Pocket Films Workshop at the social house of Prés-St-Martin (Savigny-sur-Orge / France)
At the initiative of Peggy Nacitas, in the MJC (House of Young people and Culture) of Savigny-sur-Orge (France), I proposed “Pocket Films” workshops, for young people aged 11 to 14 years.
On 7 May 2013, a day of production workshop “Pocket Films” at the House of St-Martin-Prés district of Savigny-sur-Orge. We were able to get us into an isolated small room. With young people, we turned it into a mini movie theater. Be at the heart of life, together in a protected space.
Morning
The morning, after a long discussion, I proposed the creation of a collective film, which they titled “The objects of the world.” A long shot together, where everyone had to shoot an object.
Afternoon
In the afternoon, the young people were highly motivated, so I made them make films on three themes:
- Words (under Filming words), so that the films are released.
- At their request, another collective film consisting of several sequences on the theme of shame.
- And finally, interviews of objects filmed telling their life in voiceover.
Summary of the day
A rare involvement by young people, which has a rich work, deep, with great imagination, many films in a short time. Sometimes, some “magic” happens!
Films directed
Collective film
- The objects of the world
Films under Filming words
- Know-how (Morgan, Catherine, James)
- The team class (Clayton, Omar Nabil)
- Protecting Your friend (Peter Gerald, Mehdi)
- That (Clement, Joel Kamel Yassine)
Film on a common theme
- Shame
Interviews of objects
- 1, 2, 3 objects (Clement, Joel Kamel Yassine)
- The live ball (Peter Gerald, Mehdi)
- Objects looking for a job (Clayton, Omar Nabil)
- Live Objects (Morgan, Catherine, James)
Benoît Labourdette has developed a series of film-making workshops using pocket cameras for all audiences, including teenagers. These workshops are highly effective, creative and rewarding for young people, and therefore constructive, as well as being great fun. It’s a practice that’s evolving in step with advances in technology, its uses and issues. Benoît Labourdette passes on his knowledge during professional training courses.
Since 2006, dozens of “Pocket Films” workshops have been run by Benoît Labourdette or by people he has trained. Here are just a few examples.
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The creative unconscious, a method for collective creation
When letting go becomes method. For a Taoist approach to audiovisual creation.
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Cinema workshop for absent children in Gonesse
Example of a proposal for antifragile artistic and cultural education.
A proposal for a video production workshop for teenagers in a movie theatre, without initial registration, which was led, through a antifragility (…) -
Nelson Mandela Library in Angers : “Five years old, five movies.”
Filmmaking workshop with mobile phone for teenagers in a library.On the occasion of its fifth anniversary, the Library Nelson Mandela in Angers (…) -
Port Zones Film Festival : pocket films workshop and travelling projection
Workshop for the production of films for teenagers, then organization by young people of the itinerant screening of these films, within the (…) -
Canopé 92: Pocket Films workshop in primary schools
Cinematographic creativity in the digital age in the Hauts-de-Seine: a “Pocket Films” dynamic for primary school students in three cities.The (…) -
LPMA (universities Paris 6 & 7) : production of a collective film
Production of a collective film by researchers in mathematics.The Laboratory of Probability and Random Models (LPMA) from universities of Paris (…) -
90 seconds contest - Thematic Films production
Film Workshop with mobile phone : 20 films shot in one day!“The 90 seconds contest” organized by the association Cinema of Le Havre (president (…) -
ACAP Pôle Image Picardie - collective film workshop
Making collective films in movie theater for high school students.The ACAP (Pôle Image Picardie) proposed to high school students enrolled in (…) -
Women’s Film Festival in Créteil - Creation of a collective movie
Making a collective movie by young people at the International Festival of Créteil Women’s Film.The International Festival of Créteil Women’s (…) -
’Croizy’ Festival for positive disability : “Pocket Films” workshop
Filmmaking workshops on the theme of positive disability. Croizy positive disability FestivalThe Croizy Festival, dedicated to the “positive (…) -
Pocket Films Workshop at the social house of Prés-St-Martin (Savigny-sur-Orge / France)
At the initiative of Peggy Nacitas, in the MJC (House of Young people and Culture) of Savigny-sur-Orge (France), I proposed “Pocket Films” (…)
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The Journal of animation : Action article “Making a film with a cell phone: creativity citizenship” Articles
Manage a workshop with mobile phone.The Journal of animation monthly reference tool for facilitators of socio-cultural field, invited me in (…) -
Port Zones Film Festival : pocket films workshop and travelling projection Moving screenings
Workshop for the production of films for teenagers, then organization by young people of the itinerant screening of these films, within the (…) -
Ministry of Culture (France) : National Consultation on Arts and Cultural Education Research on image
The Ministry of Culture and Communication (France) launched in November 2012 a “National Consultation on Arts Education” to “enable all young (…) -
ECLA Aquitaine : 1st Regional Forum on Education in the image - Conference and Workshop Trainings for image education
The agency ÉCLA, Pôle régional aquitain d’éducation artistique et de formation au cinéma et à l’audiovisuel, held Tuesday, December 10, 2013 the (…) -
Listening and silence Pedagogy
How to get listening and silence in a group? Surprisingly, by going through a work on oneself the results can be spectacular. Silence is a (…)
