2005
The Struggle for Freedom
Commissioned by Shape to document the researching, creating and presenting of a series of tableau commemorating the 150 year anniversary of the abolition of Black slavery by Avonmore School. Followed by the storyboarding and filming of their assembly performance into a short film to be distributed to all schools in their borough.
Where there's a will...
Another commission from Shape to work with Avonmore School on a film looking at the social and medical models of disability.
In line with Shape's remit of access to the arts for all, both 20 minute productions include BSL signing and sub-titles.
Walking Like Penguins
Commissioned by St. Hilda's East Community Centre in Shoreditch, East London. This inter-generational oral history brought together young Bangladeshi girls and older people from various backgrounds to look at how young people grew up in the 30s, 40s and 50s. The young people were involved in devising and asking the questions and helping with the filming. Their responses to what they heard are also included in the film.
Children's Voice
Hammersmith & Fulham Children's Fund commissioned digital:works to
work with a group of their children and young people. Decisions on
look and feel, navigation and content was left to them. The children
and young people created all the artwork and icons for the site. They
developed games by storyboarding them and drawing all the artwork which
was then turned in to Flash games.
visit the site > children's voice
see the flash games > gamesville
21cc
We ran this digital arts project for the BBC's
21st Century Classroom.
A group of Art students from local schools were given a brief to create
a t-shirt design using Photoshop, a selection of photographs, illustrations
and a font plus an image of their own. Each element had to be included
somehow in the final design and the theme was drawn out of a hat from
suggestions made by the students. The young people learnt how to use
photoshop or increased the skills they already had as well as learning
some design concepts.
Young Carers Animation Project
Young people from around the world were invited to send in ideas for an animation project. The winning idea was storyboarded and produced as a film on dvd and parts of it used in an interactive flash game. The young people used stop motion, live action, photography and flash to create their pieces. They even recorded their own sound effects and music.
play the interactive game > movies
Hustle & Bustle
We worked with the H&F Young Carer's Project to create multimedia
exploration of the history of North End Road market. The young people
used digital photography to capture the sights of the market and interviewed
shoppers, stall holders and other young people and the past, present
and future of the market. They also conducted an in depth oral history
interview with Olive Webb, a former stall holder at the market and life-long
resident of the area. You can download the booklet and audio documentary
at:
Queen Elizabeth Girls School
At BBC 21CC, girls from Queen
Elizabeth Girls School in Barnet spent
a week during the summer creating a radio programme. They worked in
teams across year groups to help welcome girls to their first year
of secondary school. Each group focussed on a different topic, conducting
interviews on the streets about things like people's memories of their
first day of secondary school and a fictional news story about a bus
driver falling asleep at the wheel. Two groups also worked to write
and perform an exciting WW2-era radio play. All the girls edited their
audio segments using Audacity and created music in Garage Band to accompany
their piece.