Strathmont, SA, Aug ‘12
CHALLENGE: The Change Media team ran a series of workshops with residents and staff at the Strathmont Centre, documenting the process, challenges and improvements as people are moving out of institutional care into houses in the community.
During the collaborative production in Adelaide, Strathmont Centre, Salisbury and Elizabeth, Strathmont residents and staff members of the Disability Services also learned 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; OurCommunity; Tallstoreez Productionz
A Life Well Lived
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Click on the image above or the link to watch - A Life Well Lived, 22-min documentary .
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Our team in collaboration with staff and community members produced a unique person-centred documentary with people living with intellectual disabilities. What does it take to shut down an institution and move its residents into community care facilities? Will they be better off in their brand new community house?
OUTCOMES:
The resulting 22-min community documentary is a great discussion starter for anyone working in or interested in supporting for people living with intellectual disabilities.
The DVD was officially launched at the national ‘Stronger Together’ disability conference in Adelaide, August 14-15, 2012.
SCREENINGS & AWARDS: Stay tuned for updates!
IMPACT & FEEDBACK:
Hi Carl,
As more and more people are starting to see the DVD the feedback has been quite positive. I’m sure it will be a valuable resource. I’m keen to use it as a “training” resource for staff – there is so much in the video and it evokes such emotion and discussion that is most useful in helping staff to “get” what we are trying to do.
Thanks so much for your work on this project – I think it is terrific – I’d love to do a follow up in 12 months time if funding could be found.
Regards
Claude
Claude Bruno
Director North
Disability Services,
Community and Home Support SA
Raukkan / Camp Coorong, SA, February 2012
CHALLENGE: The Change Media Team conducted a 4-day workshop with 10 Ngarrindjeri Working on Country and Heritage Rangers at Camp Coorong and in Raukkan at the Ngopamuldi Aboriginal Corporation Raukkan Depot.
During the production in Raukkan and Camp Coorong near Meningie participants learned intermediate to advanced skills in film narrative, interview, camera and editing techniques.
PARTNERS: Indigenous Cultural Support, Office for the Arts, Department of Regional Australia, Local Government, Arts and Sport; Indigenous Coordination Centre SA; Australia Council for the Arts Creative Community Partnership Initiative; Ngarrindjeri Regional Authority; Ngarrindjeri Land & Progress Association; Ngarrindjeri Ruwe Contracting; Ngopamuldi Aboriginal Corporation Raukkan; Ngarrindjeri Heritage Committee; Tallstoreez Productionz
Ngarrindjeri Ruwe Ngopamuldi – Working on Country
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The team also made several peer-produced training videos, that form part of our Indigenous Media Training online resource in our online training tool kit.
Click on the image above or the link to watch - Ngarrindjeri Nation Pitch.
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Click on the link to watch - Owen explains the 5-Point Story Plan for Ngarrindjeri Ruwe Ngopamuldi – Working on Country.
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Click on the image above or the link to watch - Owen shows storyboard process for Ngarrindjeri Ruwe Ngopamuldi – Working on Country.
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Click on the image above or the link to watch - Owen explains basic interview tips.
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Click on the link to access Change Media’s online training tool kit prototype.
OUTCOMES:
The project covered storytelling and camera techniques, shooting on traditional heritage locations, interview and event coverage techniques and editing. The resulting short film is a follow up on last years’ Ngarrindjeri Ruwe – Working On Country, and is available online and will be used by NRC staff to present at the inaugural Indigenous rangers conference in Renmark, April 2012, and for training, recruiting and PR. This project built on the success of the workshops in the last two years.
SCREENINGS & AWARDS: Stay tuned for updates! This film will be used as training and induction tool for Caring For Country projects in the Coorong and also features as part of our online training resource.
