Film-making is more than acting

Screen at Hay thinks it important to involve young people in the making as well as the watching of films. Building on the success of our 2010 young people’s workshop (their short film The Race for 2012 won first prize in a national competition and will be shown at the Olympic stadiums in 2012) we are holding another similar event at this year’s festival involving a professional film company and local school students. 

We are very pleased that the Hereford based and internationally known media education organization The Rural Media Company are coming to work with a group of students from Gwernyfed High School during the Festival weekend. 

In 2008 the company collaborated with 14-16 year old students at Gwernyfed High School in the making of the short Dirty Bandages that engaged the students in all aspects of the film’s production including the acting. 

This year’s collaboration will once again involve a group of 14-16 year old students in technical camera training and script/story development at the school prior to the workshop. At the Saturday workshop the students will act in and shoot the devised film followed later by helping with the film’s post production. The completed film will be screened at a Screen at Hay event later in the season. 

The Race for 2012 and Dirty Bandages will be screened at the Community Centre during lunchtime on Saturday 24 September.