NOW SHOWING ! -”An Act of Life”

October 29th, 2008  |  Published in News, Uncategorized

8th November 2008 until 22nd February 2009

 

An Act of Life

A short film written and directed by Vanessa Oakes

Filmmaker Dom Breadmore

 

A response to the search for a lasting memorial to the millions of people who died during WW1 - written for an ensemble cast of 21 young people from King Edward VI College, Nuneaton.  

 

In An Act of Life the dead are present as part of the contemporary landscape. As generations move forward the meaning of traditional memorials inevitably changes. What doesn’t change is the presence of the living memorials all around us. The performing arts students in this film are all living memorials to the millions of young people who lost their lives.

 Commissioned by Nuneaton & Bedworth Borough Council as part of the Fit for Heroes exhibition at Nuneaton Museum & Art Gallery -

funded by Nuneaton & Bedworth Borough Council, Museums, Libraries and Archives Council and The Big Lottery.

 

Nuneaton Museum & Art Gallery

Riversley Park

Nuneaton

CV11 5TU

 

Admission Free

Tuesday - Saturday  & Bank Holidays

10.30am - 4.30pm

Sunday

2pm - 4.30pm

 

For further information call 024 7635 0720  

 

THURSDAY FLICKERS

October 23rd, 2008  |  Published in News

Thursday Flickers is an exciting weekly film and video event at Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum. The screenings provide a platform for film & video makers to showcase their innovative media work to a wider audience.

The new programme includes work from video artists, short-film makers, animators, motion-graphic designers, VJs, and artists using video installations.

During and after the viewings there will be the possibility for the public to ask questions and to discuss the screened work.

 Join us Thursday nights from 6.30 to 7.30pm. Free admission. 

If you would like the opportunity to show your work contact Tammy Woodrow on 01926 742700 or email prooms@warwickdc.gov.uk. 

BOOM !-CALLING ALL YOUNG FILM MAKERS

July 2nd, 2008  |  Published in News

BOOM! is a development project that enables young people (aged 16-25) to learn and put into practice film production and creative media skills that open up volunteering and vocational opportunities. Through BOOM!, young people are challenged to make short films and videos that reflect their opinions, concerns, interests and passions – from video diaries to news bulletins and reports and reportage-style mini-documentaries.

 BOOM! also challenges young people to consider how the films and videos they produce can help effect positive outcomes in their communities and society at large. All BOOM! participants commit to tangible volunteering actions using their films and videos to raise awareness and campaign within their communities and among their peers.

BOOM! and Clubs for Young People - In 2008-2009, participation in BOOM! will be open to more than 250,000 young people aged 16-25 – many of whom are socially marginalised, disengaged or disadvantaged – via Clubs for Young People, one of the UK’s leading voluntary community and club-based youth work organisations.

Partners - The delivery of BOOM! via Clubs for Young People is a partnership between Clubs for Young People, MTV, v (independent charity championing youth volunteering) and TomTom nation (BOOM! development and delivery partner).

What can I get out of it ?

BOOM! focuses on teaching the mix of fundamental creative skills behind film and video production – specifically:

  • Developing ideas – brainstorming/researching
  • Scripting/storyboarding/planning
  • Filming – camerawork, sound recording, lighting
  • Front-of-camera performance – presenting, interviewing, etc
  • Directing

 Plus five post-production modules

  • Editing footage into bulletins
  •  Image manipulation and effects
  •  Sound design
  • Construction of broadcast using MTV packaging
  • Uploading content

YOU COULD BE PART OF….

MTV- BOOM! ROOM - Each club will have its own online ‘news room’ – a BOOM! ROOM – into which content (the films and videos they produce) can be uploaded and all content can be viewed on-demand – with BOOM! ROOM community invited to vote on the most interesting content

BOOM! BOX - Weekly compilation of the most interesting (and community-popular) content drawn from BOOM! ROOM – and broadcast on MTV One and mtv.co.uk

BOOM! BLIPS - Genre-channel relevant bulletins drawn from BOOM! ROOM and played out as ‘liquid content’ on MTV2, MTV Base, MTV Hits and MTV Dance – with individual bulletins also aggregated as themed news

BOOM! Awards - At the end of each project year, activity will culminate in the BOOM! Awards, recognising the achievements of BOOM! participants – from creative and production skills to campaigning and awareness-raising volunteer actions. The BOOM! Awards event will also incorporate a forum focusing on the social and community issues ‘championed’ by BOOM! participants and the outcomes that have resulted

 

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT

Becky Hedgcock.

Head of Volunteering - BOOM! . Tel/Fax: 0116 2755676. Mobile: 07725676147

82 Livingstone Street, Leicester, LE3 0QY

www.clubsforyoungpeople.org.uk

www.boomnation.net