5. Training & Education – Films

Understanding the CameraOur education courses and projects give people the opportunity to learn skills and gain knowledge through practical hands-on training.

In the past we’ve worked a variety of different settings – secondary schools, homeless shelters, centres for those with learning difficulties and community centres.

If you are interested in WCA setting up an education or training project with you, please get in contact.

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Learn On Set : film-making project for young people

Westminster City School (December 2010- March 2011)

‘On Faith’ (7.35 minutes)

Eight 13-14-year-olds are involved in a film-making project around a theme of faith tolerance. Meeting every week for three months the group wrote the script and shot the film. This project was presented at a special screening at the school.

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Learn On Set : community film-making project

The Stowe Centre Youth Club  (September 2010–January 2011)

‘The Way I Feel’ (3.51 minutes)

A group of young people (aged 16-25) created a script and shot a short film based on a poem one of the group had written about her disability. ‘The Way I Feel’.

Young people were recruited to this project through local youth clubs, community groups and schools in Westminster.

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Learn On Set : working with the Croxley Project

Croxley Project (November 2010 – March 2011)

‘I like Croxley’ (2.42 minutes)

This project involves working with a group of six young people with learning disabilities. It’s based around their individual passions and features the group themselves.

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