Change Media Showreel

March 28, 2011 Carl Kuddell

2011 March - SA

Advice: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that this website and video links contain images and voices of people who have died.

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

Artists not Aliens - Dfaces Whyalla

May 28, 2008 Carl Kuddell

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

Every Drop Counts - Quorn SA

January 28, 2008 Carl Kuddell

Quorn youth workshop 3 -2008 January - Quorn SA

The Hero Project team worked with 6 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, as a direct result of the 2007 Document Your World competition.

To create a short documentary that addresses environmental concerns arising from the ongoing drought in north SA.
The participants identified a number of relevant interviewees, great locations and found fantastic archival footage about a flood. This was the final production in a series of 4 workshops with the Quorn community; as a result the local school has taken up digital media as part of their curriculum and the community has a great team of young documentarians and upcoming journalists.

Partners

Apple

Arts SA

Country Arts SA Regional Arts Fund

Quorn Caravan Park

Southern Flinders Ranges Health Service Inc

Youth media - Aboriginal Family Support

January 28, 2008 Carl Kuddell

Aboriginal Family Support Services youth workshop - 2008 January - Adelaide SA

Aboriginal Family Support Service (AFSS) commissioned the Hero Project team to work with a group of Indigenous young people to set up a youth media team and make a series of short films about their lives. During the workshop the youth team met the challenge head on: in only 2 days they created a film each!

I Love Animals

Hoops and Dribbles

Hide and Seek

Going Places

Drum It Up

Biggest Mob of Chips

The workshop focused on training teenage Indigenous kids and in the brainstorming session the team develop the concept ‘Where will I be in 10 years time? and created an upbeat series of clips to share their future outlook. During the workshop the young filmmakers learnt all basic skills required for video production, including scripting, story-boarding, camera + sound work, acting, directing, editing and music production.

During the film making workshop the youth team met the challenge head on: they were keen to work as a team but make a film for each team members, working together as directors, camera person, sound recordist, actors and extras. Each day they shot 3 separate locations across Adelaide, a huge achievement for this team, who met the first time for this workshop. Each of the team members edited their own films and created original music for it.

Their empowering films have been shown to Indigenous communities across Australia. The films were very well received during our presentation at the Federal Government State Managers meeting in Adelaide, February 2008.

Partners

Aboriginal Family Support Service

Apple

Arts SA

Derringers Adelaide

Distinctive Homes Basket Ball Stadium

Office for Premier and Cabinet Premiers Community Initiatives Fund

RSPCASA

Metropolitan Fire Service

9 steps for successful underage drinkers

August 28, 2007 Carl Kuddell

Karoonda Area School - underage drinking campaign - 2007 August - Karoonda SA

9 Steps to Become a Successful Underage Drinker is a fabulous discussion starter about underage drinking: ‘9 Steps to Become a Successful Underage Drinker’ is a comedic take on ‘how-to’ videos and drug education with a high impact ending that will have your students talking for days. Goose bumps guaranteed!

The Karoonda community commissioned the Hero Project team to work with a group of local youth to produce a documentary about the impact of drink driving on small rural towns.

Initially the group discussed interviewing the local police officer and locals to create a documentary about the issue. When the Hero Project team asked if they would watch this film, they admitted they find ‘educational’ videos boring. So their task was to make a film they would watch. After lengthy debate from the young people and adults in the room, the Hero mentors suggested the team work with a satirical reversal to get the message across. They brainstormed all the stories ‘everyone shares about their youthful exploits’, and so the conversation began… The team drafted the 9 steps in the first session and then shot them over several sessions working with the Hero mentors. It was fantastic to work with the youth team and the Karoonda community, who all pitched in to support the project, from offering locations, making props and acting in the film.

Using humour and a satirical reversal this film drives a serious punch and comes with an urgently needed resource pack to support teachers and youth workers to tackle the issues of underage drinking.

Partners

Apple

Arts SA Health Promotion through the Arts

Country Arts SA

Karoonda Area School

Mallee Health Service Inc

Murray Mallee Community Education Network Inc

Mission Possible - Education SA

July 28, 2007 Carl Kuddell

Anti-racism DECS school project - 2007 July - Adelaide SA

The Hero Project team worked with 20 students and several teachers to produce a multi-cultural awareness video for the Department of Education Multicultural Unit.

