Films Made By Our Participants

Jay

1000 Londoners

Jay is the current British Supermoto champion. In this film, he talks openly about his battle with drug addiction and the important role Supermoto plays on his road to recovery. We join Jay on the morning of the GB Supermoto at Lydden Hill, Kent, as he gets prepared for the race and talks about his hopes and fears.

This film was made by three members of SElect18 Films, all of whom were 18+, and was facilitated by Chocolate Films. It was devised over two 4-hour sessions and shot in half a day very early in the morning. SElect18 Films sourced the subject and devised the film. During the shoot they worked as camera and sound recording assistants and lead the interview. The film was edited by the SElect18 Films over 5 editing workshop sessions to produce their portrait of Jay.

ARK

Wimbledon BookFest

This modern-day silent film about two very different groups of girls just goes to show that appearances can be deceiving.

This film was made on a ‘script to screen’ workshop, made by four groups of Year 10 students from local schools in Wandsworth and Merton, in their last week at school before the summer.

The young people had to go through the whole process of making a film; from story development and pitching ideas in groups to the Chocolate Films filmmakers, to prop making, producing & directing. The best pitches got their films professionally shot and edited by us. It was such a treat before the summer holidays plus it meant we got to spend the day at Wimbledon Film and TV Studios (home to the set of The Bill – back in the day!).

Parkour Music Video – Urban Ambush

Watermans

The film was made by 6 young people aged 13-17yrs on a week long GoPro filmmaking working together with a parkour workshop, as part of Urban Ambush at Watermans in summer 2015.

Participants were given GoPro action cameras and were tasked with experimenting with the unique vantage points that the camera can provide. We worked with the young people to encourage them to be as active as possible by attaching the camera to their bodies using headbands and chest straps to capture the thrill of fast movements. We explored a variety of music video styles as well to encourage the participants to think about how the footage could be edited using effects, fast and slow motion and beat matching with the music. The group worked together with a Parkour workshop which was taking place at Watermans Art Centre at the same time to formulate a music video, directing the parkour group to get the shots that they needed.