth; Arts SA Healthy Initiatives; Country Arts SA Regional Arts Fund; Mallee Health Service Inc; Karoonda Area School; Tallstoreez Productionz
Film: Edit-in-camera: My School
OUTCOMES: The team, who had never made a film before, decided to tell a story about their school – the challenge was to make short films in-edit-camera – no going back, no editing, everything has to run as filmed…
SCREENINGS & AWARDS: Come Out and Hero Project Festival at the Mercury Cinema 2007.
Come Out Festival, February 2005
CHALLENGE: The Hero Project ran their first fast and furious master-class with a large school group from Melbourne. 30 students and their teachers had to create 4 stories and shoot their edit-in-camera films in 3 hours.
PARTNERS: Arts SA Healthy Initiatives; Come Out 2005; Tallstoreez Productionz
Film: Tidy Town
OUTCOMES: Their challenge was to compare cities – what do you like and dislike about Adelaide – and then represent this in a short film. Have you ever seen the world from out of a garbage bin ? Or been airlifted back to outer space in the middle of a major city ?…
SCREENINGS & AWARDS: Their films have been screened hundreds of times across Australia to explain edit-in-camera techniques and key elements of creative storytelling (in under 3 hours!)