Cooking Up A Storm - Come Out Festival

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

Working Quorn

Quorn youth workshop 2 - 2006 October - Quorn SA

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

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.

Not many filmmakers have such a strong audience for their first film! The youth team from Quorn kept developing their skills which resulted in their team’s success at the inaugural Document Your World competition 2007.

Partners

Arts SA Health Promotion through the Arts

Country Arts SA Regional Arts Fund

Quorn Caravan Park

Southern Flinders Ranges Health Service Inc