The Hero Project worked with 20 students from Gilles St Primary School, Adelaide, to record positive example and activities around multi-cultural educational practice.

The participating teachers from several Adelaide schools received professional development training to use digital media in the classroom. The team included Helen Grant [Gilles St PS], Shona Russo [LeFevrre HS] and Andy Mewett [Glenunga HS].

Mission Possible screened as part of the Come Out 2007 Youth Film Fest at the Mercury Cinema in Adelaide.

DECS SA used the film to promote their multicultural unit across Government schools in South Australia. The film was officially launched by Minister for Education Hon jane Lomax-Smith at the Glenunga International High School alongside a new multicultural manual.

Hi there!
Just wanted to say thanks again for the opportunity to work with you all this week. My learning curve was huge- even though I know I saw a fraction of all the roles you do there. Hope the edit went well today…
Thanks again. You will hear from me next term!
Cheers, Shona Russo
LeFevrre High School

Partners

Apple

Department of Education and Children Services

Gilles St Primary School

Pinnaroo Surfer series - ABC

June 28, 2007 Carl Kuddell

2007 June - Pinnaroo SA

The Pinnaroo Surfer, 10x 3min mini-series for ABC JTV.

‘I don’t reckon you can see Pinnaroo in one day, unless you’re driving through.’ Over 10 episodes, Kade shares his wisdom about Pinnaroo bush life, local Mallee landmarks and stuff.

Kade Richardson and Sam Long were finalists at the 2007 Document Your World competition, hosted by the Australian International Documentary Conference. They were 1 of 5 Australian youth teams who pitched their film ideas in front of a large audience, to a panel of broadcasters. ABC were on the panel and commissioned this mini-series for ABC’s JTV. Over the following 6 months the Hero Project team conducted a series of master classes with the ‘Oo in Pinnaroo’ team to produce 10 kooky episodes about life in Pinnaroo. The series was broadcast in early 2009 on ABC2.

Both Kade and Sam were selected for Flinders University Screen Studies. Kade has supported others in Pinnaroo to get their stories out, shared his laconic humour on ABC radio in Broken Hill and is working on several film ideas. Sam is now producing videos for a range of community organizations in Murray Bridge. Channel 9 commissioned his services as a local stringer at the age of 16!

Football Legend

Heavyweight Champion

High Noon

In Competition

My Watering Hole

Painting a Masterpiece

The Fish Whisperer

Thinking Man

Camping's the best

Partners

ABC TV Triple J

Apple

Arts SA Health Promotion through the Arts

Australian Childrens Television Foundation

Australian International Documentary Conference

Country Arts SA Regional Arts Fund

Mallee Health Service Inc

Cooking Up A Storm - Come Out Festival

May 28, 2007 Carl Kuddell

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

Adelaide Bites - Adelaide Fringe

May 28, 2007 Carl Kuddell

Adelaide City Council youth art campaign - 2007 May - SA

We made 10 experimental short films for Adelaide’s new, large public digital screens, by SA youth sharing stories about Adelaide, as part of our public art game, Love Referendum, for the Adelaide Fringe Festival, supported by Adelaide City Council and Arts SA. Love Bites - do you love or hate Adelaide?

Partners

Adelaide City Council

Arts SA

Adelaide Fringe

Apple Educational Conference

April 28, 2007 Carl Kuddell

2007 April - Sydney NSW

The Hero Project was invited to present its empowerment methodology to representatives from Apple’s national educational retail partners.

Over 100 people attended our presentations in Sydney. One of the participants dubbed our methodology ‘the missing link between Apple’s hardware and software’. We received fabulous feedback – several channel partners opted to take Directing the Hero Within on for retail.

Partners

Apple

Mid North Schools workshops

April 28, 2007 Carl Kuddell

Mid North Schools workshops 2007 April - Clare SA

The Hero Project mentored students from 5 area schools in the Lower Mid North region during 2x 1-day edit-in-camera workshops.

The films screened as part of the Eat My Shorts festival during National Youth Week.

Supernatural in the Mid North

G'day Mate

Danny's Legacy

Barrels of Snow Town

Partners

Blyth Area School

Burra Area School

Clare High School

Lower North Health – Community Health Promotion

Riverton High School

Snowtown Area School

Coding Cultures Conference

March 28, 2007 Carl Kuddell

2007 March - Sydney NSW

The Hero Project was invited to present its community empowerment at the Coding Cultures Symposium 2007 in Campbelltown.

