Come Out Festival Youth Festival workshop - 2007 May - Adelaide SA
The Hero Project team worked with 10 participants from regional and remote SA to run a documentary master class during the Come Out 2007 Festival. Come Out commissioned the youth crew to document a range of festival activities and events. The regional youth also took part in an open 1-day session with over 30 Adelaide school students.
The diverse youth team created an engaging promo about the multitude of events during the Australian Festival for Young People, aka Come Out 2007. The team discovered what it is like to work to a client brief: guaranteed to be a challenging production – and the team handled it very well. It involved brainstorming the overarching theme, devising interview questions, securing interviews and permission to film performances, production managing multiple locations and promoting efficient teamwork to shoot and produce on the go.
The participants delivered a great snapshot of the festival – they played with the 2007 Come Out theme and searched for the best ingredients to cook up a story.
Come Out screened the film at the end of the festival week and used it as part of their promotional campaign. Most of the participants had previously worked with the Hero Team in their own home towns, so it was exciting to meet other youth and share their skills in Adelaide. At the end of the week they took a lot of new skills home to share with their media hubs.
Partners
Apple
Arts SA Health Promotion through the Arts
Come Out - Australian Festival for Young People
Country Arts SA Regional Arts Fund
SA Youth Arts Board