Join the ‘Girls in Action,’ Anisa, Sabriya, Hannah, Houaria, Maryam and Eaman, as they show you how to ‘Be Yourself!’ This series of three short films, which were scripted, filmed, edited and premiered by the group, aim to increase awareness of young Muslim women’s lives and challenge existing stereotypes.
The film has been complemented by a podcast documenting their progress (which can be found at the St Paul’s Community Development Trust website), and a Silver Arts Award which recognises the involvement of the group in Arts activities.
The project was funded by Mediabox and St Paul’s Community Development Trust through the Balsall Heath Extended School’s Cluster. Additional help and support was provided by Rachel Gillies, Ally Sultana from Including Women! and Aimee Green who has assisted the group in completing their Silver Arts Awards.Read more about the project here.
What do you do when things at home are so bad that you can't face them anymore?
You run away! there is no alternative?
16 young people from across the city of Birmingham came together to create and film a story that was important to them. A group of young people from Birmingham Rathbone worked with a professional director from Rage Arts to explore and develop their ideas for their own film and formed The Urban Film Club. From these ideas a script was produced and then a crew of young people, including two from Birmingham Rathbone, worked with the group to film the story.The resulting film was edited by an enthusiastic 15 year old editor from Hollywood.
Some of the challenges encountered on the way included the lead actor having to drop out after day one, two editors dropping out, working around exam schedules, building work taking place next door to the film set, filming everything in three days....
Story Development & Cast : Chevel Allen, Ben Badger, Sameya Begum, Junior Brown, Tom Delaney, Adam Gosling, Dani Lothian, Niomi Steadman, Ryan Wahab, Sabrina Thompson, Shelby Newton, Usman Rahim, Ellisha Sameuls.
Crew: Camera - Connor Taggart, Sound - Matthew Sturdy, Editor Emily Hancock, other crew - Sameya Begum & Ellisha Sameuls
The Urban Film Club was started by Rage Arts in 2007 to give young people the opportunity to work with professionals to make their own films. The club was set up following research into young people’s interests in the arts and the opportunities which were currently available to them. Rage Arts is an arts organisation started in 1997 giving people of all ages self esteem and confidence and skills to help them in their life and careers through them working with professionals to create productions using film, theatre and music. They are currently putting together a plan to set up a Community Arts & Media centre where people of all ages can come and work with professionals to create productions. They would be interested in hearing from schools and youth and community organisations who would be interested in having this provision.
To celebrate the fact that today is the 10th Annual First Light Awards, a special celebration of youth filmmaking talent. We will be taking a look at MediaCove Productions, who won a First Light Award for their ‘Our Wall’ Mediabox project in 2010
Wolverhampton based MediaCove Productions and Training specialise in youth media, corporate video, advertisement and online video as well as offering facilities hire and professional media training.
Mediacove have been working with a group of young people aged 13-19 on a documentary project entitled ‘Wolverhampton-Have your Say’. This project involved the group talking to local people about their views on the city and what they thought about it being voted as the 5th worst city in the world by Lonely Planet. The documentary tackles issues including Education, Culture, Community, Wolverhampton’s Heritage, and The Future of Wolverhampton.
Mediacove hosted hosted four topical debate panel shows which were broadcast live on the internet. The panel shows were in a ‘Question Time’ style and will included local key people who will discuss different important issues about the city of Wolverhampton.
You can read about the crew involved in the project at Mediacove's blog.
Mediacove Productions and City of Wolverhampton College held four live topical debate panel shows as part of a Mediabox project. The aim of the project was for young people to have their say about Wolverhampton and to also challenge why it was rated fifth worst city in the world by Lonely Planet.
The young people involved in the project identified four key areas for discussion: Education, Culture and Heritage, Crime and Community and Economic Prospects for Wolverhampton.
This video shows the Economic Prospects panel show with key figures from around Wolverhampton heading the debate in a 'Question Time' style. They tackle issues surrounding the economy within Wolverhampton, and also answer questions from the audience.
Mediacove Productions and City of Wolverhampton College held four live topical debate panel shows as part of a Mediabox project. The aim of the project was for young people to have their say about Wolverhampton and to also challenge why it was rated fifth worst city in the world by Lonely Planet.
The young people involved in the project identified four key areas for discussion: Education, Culture and Heritage, Crime and Community and Economic Prospects for Wolverhampton.
This video shows the Crime and Community panel show with key figures from around Wolverhampton heading the debate in a 'Question Time' style. They tackle issues surrounding Crime and Community within Wolverhampton, and also answer questions from the audience.
Mediacove Productions and City of Wolverhampton College held four live topical debate panel shows as part of a Mediabox project. The aim of the project was for young people to have their say about Wolverhampton and to also challenge why it was rated fifth worst city in the world by Lonely Planet.
The young people involved in the project identified four key areas for discussion: Education, Culture and Heritage, Crime and Community and Economic Prospects for Wolverhampton.
This video shows the Culture and Heritage panel show with key figures from around Wolverhampton heading the debate in a 'Question Time' style. They tackle issues surrounding Culture and Heritage within Wolverhampton, and also answer questions from the audience.
Mediacove Productions and City of Wolverhampton College held four live topical debate panel shows as part of a Mediabox project. The aim of the project was for young people to have their say about Wolverhampton and to also challenge why it was rated fifth worst city in the world by Lonely Planet.
The young people involved in the project identified four key areas for discussion: Education, Culture and Heritage, Crime and Community and Economic Prospects for Wolverhampton.This video shows the Education panel show with key figures from around Wolverhampton heading the debate in a 'Question Time' style. They tackle issues surrounding Education within Wolverhampton, and also answer questions from the audience.
The Our Wall project incorporated a website, films and animation, all focussed around the theme of 'breaking down barriers'. MediaCove worked with a number of organisations in Wolverhampton including Green Park School, MAP,Orchard Centre and LACE Project. The project won the Mediabox Innovation Award at the First Light Awards 2010.
The Our Wall website is an online showcase for media created by young people in Wolverhampton. Media uploaded to the site explores the theme 'breaking down barriers'. Young people can register with the site and uplaod their own films, photography, audio, comment on other people's media or join a debate in the forum. The design of the site is vibrant, fresh and shaped by the ideas and opinions of the project steering group. The site also includes information about the 'Our Wall Live' event and more information about the entire 'Our Wall' project. The website launched in Febraury 2009.
Our Wall Live! Was a week long exhibition held in the Wulfrun Centre in Wolverhampton city centre. It consisted of a large wooden structure (approx. 5m long x 2m high) that incorporated 7 TV screens (many recycled). 5 of these screens were used to showcase work created for the project (either as part of the training programmes or as on-line submissions). There was a special launch event held on Monday 23rd March 2009 that included comedy, dance and music, as well as the official opening of the wall. The wall was built by young people and was staffed by young volunteers
To hear about the process behind the project click here to visit the Media Cove website.
"This is Me" is about the barriers young people with autism face and how they work hard everyday to overcome the challenges in their lives. The short film was made with sixth-form pupils from Green Park School in Wolverhampton and looks at issues such as communication barriers and social inclusion.
The film also features 8 short animations made with the students that tell you a little about them as individuals and their likes and dislikes