IMPACT & FEEDBACK: We have retained several young members from our first groups at Camp Coorong, Meningie, and Moogy’s Yuki in Millicent/Murray Bridge, while gaining new participants from Raukkan, Tailem Bend and Murray Bridge. All of the team have recorded their own training videos and had hands-on task during the production, including production skills ranging from organizing the shoots, securing interviews with elders and representatives, storytelling, creating digital storyboards, presenting on screen, camera and sound work, uploading and file management, to editing and music production.
Christie Walk, SA, November 2010
CHALLENGE: Change Media worked with members of the Christie Walk eco-housing project and Urban Ecology Australia to document and produce an exceptional resource about Christie Walk as an example of sustainable urban development.
Over 4 days Change Media delivered training in digital media and created two inspiring documentaries about one of the only inner-city eco-housing projects in the world.
PARTNERS: Arts SA Partnerships for Healthy Communities; Urban Ecology Australia; Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges Natural Resources Management Board; CSR Hebel; Tallstoreez Productionz
Film: Christie Walk – a piece of ecocity
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You can purchase the documentary together with the 35min guided tour on DVD and companion CDROM [with e-book Moving Towards Urban Sustainability] in our online shop and at Urban Ecology Australia.
OUTCOMES:
During the production in Adelaide’s CBD members of the Christie Walk community, alongside experts from Urban Ecology Australia involved in creating Christie Walk, shared their insights into sustainability, biodiversity and community living, and learned skills in film narrative, conducted interviews and took part in the editing. The result is an inspiring educational resource about one of Australia’s leading eco-housing initiatives.
The project was an overwhelming success. The team collected over 15 hours of fantastic footage, photos and interviews, and together with the community decided to make two different films instead of one: a 10 minute promotional short documentary and a 35-min educational documentary following two resident hosts on their guided visitor-tour through the project as they guide a tour group through the project.
Besides taking part in the production, the workshop participants learned skills in media literacy, production management, screen language and visual representation of ecological issues. The educational sustainability resource DVD featuring both films will be available in January 2011 in our online shop and at Urban Ecology Australia.
SCREENINGS & AWARDS:
An official launch is planned for February 2011, please contact Urban Ecology Australia for further details.
The project is nominated as a finalist at the 2011 International MyHero Film Festival in the community films category. Congratulations! Watch this space for future updates [winner to be announced in November 2011] and for screenings near you.
IMPACT & FEEDBACK:
The production process was a lot of fun and our team felt instantly at home at Christie Walk. Working through a host of issues and talking points to be addressed in the documentary, the team decided to document one of the Christie Walk guided tours. The resulting 35 minute documentary offers a great insight into sustainable inner-city living, covering issues of biodiversity, design, eco-building and community development, including a look into one of Adelaide’s first strawbale houses, the advantages of building with Hebel blocks and double-glazed windows, as well as clever garden design and careful recycling practice.
Kalangadoo, SA, July 2010
CHALLENGE: Change Media worked with Ngarrindjeri Elder Major Moogy Sumner to document the making of the first traditional Ngarrindjeri / Boandik tree canoe on Boandik country in over 100 years. This evocative documentary is part of an educational River Redgum DVD combining Caring for Country best practice with transmission of traditional culture.
During the production in Kalangadoo [Big Trees in Water] and Millicent members of the Tal-Kin-Jeri group, Indigenous students and community members from across South East SA learned skills in film narrative, interview & editing techniques and experienced a once-in-a-lifetime event.
PARTNERS: Indigenous Cultural Support DEWHA; Indigenous Coordination Centre SA; Australia Council for the Arts Creative Community Partnership Initiative; Arts SA Partnerships for Healthy Communities; South East Natural Resource Management Board; South East Aboriginal Focus Group; Aboriginal Sobriety Group; Millicent High School; Tal-Kin-Jeri Performance group; Tallstoreez Productionz
Film: Moogy’s Yuki (Moogy’s Bark Canoe)
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You can order your copy of the documentary and River Redgum care DVD here.
We also produced an educational mini-doc with additional Caring for Country interviews:
Click on the link to watch - River Redgum Restoration – a 6min clip, also included on the DVD resource.
