The Perfect Refugee - Bell Shakespeare

December 28, 2011 Carl Kuddell

This project was devised as part of a four day lab in Cowra where Change Media in conjunction with Bell Shakespeare Company and a group of new arrivals to Australia, broke down racial and creative barriers. Change Media runs training workshops with marginalized communities. When the group has learned a new skill they film each other; to document their learning progress, record relevant information they want for future use and to provide free training to other communities online.

Working with Bell Shakespeare and artists from refugee background on The Perfect Refugee - Shakespeare in a Time of Crisis.

How to Laugh in English - Aus Refugee Assoc

July 28, 2011 Carl Kuddell

During a workshop with some new arrivals from the Australian Refugee Association, an absurdist parody of how refugees are screened for ‘appropriate English behaviour’ was born. Entitled ‘How to Laugh in English’ the short piece is a satirical approach to processing potential citizens. Conceived, performed and recorded by a handful of dedicated and creative migrants, this short film is ready for viewing now, here. Change Media runs training workshops with marginalized communities. When the group has learned a new skill they film each other; to document their learning progress, record relevant information they want for future use and to provide free training to other communities online.

The Perfect Refugee - 2011 July - SA

Change Media worked with 13 new arrivals and young refugees from Buthan and several African countries as well as Australian Refugee Association staff over 2 days, to continue training in film narratives, interview techniques and digital media skills as part of our 3-year multi-arts project, The Perfect Refugee.

In this training video Damber explains basic set up of the Sony Z1 HDV camera. Change Media worked with 18 new arrivals and young refugees as well as Australian Refugee Association staff over 2 days, to build on last years training in film narratives, interview techniques and digital media skills. Change Media runs training workshops with marginalized communities. When the group has learned a new skill they film each other; to document their learning progress, record relevant information they want for future use and to provide free training to other communities online.

During the 2 days, the participants engaged in comedy concepts and developed ideas for several projects.

Each team pitched their ideas as 5-point story plan. They also started creating their own digital storyboards and continued intermediate camera and interview training. Ideas presented included: How to Laugh in English?, Racist Car and Love Story Music Video.

The participants worked on their main project ‘How To Laugh In English’. They used Image Creation techniques they’d learned at the Forum Theatre workshop in May 2011. They continued to work on their own digital storyboards for their individual films. The team also improved their camera work on HDV Sony Z1 cameras and started post production training on Final Cut 7.

In this training video Kangimo explains basic set up of the Sony Z1 HDV camera. Change Media worked with 18 new arrivals and young refugees as well as Australian Refugee Association staff over 2 days, to build on last years training in film narratives, interview techniques and digital media skills. Change Media runs training workshops with marginalized communities. When the group has learned a new skill they film each other; to document their learning progress, record relevant information they want for future use and to provide free training to other communities online.

Partners

Australia Council for the Arts

Australian Refugee Association Inc

Bell Shakespeare Company

Buthanese Community Association SA Inc

Victorian College for the Arts Centre for Cultural Partnerships

Ngarrindjeri - Working on Country

June 28, 2011 Carl Kuddell

The Change Media Team conducted four 1-day workshops with Ngarrindjeri Caring For Country and Heritage Rangers at the Ngarrindjeri Ruwe Contracting Depot in South Australia. During the production in Murray Bridge, Raukkan and Meningie, members of the Ngarrindjeri Ruwe and the Raukkan Caring for Country organizations learned skills in film narrative, interview and editing techniques. The team made a 10min documentary about their Caring for Country practises, including re-vegetation of their traditional country and caring for burial and other cultural sites.

Ngarrindjeri Media 2011 June - Murray Bridge - Raukkan - Coorong SA

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The Change Media Team conducted 4x 1-day workshops with Ngarrindjeri Caring For Country and Heritage Rangers at the Ngarrindjeri Ruwe Contracting Depot.
During the production in Murray Bridge, Raukkan and Meningie members of the Ngarrindjeri Ruwe and the Raukkan Caring for Country organizations learned skills in film narrative, interview and editing techniques.

Find the training videos the Ngarrindjeri team produced here.

The project covered storytelling and camera techniques, shooting on traditional heritage locations, interview and event coverage techniques and editing. The resulting 10min film, Ngarrindjeri Ruwe – Working On Country, is available online and will be used by NRC staff for training, recruiting and PR. This project built on the success of the workshops in the last two years.

The NRC and its Heritage Rangers employed on a long-term contract have agreed to setting up a micro business and utilizing digital media as part of their everyday work. Already their rangers and Caring For Country workers are using GPS-enabled ‘Cyber-Trackers’ to map and track sites, re-vegetation efforts and link it with traditional knowledge. Recording knowledge by interviewing their elders will form part of the essential training over the next year.

Partners

Arts SA Partnerships for Healthy Communities

Australia Council for the Arts

Indigenous Cultural Support, Office for the Arts, Department of Regional Australia, Local Government, Arts and Sport

Ngarrindjeri Heritage Committee

Ngarrindjeri Land and Progress Association

Ngarrindjeri Regional Authority

Ngarrindjeri Ruwe Contracting

Ngopamuldi Aboriginal Corporation

Australian Refugee Association media training

June 28, 2011 Carl Kuddell

Neru, Sita, Khagendra explain basics for Sony tape based cameras and practice their new skills. Change Media worked with 18 new arrivals and young refugees as well as Australian Refugee Association staff over 2 days, to build on last years training in film narratives, interview techniques and digital media skills Change Media runs training workshops with marginalized communities. When the group has learned a new skill they film each other; to document their learning progress, record relevant information they want for future use and to provide free training to other communities online.

