FLIC is now delivering professional filmmaking workshops for schools and youth offending teams

First Light in the Classroom (FLIC) is an exciting scheme that has been designed to provide opportunities for young people to access and engage in professional filmmaking activity in a youth setting.

Our workshops are delivered by professional filmmakers who guide young people through the filmmaking process, while helping them to develop a range of transferable skills, leading to the creation of their own short films.

Since April 2011, FLIC has been supporting young people aged five to 19 years in a range of youth settings but primarily in schools and youth offending teams to develop and produce their own short films. We can also support young people, in other settings such as pupil referral units, half term and summer holiday activity and alternative learning environments.

Click here for more information about how FLIC supports schools, including case studies.

Click here for more information about how FLIC supports youth offending teams, including case studies.

FLIC workshops include the following features:

• Support from a CRB checked filmmaking professional;
• Access to high quality digital film production equipment;
• Support in developing ideas, scripts and storyboards in advance of the workshop;
• Access to free filmmaking resources to help improve film and digital media skills during and after the project;
• Specialist exhibition and distribution support to help get your work seen by a wide audience;
• Marketing support to celebrate the achievements of the young people involved;
• Copies of the finished film for all of the young people to take away with them;
• Eligibility for the 2013 First Light Awards, the UK’s most prestigious young film and media event.

The filmmaker will facilitate the workshops but the young people will act as the film crew and take on the key production roles including actor, director, camera person and editor. There are opportunities for young people to try a range of these roles and develop a host of technical skills from camera shots to editing techniques.

Select from one of the standard workshop packages or design your own. Starting from £490 (plus VAT) for a daylong workshop, FLIC workshops can be made bespoke to suit a variety of budgets and needs.

We are now taking bookings to deliver workshops for the rest of the academic year and 2012/2013. To find out more about how FLIC can benefit your school, contact dan@firstlightonline.co.uk or call 0121 224 7511.

Movies

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  Don't Go Down Through the Woods

  PLAY What does this mean?

  Dan and Amy are late setting off with a basket of buns to visit their sickly Grandma. They are running so late they decide to take a short cut through the woods. However the woods are enchanted and full of magical creatures, scary monsters and hungry wolves. Will they ever reach Grandma’s house?
  Length 05’ 00”
  Aged 6-7

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  Enterprise at St Joseph's Special School

  PLAY What does this mean?

  This film was made by young people aged between 7 and 19 from St Joseph’s Special School and College under the guidance of professional filmmakers in a 5-day filmmaking workshop.

  St Josephs Specialist School is a co-educational residential and day school for children with moderate, complex and severe learning difficulties. This film explores Enterprise at the school, what specialist activities are on offer for students, and how students with needs are catered for in a fun, beautiful and engaging environment.

  Length 7’02’‘
  Aged 7-19.

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  How the Draig Came to Fly for Wales

  PLAY What does this mean?

  A local myth is told to a class of children, they are taken back to a time when a village lives in fear of a dragon and anything that goes wrong, and villagers blame the dragon. With their firewood ruined and facing a long cold winter, the villagers hatch a plan to capture the dragon to keep it as a slave to light their fires. Nia, a young girl is selected to capture the dragon….
  Length 10’ 03”
  Age 5-6

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  It's Not The Dinners...

  PLAY What does this mean?

  Our children’s own stories of unique moments and events where their friends, teachers and staff have done something special to help: Maggie couldn’t speak English, Ryan didn’t speak at all, Katy lost her nerve and Joe had the most devastating experience of all.
  Length 05’ 11”
  Age 6-11

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  James Brindley is Awesome!

  PLAY What does this mean?

  FLIC ran a competition asking pupils around the UK to tell us what is great about their schools. The entries were judged by education professionals and the winner was announced as James Brindley Hospital Special School in Birmingham. Pupils at James Brindley were provided with professional support and equipment to bring their ideas to life on the big screen.

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  One Week Later

  PLAY What does this mean?

  This school based drama cleverly details intricate events that are played out in just one week of the school year. Told through the eyes of a younger pupil, he surveys the relationships his brother, Sonny, has with his peer group. As revelations and misunderstandings occur, due to the misuse of the ubiquitous mobile phone, the week’s events come to a climax on a Friday afternoon.
  Length 09’37”
  Aged 13-15

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  The Legend of the Lake

  PLAY What does this mean?

  The Legend of the Lake was made by pupils at East Harptree Primary School as part of their local Chew Valley Lake Odyssey project which explored local history through the arts.