ATOM 2006 winner - Youth Media Training Resource 2006 July - Adelaide SA

Directing the Hero Within is a peer-training step by step film making resource for young people, available as interactive DVD and CDrom. The project was produced with hundreds of young people across South Australia in 2005-2006 during a series of youth video workshops, with support from the SA Film Corporation, Arts SA, Office for Youth and Country Arts SA.

The DVD features hands-on training videos, plus additional youth films, each paired with a specific behind-the-scenes mini-documentary. The CDrom has a 50-page teachers manual with lesson plans, student exercises and useful templates.

The resulting DVD kit won the national Australian Teachers of Media Awards in 2006 and was shortlisted as a finalist at the prestigious Australian Interactive Media Industry Awards 2007.