Campbelltown Arts Centre in partnership with d/Lux/MediaArts, presented Coding Cultures from Monday 5 – Friday 9 March 2007. Coding Cultures explored the opportunities that new information technologies including mobile phones, the internet and other on-line spaces, are providing for communities. Coding Cultures was a week long program of international residencies, free Concept Development Labs and a one day Symposium at Campbelltown Arts Centre.

Our presentation at the Symposium was well received, bringing participants up to speed and networked into the latest in community based media practices and cultures. We also managed during the conference to connect the Hero Project to Jamaican artists Mervin Jarman [the Container Project] and Canadian artists Camille Turner, with the aim to collaborate on future projects.

Big thanks to the fabulous Francesca da Rimini and our friends at Dlux for setting this up! Find out more about Coding Cultures and its handbook here:

http://www.dlux.org.au/codingcultures/handbook.html

Partners

Campbelltown City Council

dLux Sydney

Document Your World at AIDC

February 28, 2007 Carl Kuddell

Australian International Documentary Conference - 2007 February - Adelaide SA

The Hero Project team worked with 15 youth finalist from the national Document Your World competition, hosted by the Australian International Documentary Conference AIDC in February 2007.
The Hero Project mentored the youth teams to prepare their film proposals as a public pitch. This first ever youth-documentary competition saw entries from across Australia, vying for the change to pitch in front of a panel of commissioning editors from ABC and SBS, IDFA’s Director, the Australian Children’s TV Foundation and executives from the media industry.

The events MC was Steve Cannane, from Triple J’s Hack, judges included Amanda Duthie (ABC TV), Carl Kuddell and Jen Lyons-Reid (Tallstoreez), Bernadette O’Mahoney (ACTF), Aimee Knight, Warrick Burton (SBSi) and Magda Estetima (IDFA Amsterdam).

Pitch Introduction

Pitch 1 - LOL

Pitch 2 - Artists Not Aliens

Pitch 3 - The Oo in Pinnaroo

Pitch 4 - In Our Shows

Pitch 5 Legends of Quorn

Q&A + Thankyou

AIDC Podcasts

The 5 finalist teams from Whyalla, Quorn, Murray Bridge, Pinnaroo and Adelaide prepared a 5-minute verbal pitch and a 2-minute video trailer for their documentary proposals – in 2 days they prepared, wrote, test-pitched, shot and edited the most amazing public presentations – feedback from the panel and audience was that it was the best presentations at AIDC that year…

The participants delivered very compelling presentations. In front of over 100 experts and a high-caliber panel from ABC, SBS, Tallstoreez and ACTF, they held their own. Stories included: LoL: Cyberbullying, the Oo in Pinnaroo, Life in Quorn, Artists not Aliens and Nunga Media.

The winner was ‘LoL’, a documentary about cyberbullying; the team won a development purse of $5000 from ABC jtv, to develop a half-hour documentary proposal.
The runner-up was ‘Oo in Pinnaroo’; who were approached by ABC to produce a 10-part mini-series, mentored by the Hero Project.

The teams also produced a series of short clips during the conference for AIDC, interviewing documentary makers and broadcasters about film making and key points of the conference. The clips were shown on huge screens on the same day they were shot. It was fabulous to see the 15 Document Your World heroes mingling with the pro-crowd and gleaning valuable intel.

Partners

ABC JTV

Apple

Arts SA Health Promotion through the Arts

Australian Childrens Television Foundation

Australian International Documentary Conference

Country Arts SA Regional Arts Fund

Pilchard Ninjas - Port Lincoln SA

January 28, 2007 Carl Kuddell

Port Lincoln youth workshop - 2007 January - Port Lincoln SA

The Hero Project team were commissioned by the Community House in Port Lincoln to engage young people in their activities. The 10 youth participants agreed to make a promotional video to get more people to engage with the community house, as long as it involved fish… enjoy their film, Pilchard Ninjas.

The team created an engaging promo-clip about the community center – but really most of young people came to the social centre to make a fun film – so they worked on combining the two! They identified they wanted to create something Python-esque and that the fish factories are a big issue in town [renown for its tuna]…During the workshop the young filmmakers learnt all basic skills required for video production, including scripting, story-boarding, camera + sound work, acting, directing, editing and music production.

