SCOTLAND ESTABLISH FILM AND VIDEO FACILITY

SOUTH Lanarkshire Council Education Resources, based in Scotland, have established a film and video facility for young people in and out of school context.
Involving 14 schools the programme, which started in August 2000, will run until August 2003.
The New Opportunities Fund are the main funders of the project with partners from across the screen industries. Pupils, drawn from a wide range of schools in the area plus two special education schools, make a series of video shorts by working on a ten week programme of after school video workshops which culminate in a four day holiday film school held at two centres, Earnock High School and John Ogilvie High School.
Over the course of the year, three productions will be made by the changing groups of pupils and the resulting videos will be screened at a Youth Film Festival staged at the Glasgow Film Theatre, to celebrate the pupil’s success, and stimulate interest in developing the project on a wider context.
South Lanarkshire Education Resources see film, video and interactive media technology as a learning medium which young people identify with and have a keen interest in. It is an ideal medium to help those pupils who otherwise find it difficult to involve themselves in the learning process or those pupils who display a talent and commitment in this area.
For further information on the aims of the project contact Aileen Marshall at [email protected] or tel. 01698 429 634 (CD)