Dfaces Whyalla youth workshop - 2008 May - Whyalla SA
Artists not Aliens: Follow three aliens on their journey to find out if there is artistic life in Whyalla, a sports-mad steel town in South Australia. Whyalla has more sports facilities than you can count on your fingers and toes, but only a few places to do some art…
D’Faces commissioned the Hero Project team to run a holiday program. The Hero Project extended the workshop as part of their commitment to produce the Document Your World finalist films. 20 young people, aged 10-19, from Whyalla and surrounding communities were involved in this project.
At the beginning of the workshop James presented the initial idea he pitched to a large audience of professional film makers and broadcasters at the Document Your World competition, hosted by the Australian International Documentary Conference in February 2007. The group were excited about the idea, and had a great team of actors and crew to make this ambitious film work.
The Hero Project trained all of the participants in digital media skills to script, storyboard, film, record sound, and part- edit their film during the 5- day workshop. The group split up into teams to make it to all of their desired locations and apportioned roles and tasks according to age and ability – a fantastic team effort. Take a look for yourself, it is sometimes hard to grasp that they managed to have the same actor appear multiple times in the same scene…
Partners
Apple
Australia Council for the Arts
Australian Childrens Television Foundation
Australian International Documentary Conference
Country Arts SA Regional Arts Fund
D’faces of Youth Arts Whyalla and its HYPER program through the Attorney General’s Office SA