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OUTCOMES:
This project built on the success of the first workshop in May 2010. The peer-produced content will form part of the educational Caring For Country resource DVD, available in September 2010 in our online shop.
SCREENINGS & AWARDS: Major ‘Moogy’ Sumner has won a Hero Award at the 2010 MyHero International Film Festival, as well as the 2nd Prize for Moogy’s Yuki in the community film category, selected from hundreds of entries worldwide. The South East Natural Resources Management Board is supporting Moogy and Cyril to fly over to Los Angeles to represent the project at the awards ceremonies on November 19th and 20th. Congratulations!
The canoe along with the DVD is on display in Millicent and Mt. Gambier and at the OurMob exhibition, Adelaide Festival Centre. The Age and local WIN TV ran stories about the project and we will present the final documentary to ABC or NITV for broadcast.
Check out also our News section for updates on media coverage.
IMPACT & FEEDBACK: The challenge this session was to shoot and edit a documentary for the South East Natural Resource Management Board, including traditional cultural knowledge about caring for river red gums, making a traditional Ngarrindjeri bark canoe. During the second part of the project, we focused on documentation techniques and the educational narrative after the bark was taken off the tree. Ngarrindjeri Elder Major Moogy Sumner demonstrated how to prepare the canoe, spear-making techniques and then launched the historic Ngarrindjeri bark canoe.
Tom Price, WA, June 2010
CHALLENGE: The Change Media Team worked with the Gumala Aboriginal Corporation in Tom Price to train local Indigenous youth and community leaders in film narratives, interview techniques, editing and digital media management and create a peer-produced DVD about issues of juvenile justice for Indigenous youth in the Pilbara region.
PARTNERS: Australia Council for the Arts Creative Community Partnership Initiative; Arts SA Partnerships for Healthy Communities; Gumala Aboriginal Corporation; Office for Crime Prevention WA, Tom Price Community Arts & Culture Centre; Tallstoreez Productionz; Apple Australia
Film: Marlpa Holiday
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Watch - Recording My Elders
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Watch peer-produced training videos made during the workshop:
How to set up Gumala Aboriginal Corporation’s Sony A1 HDV camera
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OUTCOMES: The production covered an introduction to screen narratives, storytelling for social issues, editing & file management and basic interview, shooting and editing techniques. The participants came up with strong story concepts and are keen to continue to make films. The workshop was the first of 2 projects as part of our 2-year community partnership with the Gumala Aboriginal Corporation in 2010-2011.
SCREENINGS & AWARDS: Please watch this space for updates. Marlpa Holiday will feature on Gumala’s website and we will present the film to NITV.
IMPACT & FEEDBACK: The challenge this session was to create engaging stories that raise awareness about issues of juvenile justice, drug and alcohol abuse, faced by young Indigenous living in Tom Price and the Pilbara area. The workshop focused on short innovative story techniques, fun camera and sound work, and editing and music production. Each team member worked together producing two films, recorded several interviews and training tools. They planned, researched, scripted and conducted several shoots and took part of the edit. At the rough cut viewing in the Tom Price Arts and Culture Centre, the Gumala representatives were impressed with the outcomes and discussed the potential for future media work for the participants through the Gumala Aboriginal Corporation.
Millicent, SA, May 2010
CHALLENGE: The Change Media Team conducted a production workshop with members of the Tal-Kin-Jeri performance group, Indigenous students and community members from across South East SA to train them in film narratives, interview techniques, editing and media management. The aim was to educate students alongside the production of a DVD about River Red Gum Care, which documents the technique of making a traditional Ngarrindjeri bark canoe by Ngarrindjeri Elder Major Sumner.