2011 June - Adelaide SA

Change Media worked with 16 new arrivals and young refugees from Buthan and several African countries as well as Australian Refugee Association staff over 2 days, to continue training in film narratives, interview techniques and digital media skills as part of our 3-year multi-arts project The Perfect Refugee.

In this training video Devi explains how to upload a video to a computer from a tape. Change Media worked with 18 new arrivals and young refugees as well as Australian Refugee Association staff over 2 days, to build on last years training in film narratives, interview techniques and digital media skills. Change Media runs training workshops with marginalized communities. When the group has learned a new skill they film each other; to document their learning progress, record relevant information they want for future use and to provide free training to other communities online.

During the 2 days, the participants engaged in comedy concepts and developed ideas for several projects.
Each team pitched their ideas as 5-point story plan. They also started creating their own digital storyboards and continued intermediate camera and interview training. Ideas presented included: How to Laugh in English?, Racist Car and Love Story Music Video.

Partners

Australia Council for the Arts

Australian Refugee Association Inc

Buthanese Community Association SA Inc

The Perfect Refugee - Theatre Games

May 28, 2011 Carl Kuddell

Change Media worked with acclaimed director, actor, filmmaker and social animateur, Shahin Shafaei, and 18 young migrants, to create new work as part of a long term project. The forum theater workshop ran over 4 days, and mixed theater and acting techniques with digital media skills, to prepare for a 3-year multi-arts project with Bell Shakespeare and Tallstoreez. This video is a show reel depicting a selection of work from the 4-day workshop.

2011 May - Carclew SA

Change Media worked with acclaimed director, actor, filmmaker and social animateur, Shahin Shafaei, and 18 young migrants, to create new work as part of a long term project. The forum theater workshop ran over 4 days, using mixed theater and acting techniques with digital media skills, to prepare for a 3-year multi-arts project , The Perfect Refugee.

Find below the resulting 20 Forum Theatre Game examples:

Leading Noises

Leading Hands

Blind Buses

Bears and Tree Planters

The Plate

The Talking Ring

Human Bowling Alley

Energy Ball

West Side Story

Sword Leader

Images of a Struggle

Sculpting

Blind Sculpting

The Protector

Fox and Rabbit

Blind Cars Trust Game

Clapping in Time

Boxing

Glass Bottle

Forum Theatre Games Showreel

This Change Media project aims to build the creative foundations for an exciting and innovative collaboration with young migrants and Bell Shakespeare in South Australia. The training covered forum theater, image creation and screen narratives, storytelling, interview and reenactment techniques and documentary shooting. The team also recorded some of the behind-the-scenes documentations.

We were excited to work with Shahin Shafaei [Through the Wires; From Bagdad to the Burbs] to kick start our newest creative challenge for the community arts and cultural development sector – to create high profile work that bring mainstream art and marginalized communities together to explore the ruptures of our society and our mythologies around refugees, racism and integration through a classical lens: Shakespeare In Times Of Crisis – The Perfect Refugee…

Partners

Arts SA Partnerships for Healthy Communities

Australia Council for the Arts

Australian Refugee Association Inc

Victorian College for the Arts Centre for Cultural Partnerships

Change Media Showreel

March 28, 2011 Carl Kuddell

We have tailored our new show reel to speak directly to our current Change Media proposal to the Australia Council's Creative Community Partnerships Initiative. The 15min video features excerpts from our work with young refugees in Adelaide, creating powerful documentaries for cultural transmission with Indigenous communities across South East SA and a variety of fun projects we have conducted nationally. This show reel includes excerpts from selected Change Media projects 2008-2010: Culture Shock - Adelaide, SA Nukkan.Kungun.Yunnan- Ngarrindjeri's Being Heard, Meningie, Raukkan, SA 10x14 Bricks - Stories from Youth in Lock-up - Cavan, SA Whats Yours Is Mine...d - Gloucester, NSW Wurramooka News - Warrooka, Yorke Peninsula, SA I Am A Rocket - Whyalla, SA Y Art? -Perth WA Recording My Elders - Tom Price, Pilbara WA Moogy's Yuki (Moogy's Bark Canoe) - South East SA

2011 March - SA

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The 15min video features excerpts from our work with young refugees from the Buthanese and African communities in Adelaide, creating powerful documentaries for cultural transmission with Indigenous communities across South East SA and a variety of fun projects we have conducted nationally.

We tailored the documentation to speak directly to our current proposal to the Community Arts Development at Arts SA and to Australia Council’s Creative Community Partnerships Initiative. And as of May 2011, we have been successful with the CCPI application and received funding for our 3-year program!

Partners

Arts SA Partnerships for Healthy Communities

Australia Council for the Arts

Australian Refugee Association Inc

Indigenous Cultural Support, Office for the Arts, Department of Regional Australia, Local Government, Arts and Sport

Collaborative art vs everyday supremacy thinking