The participants delivered an engaging compromise – while sticking to their quirky film ideas, they managed to arrive at a wonderful conclusion, that supports their social centre in a humourous and upbeat way.
Port Lincoln Community House continued to build a youth media centre and purchased digital media equipment.

2 community members took part in the Hero Youth Media Festival master-class at Come Out 2007.  Their team had the task to document the Come Out Festival – and they were cooking up a storm!

Update February 2010: Some of the young people involved have started a new youth organization and media centre in Port Lincoln, called 2-way street. Check it out here.

Partners

Apple

Arts SA Health Promotion through the Arts

Community House Port Lincoln

Country Arts SA Regional Arts Fund

Where is Father Christmas?

November 28, 2006 Carl Kuddell

Adelaide Pageant youth workshop - 2006 November - Adelaide SA

CHALLENGE: The Hero Project team worked with 6 participants from its outreach program to document the 2006 Christmas Pageant. They engaged the whole community during the film making and learnt basic event documentation skills.

OUTCOMES: Their documentation follows the day of the Christmas Pageant and reveals this strange but alluring local custom: from early morning BBQ to the all revealing moments of Santa…

The participants recorded many interviews with participants, punters and VIP’s and managed to keep up with the caravan while filming.

SCREENINGS & AWARDS
The film screened as part of the Come Out 2007 Youth Film Fest at the Mercury Cinema in Adelaide.

IMPACT & FEEDBACK: Events SA used the film to promote the Adelaide Christmas Pageant.

This unusual project was a great opportunity for the Hero Project participants to hone their event documentation skills. Where else do you have a chance to run through a crowd of Christmas Pageant fans, with a lanyard around yoiur neck and all-access camera team behind you… Fabulous work, especially the daring interview of the man himself. I nearly fell of my sledge.

Partners

Credit Union Chrismas Pageant

Events SA

Making Links Conference - Sydney

November 28, 2006 Carl Kuddell

2006 November - Sydney SA

The Hero Project was invited to present its empowerment methodology to national delegates from community arts and educational organizations.

We presented a hands-on workshop to over 30 delegates at the national Making Links Conference. The workshop covered the use of digital media in community and classroom environment, with a special focus on empowerment for disengaged and marginalized youth.

Partners

Making Links Conference

Murray Bridge Flood of '56

October 28, 2006 Carl Kuddell

Murray Bridge Council youth workshop - 2006 October - Murray Bridge SA

CHALLENGE: The Hero Project team worked with 14 students at the Murray Bridge Council offices. The local council, through its youth service commissioned the team to document the commemoration of the 1956 Floods.

OUTCOMES: The youth team created an engaging documentary about the 1956 flood. But how do you do that without a budget and without boring your peers to tears? They imagined how it felt if the river flooded the town for over 12 months – and created an unusual eyewitness report with fun re-enactments …

SCREENINGS & AWARDS: The film screened at Come Out 2007 Youth Film Fest at the Mercury Cinema in Adelaide.

IMPACT & FEEDBACK: The participants interviewed a fabulous eye witness, who helped to bring the memories to life.

They accessed the most amazing locations – including a paddle steamer – and learned a lot about how to produce historical re-enactments. The editing process was very rewarding, as the team learned to source and integrate archival footage and also colour-grade their new footage to create beautiful transitions from old to present day.

Partners

Arts SA Health Promotion through the Arts

Country Arts SA Regional Arts Fund

The Rural City of Murray Bridge

Working Quorn

October 28, 2006 Carl Kuddell

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

Elizabeth Isn't That Bad

September 28, 2006 Carl Kuddell

Elizabeth Fremont High School workshops 2006 September - Fremont Elizabeth SA

CHALLENGE: The Hero Project team worked with 10 students at the Fremont Elizabeth High School during a 6-week workshop program.

OUTCOMES: The team managed to work within a noisy school environment, while creating a series of short films documenting their school activities and experiences.

The students grew into a fantastic team over the course of the project and learnt basic and intermediate digital video and production skills.

SCREENINGS & AWARDS: Their films screened as part of the Come Out 2007 Youth Film Fest at the Mercury Cinema in Adelaide.

Partners

Arts SA Health Promotion through the Arts

Department of Education and Children Services

Elizabeth Fremont High School

Office for Youth

Directing the Hero Within

July 28, 2006 Carl Kuddell

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.