FREE
uScreen is a cutting edge fully accessible website which aims to provide young deaf and disabled (alongside non-disabled young people) from the south east aged 14-25 years the opportunities to share, learn and collaborate on film-making.
The site which is made up of three specially created accessible film-making tools has been be supported by online and live events, expert mentoring, and workshops . This Showcase is an opportunity to find out more as some of the participating practitioners share their experiences and screen a selection of the work produced.
12- 2pm
Resource Productions Shelter Workshop – DIY DVD
[Drop-in FREE]
Resource Productions will be running a free drop-in workshop for young people aged between 13 – 25 to introduce them to the film production process.
Shelter is an international collaborative filmmaking project and competition run as part of the uScreen programme. The Resource Productions Youth Steering group brought together a range of young people to make an accessible and fun ‘how to’ video to encourage more young people to make films on the theme of Shelter.
2-3pm
uSCREEN SHOWCASE
Sat 26 November (FREE)
Shelter Project – DIY DVD
By Resource Productions Steering Group
Film-Able Project
Film-Able brought together a talented, enthusiastic mix of disabled young people and equip them with skills and practical support in all areas of filmmaking. One young participant Stephanie Howell (Wheelchair user) made DON’T JUDGE ME! her first ever film in one day from a personal and powerful poem.
The Here And There: Hidden Stories (approx 17 mins)
The Here and There: Hidden Stories is a Creative Partnerships Surrey & Sussex project that involved 3 groups of learning disabled young people aged 14 – 26 working with 5 Sussex based film-makers to create three exciting new films around the theme of ‘Opening Spaces, Going Places’
THE FILM WE COULD MAKE (Annis Joslin & Tim Corrigan) Made by young autistic adults based at the Roebuck Centre in Hastings. A trailer for a film that doesn’t exist … yet! ; THE COBALT CRYSTAL (St Mary’s College with David Parker & Sam Sharples) A group of bank robbers steal some money and think they have got away with it until they meet a unicorn in the sky; THE ADVENTURES OF RX74 (Glyne Gap School with Kitty Wallace) Three fisherman take their boat out to sea and discover something surprising from long ago.
Animate & Create Package (approx 12 mins)
Animate & Create are an animation company based in Whitstable. They worked with groups of young people in Kent exploring what disability means to them.
I AM WHO I AM (Valance School); WHAT IS DISABILITY (Ifield School); ASPIRATIONS (Orchard School); CHAMPIONS (St Nicholas School)
OSKA BRIGHT Package [approx 13 mins]
COPS & ROBBERS; DR SPOT MAKES CAT BURGLARS: QUARTER BOUNDERS; SUPAKLEEN; SUPER FAST; THE LEGEND OF K9; SPARKLES
3.00 – 3.30pm
Post showcase discussion with film-maker Kitty Wallace and representatives from OSKA Bright & Resource Productions.
