Created by one of iceni’s staff directors, Kim Gilder, ‘Sheffield, A Learning City’ is a collection of moving interviews with children and young adults talking about the challenges they face and their hopes and aspirations.
Filmed over 3 days in schools across Sheffield, these moving stories launch a 2 year campaign commissioned by the Children and Young People’s Directorate at Sheffield City Council, along with Mick Waters, ex Head of the QCA.
Mick Waters said…
‘The team at iceni are a delight to work with; personable and professional. Small matters are as important as big productions and they know that it is quality that counts.
They work together easily, everyone knows who you are, they enjoy their work and they care about the product. What matters most is whether the product does its job. iceni make film that makes the audience engage.’
With Halloween approaching, the launch of the new ‘Zombies’ film was met with a great deal of excitement at The Public in West Bromwich. The short film was produced by iceni and George Salter Collegiate Academy with Creative Partnerships.
The audience were on the edge of their seats (and jumping out of their skin) as the ghastly tale unfolded before their eyes.
The iceni team were there to see the film unleashed.
The film went down a storm as students demanded to see each and every last bit of the DVD (out-takes and all). A great event and a fantastic venue.
The venue? Birmingham’s world famous Symphony Hall, with its world class acoustics and stunning auditorium. it’s probably the UK’s finest concert hall if not one of the best in the world.
Reaction to the film was excellent, watch this space for clips and comments. Remember, if you are looking for ways to bring filmmaking into a creative curriculum, you should look at WRAP a DVD resource produced for teachers and educationalists.
Last week Year 5 Pupils at Trinity CofE Primary School took on an ambitious and exciting task to film an action space adventure set on planets across the universe!
This 5 day shoot really got the young people’s creativity and imagination flowing as they had to film every scene in front of a green screen.
Monday was supposed to be just another ordinary school day, but as children from Trinity CofE Primary School in Wolverhampton arrived, they found a space ship had dramatically crash landed in the school grounds.
Fire and Police arrived on the scene, and after the smoking wreckage had been secured, the children were invited to investigate. Their investigations uncovered the start of an exciting new school project, exploring the far reaches of the galaxy.
Helping to lead the project is Rebecca Hardy, iceni’s Head of Educational Media and Creative Agent for the school. Rebecca, the teachers and the creative team help inspire young people and creative professionals to challenge how they work and experiment with new ideas.
The day’s experimental events certainly got the attention of TV and newspaper reporters.
Zoe and Gareth looking mighty fine as they attended the 2009 IVCA Awards.
iceni was Highly Commended for a film devised by young people from George Salter Collegiate Academy.
Normals features the creative talents of 24 young people aged between 13 and 16 years old. The film is the culmination of 3 years work between our Head of Educational Media, Rebecca Hardy, and George Salter Collegiate Academy. In that time the school has progressed from the brink of being considered a failing school, to receiving national recognition as one of the most improved schools in the UK.
Mick Green, Head Teacher at the school said, ‘It is great to see what young people are capable of when working with media professionals to produce a film of the highest quality. The project has had a great impact on our school community, building confidence, self esteem and motivation.’
Rebecca Hardy added, ‘Many of the young people involved in the film lacked confidence and it is impressive to see how natural and confident so many of the performances are.’
Normals features five intertwined storylines that explore similarity and difference, and deal with sensitive issues such as group loyalty, theft, drinking, trust and betrayal. The film was funded by Mediabox and Black Country Creative Partnerships.
Marco Forgione, IVCA Chief Executive said: ‘In winning the Highly Commended Award, Normals showcases a creative approach to delivering focused and meaningful communications. iceni have shown their capacity to lift the standard for corporate communications, a profession in which Britain leads the world.’The film is available as part of WRAP, a collection of 6 films with accompanying teacher’s notes and lesson plans that form a teacher’s guide to film making as part of a creative curriculum. www.educational-film.co.uk/
