Port Augusta Council youth workshop 2 - 2005 June - Port Augusta SA
CHALLENGE: The Hero Project worked with participants from Port Augusta youth club and an Indigenous youth team from the Port Augusta Secondary School. In a series of workshops the students learned essential digital media skills, scripting, story-boarding, filming, recording sound.
The aim was to build in the ongoing outreach program and make digital media more accessible to regional and remote schools.
OUTCOMES: Tanks: For most people the concrete tanks at the Lincoln Gap are just ugly ruins at the edge of the desert. But for some people it is a giant canvas, to reflect on – be it the teams they barrack for, Jesus or a place to proclaim eternal love…art, culture or… – decide for yourself.
The teams learned basic film making skills and were able to address issues ranging from mobile phone theft, graffiti and public art. Aimee Knight was accepted into the Flinders University Screen Studies with her films made during the 2005 Hero Project outreach program. In 2010 she is in her post graduate year and we expect to see amazing work from her in the coming years.
SCREENINGS & AWARDS: Tanks was selected for the award winning Directing the Hero Within resource DVD.
The film screened at Come Out 2007 Youth Film Fest at the Mercury Cinema in Adelaide.
Partners
Arts SA Healthy Initiatives
Country Arts SA Regional Arts Fund
Office for Youth
Port Augusta Youth Service
SA Film Corporation