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First Light Movies

Blueprint: Film Foundation ran several First Light Movies projects around Lincolnshire and the surrounding counties. These involved working with young people to give them the skills and encouragement to produce their own short films.

We ran projects with a diverse mixture of groups, from a group of younger children who were part of the Salvation Army youth club to a group of hard to reach teenagers in a deprived area of Lincoln. The different groups brought a variety of ideas and inspiration too, so the films ranged from an experimental anthology film to a zombie horror short and everything in between.

As well as teaching children and young people the skills required to make their own film, the groups all benefitted from working closely as a team on something creative and of a high professional standard. We always held premiere screenings of the films, which were a great way to make the groups proud of what they'd achieved and to share their success with friends and family as well as the greater community.

A number of the film projects were run in collaboration with Shooting Fish Theatre Company, including 'Broken Sleep', which won Best Drama at the First Light Movie Awards.

Quotes: Roger Golby - Director of 'Hustle', BBC "a brilliant short film, really mature, inventive, atmospheric and scary"

A Sawyer, Salvation Army “the film was excellent, fantastic, exceeded expectations”

Domestic Abuse Films

We worked alongside staff and users of a women's aid shelter in NE Lincolnshire to create two films which highlighted the issues faced with children whose parents (or indeed themselves) have experienced domestic abuse.

Although systems are in place to support victims of domestic violence, little is done to help the children and young people who are psychologically scarred and have to cope with the difficulties of relocating at short notice often in high secrecy.

One film was a documentary which gave the children and young people a voice by hiding their identities through specialist lighting and voice manipulation. We also included their artwork and poetry to let them express themselves creatively in the film.

The other film was a hard-hitting drama devised by the children and young people which told a story of domestic violence from the perspective of the children of those involved.

Olympic Film Nation Shorts

Film Nation Shorts was an initiative set up by First Light and the Olympic Lottery to get children and young people creating their own films celebrating the values of the Olympics.

We helped young people produce four different short films, in a range of styles. One was a fantastical fiction film, another a stop motion animation (which was nominated for a Film Nation award), another a short documentary and the final one was an experimental music video which used clips and sounds of sports to create a rhythmic piece of music. The latter can be viewed below:

Walking Shadow

Fuzzy Logic

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