Cinema Workshop
Oreshene village, Municipality. Yablanitsa, region Lovech
town of Krichim, Region Plovdiv
Selanovtsi village, Oryahovo municipality, region Vratsa
About the workshop
The direct target group (children and youth with a focus on Roma) gets involved in interesting initiatives, such as creative workshops (in performing and applied arts) and cinema workshops for creating their own short films. Children will learn how films are made, going through the entire process with the experts. They will have the opportunity to make the stories they screen their own, to represent their culture, through a child’s view, to a wider audience.
In order to ensure sustainability, the films will be distributed free of charge at least 5 years after the completion of the project on the platform for short films of the partner organization (noblink.bg), as well as on the channels of the leading organization. The activities include professionals and amateurs in the respective fields, representatives of the Roma ethnic group and other groups in the country.
The main cinema expert is Stefani Raicheva – she has many years of experience in cinema and in working with children. There are 4 short films, two of them with children in the lead role. He is currently working on his first feature film – again a children’s story.
Expected results
Photo and video material from the process of training, shooting, editing and post-production of the films
Press materials
Youth are expected to acquire basic skills in building visual concepts and creating video materials, broadening and enriching their cultural horizon.
Venue of the activity
Oreshene village, Municipality. Yablanitsa, region Lovech
town of Krichim, Region Plovdiv
Selanovtsi village, Oryahovo municipality, region Vratsa
Our aspiration
A total of 30 children and youth aged 12-18 (10 in each settlement mentioned above) representatives of various minorities/ethnic groups with a focus on Roma, will participate in a creative workshop Cinema.
The aspiration is to achieve a positive effect expressed in helping the target group to master the entire artistic-creative process:
Scripts and direction
Development of basic screenwriting and directing skills
Production
Initial operator techniques
Post-production
The practicalities of digital editing, subtitling, etc.
And much more...
Specific skills and knowledge to motivate them to continue their education or at least give them the opportunity to tap into different cultural perspectives and solutions for dealing with life situations
Stage 1: Preparatory
Holding communication meetings
Identifying the main needs and interests of the target group, creating trust and generating interest in the cinema.
Distribution of roles between participants
A group of about 10 young people (for each location) will be formed in order to be able to give individual attention to each one and help them learn and acquire new skills and knowledge.
Stage 2: Real
Cinema workshop
Includes 14 days of training (7 visits with two-day intensive interaction) and 6 days (2 three-day visits) – filming of short films by the participants themselves
Shooting independent films
At this stage, the young people will have the opportunity, with guidance and support from the Chief Expert, Expert Cinema Workshop and additionally attracted students and amateurs, to independently shoot their first films.
Chief expert available
The chief expert will participate in the trainings on a rotating basis in all three locations, and on the days scheduled for the shooting of short films, he will be present at each location.
Stage 3: Editing and Post-Production
Goal
The main goal is to build the overall visual concept and create a film by the youth.
Review and selection of personnel
They will review the footage and select shots that fit their overall concept for the film
Determination of technical details
This includes sound, light, length and content of music
Familiarity with assembly techniques
They will learn about editing techniques
Familiarity with post-production activities
They will learn about post-production activities, incl. sound and color corrections
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