PARTNERS: Indigenous Cultural Support DEWHA; Indigenous Coordination Centre SA; Australia Council for the Arts Creative Community Partnership Initiative; Arts SA Partnerships for Healthy Communities; South East Natural Resource Management Board; South East Aboriginal Focus Group; Aboriginal Sobriety Group; Millicent High School; Tal-Kin-Jeri Performance group; Tallstoreez Productionz; Apple Australia
Film: Recording Culture
Click on the link to watch Recording Culture - a 6min peer-produced video, also included on the DVD resource Moogy;s Yuki.
OUTCOMES: The project covered an introduction to working with a client on location, intermediate interview and event coverage techniques and editing. The peer-produced content [the peer-produced film Recording Culture and photo slide show] will form part of the educational Caring For Country River Redgum resource called Moogy’s Yuki, to be delivered August 2010.
SCREENINGS & AWARDS: Please watch this space for updates. The plan is to exhibit the canoe along with the DVD at the OurMob exhibition at the Adelaide Festival Centre and in Millicent and Mt. Gambier. The Age and local WIN TV already ran stories about the project and we envisage to present the final documentary to NITV and ABC for broadcast.
Check out also our News section for updates on media coverage.
IMPACT & FEEDBACK: The challenge this session was to shoot and edit a documentary for the South East Natural Resource Management Board, including traditional cultural knowledge of the caring for rivergum trees, making a traditional Ngarrindjeri canoe and shield out of bark, let by Ngarrindjeri Elder Major Sumner. After a great introduction day with over 20 participants, we focused on documentation techniques and educational narrative. Each team member conducted interviews and was part of the canoe-making shoot.
April 19th, 2010: On the Move selected for the Dungog Film Festival 2010
Fantastic news for the community media team at Dungog in the Upper Hunter – their film, On the Move, made during a Change Media workshop in April 2009, has been selected to screen as part of the world’s biggest film festival of Australian films, the Dungog Film Festival. The festival is an important event in the international and Australian festival circuit, a great success for this quirky and uplifting film. Congratulations to the team in Dungog!
Murray Bridge SA, October 2006
CHALLENGE: The Hero Project team worked with 14 students at the Murray Bridge Council offices. The local council, through its youth service commissioned the team to document the commemoration of the 1956 Floods.
PARTNERS: Arts SA Health Promotion Through The Arts; Country Arts SA Regional Arts Fund; the Rural City of Murray Bridge; Tallstoreez Productionz
Film: Flood of 56
OUTCOMES: The youth team created an engaging documentary about the 1956 flood. But how do you do that without a budget and without boring your peers to tears? They imagined how it felt if the river flooded the town for over 12 months – and created an unusual eyewitness report with fun re-enactments …
SCREENINGS & AWARDS: The film screened at Come Out 2007 Youth Film Fest at the Mercury Cinema in Adelaide.
IMPACT & FEEDBACK: The participants interviewed a fabulous eye witness, who helped to bring the memories to life.
Quorn SA, October 2006
CHALLENGE: The Hero Project team worked with 16 students at the Quorn Area School, supported by the Southern Flinders Ranges Health Service, the Quorn Area School, the local council and the Quorn Caravan Park.
PARTNERS: Arts SA Health Promotion Through The Arts; Country Arts SA Regional Arts Fund; Southern Flinders Ranges Health Service Inc; Quorn Caravan Park; Tallstoreez Productionz
Film: Working Quorn
OUTCOMES: To create a series of short documentaries that address possible future careers in a remote town like Quorn. Where do you see yourself in 10 years? To whom could you speak to get advise?
The participants identified a fabulous set of characters, the most amazing locations and learned a lot about their local professions: from hairdressing, being a postie, to farming, camel riding and meat processing. The locals came up trumps, especially the Quorn butcher, who proved to be comedic talent, just stay away from his knives…
SCREENINGS & AWARDS:
The film screened at Come Out 2007 Youth Film Festival at the Mercury Cinema in Adelaide.
IMPACT & FEEDBACK: Their films screened as part of the Screen Australia outback touring program at the Quorn caravan park, to an audience of over 200.