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Starfish is a charitable organisation which supports young people's development through creative film making. Charlie Jefferson (Eardrum) worked extensively with this organisation from 2004 to 2006. In all of our projects the children were deeply involved in the creative process of making films and their soundtracks. Often the children would write, perform and record songs in Eardrum's studios under Charlie's guidance. In partnership with Starfish, Charlie is proud to have worked together with hundreds of children in and around Glasgow, in many different schools. Below is a list of the schools and projects that Charlie was involved between 2004 and 2006 most of which were screened in the Glasgow Film Theatre on completion: Govan High School – a mix of ages from across year groups – animation project with professional animator David Stamp.
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Eardrum Productions collaborated with In2national and Perth & Kinross council in engaging the pupils of Perth High School in a series of sound design and visual art workshops. These workshops were part of a wider project involving around 100 pupils, based on the theme of 'Chinese Tea House.' The project also incorporated dance, Tai Chi, Chinese music and set design and culminated in two concerts held at the Perth Concert Hall in June 2007. These multi-artform, creative live performances by the students of Oakbank Primary and Perth High School proved a great success in meeting the objective of showcasing the students work in the heart of the community. More importantly the feedback from the students themselves has been very positive and we aim to develop these workshops into a more sustained period of tuition during 2008. The Perth Concert Hall has been booked again for next year! |
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Eardrum Productions collaborated with the students of Govan High, Glasgow in realising the soundtracks to three short films that they had written and directed themselves under the guidance of professional filmakers. In this process the children were encouraged to research the moods and styles of music they wanted for their films and the soundtracks were then created by Eardrum under their direction. This process incorporated a session for those pupils who showed an interest in how computers can be used to record, make and produce music which in turn can be synchronised with film. Overall the project, which spanned 18 months, proved successful in bringing film-making education into the community. One film, 'Two Little Girls & the Big Bad Man', has been selected to premiere at the Black Lily Film Festival, Philadelphia. The film's young writer and director Waqar Un Nisa Nabi, 14, said: ''I have really enjoyed working on this project and can't believe that such a short film can take such a long time to produce, but I was really pleased with the end result.'' |
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Eardrum was involved in the creation of a horror soundtrack for the film, 'Shiners', written and directed by the children from the Whitefield Rd Community Hall in Glasgow. As far as feedback is concerned we have heard that the kids were extremely happy with the final piece though due to the fast nature of the project composer Charlie Jefferson (Eardrum Productions) did not get the chance to engage with the pupils in the creation of the soundtrack. The film was premiered at the IMAX cinema Glasgow in May 2006. |
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The National Lottery and First Light Movies challenged schools and youth groups across the North East of England and Scotland to develop a short film idea highlighting the impact of National Lottery funding on their local community. Charlie (Eardrum) met with the pupils from The Royal High School, Edinburgh, in order to discuss the ideas that they had for the soundtrack for their film ''On The Ball'' and created the soundtrack accordingly. Sadly this project was heavily restricted by time and subsequently any further opportunities to engage with the children were impossible. Charlie also remembers how hard director Colin Kennedy had to fight against the interference of those who had initiated the project on behalf of the National Lottery in order to uphold the creative decisions of the kids over the film making process. Well done Colin! |
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Eardrum's Charlie Jefferson held several EJAY music software workshops in the Hub Community Centre, West Dumbartonshire during 2005 in conjunction with the SPARC Community Arts organisation. The workshops, alongside long term associate Alex Laurenson (DJ, Freak Menoovers) proved very successful with very high turnout from kids in that area. Unfortunately the SPARC organisation no longer runs these workshops though we have heard it has become a successful inclusive dance organisation http://www.bebo.com/Dancesparc |
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The first community project (2004) that Eardrum Productions became involved with was this short film written by kids ranged between the ages of 14 – 16, funded and organised by Arts South Edinburgh/ Social Inclusion Partnership. The film focused 'Drink: Just a Laugh' focused on teenage drinking problems. A great project to be a part of though the soundtrack did not include the kids in the creative process as much as we would have liked, again due to heavy time restrictions. |
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