Films & Social Media | The (late) Breakfast Society

Morlo - Anglesey, North Wales

Animoto clip from the recent training with MORLO up in Anglesey who are planning a newsletter on regeneration in their local area.

May 20

Leadership Through the Arts - Film

3 training courses which were run back to back with young people from Donegal, Ireland

Apr 01

Film Editing with Young People

I think the first film I edited was in 1998. I’d used a (huge) Sony camcorder to film a watersports weekend that I’d taken some girls to from the youth club (it involved camping in a field near Holme Pierrepont much to the despair of the accompanying female worker I’d dragged along!). At that time I borrowed some sort of console and the footage was edited on my TV at home onto a video cassette! (The console in the pic is just an example I don’t think it was that fancy!).

When I started work on the Young Movers programme we decided that a film of each course would be a good evaluation method and that by getting young people to talk about what they intended to do following the training this would help with a bit of reflective learning. The Chief Executive was so keen on the idea he went straight out and bought a new Panasonic digital camcorder which he plonked on by desk the next day (in fact I think they still use it!). Back then I was a Windows user - we had no idea how to edit digital video, so a trip to Dixons (now Currys) and the helpful salesperson recommended ‘Dazzle Moviestar’.

Well what a bloody nightmare that was! Once I’d figured out how to use Continue Reading »

Mar 31

Donegal Youth Council

Film from the recent training with Donegal Youth Council in Ireland

Feb 14

Street Games, Nottingham 6/02/08

Heres a film of some adults from all over the UK who took part in a training course in Nottingham. The training aims were to provide guidance, practical ideas and resources to the adults who work with young people in sport, to guide them along a pathway to participation, volunteering and leadership. undefined