At the end of the day they were all asked to write down on a paper table cloth words that had stuck with them and any emotions they felt from the day. You can see below what words and thoughts those were.
Tuesday, 7 December 2010
TKAP event Plymouth
I attended an event in Plymouth over the last two days to talk to groups of young people about the consequences of violence. The film was shown then followed by a talk and finished off with our awareness advert. The audience were wonderful and very receptive. I think they took it all in and certainly the comments left demonstrated that.
At the end of the day they were all asked to write down on a paper table cloth words that had stuck with them and any emotions they felt from the day. You can see below what words and thoughts those were.
At the end of the day they were all asked to write down on a paper table cloth words that had stuck with them and any emotions they felt from the day. You can see below what words and thoughts those were.
Friday, 3 December 2010
Education Show drawing closer
The Education Show is now 4 months away. It seems like ages i know but there is still much to do and with xmas on the way that means even less prep time. We now have a design for the stand and are preparing to order and submit the plan. To keep costs down and save money my family have been kind enough to lend a hand in building the set tables! A bit of DIY fun and father son bonding for me. Ha. So here are the designs for your viewing pleasure.
The leaflets have been ordered, we have our new look pens, the bands are on their way and our branded clothing is here!
Yes i said it...branded clothing! Very snazzy and professional! We have shirts for public and smart events, t-shirts for the more informal and fundraising events and most excitingly we have posh jackets for the winter street collecting!
All the accomodation and train tickets are booked for us to get to the BETT show in January too.
Im off to Plymouth Monday to give a few talks at a knife crime prevention day which will be interesting!
We have also recruited a couple of new volunteers who have qualifications in counseling and psycology. We are looking in to ANOTHER website redevelopment where we will add a branch aimed more at young people with an online forum and counseling service.
One of our trustees has now been appointed as Youth Coordinator and is leading the website changes and working on getting us into the college community safety weeks around the south west, we are doing this in association with FM entertainments. Kirsty has also attended a rather important O2 conference in London to represent our charity. I am eager to catch up with her following her brief but promissing text!
So thats the main developments for now i think. I believe Josh is keeping you posted on the development of the new resource which we will soon be submitting an application for funding.
Oh and on that same note we may soon be applying for funding to facilitate lessons in Devon! Exciting!
Cheers
Adam
Yes i said it...branded clothing! Very snazzy and professional! We have shirts for public and smart events, t-shirts for the more informal and fundraising events and most excitingly we have posh jackets for the winter street collecting!
All the accomodation and train tickets are booked for us to get to the BETT show in January too.
Im off to Plymouth Monday to give a few talks at a knife crime prevention day which will be interesting!
We have also recruited a couple of new volunteers who have qualifications in counseling and psycology. We are looking in to ANOTHER website redevelopment where we will add a branch aimed more at young people with an online forum and counseling service.
One of our trustees has now been appointed as Youth Coordinator and is leading the website changes and working on getting us into the college community safety weeks around the south west, we are doing this in association with FM entertainments. Kirsty has also attended a rather important O2 conference in London to represent our charity. I am eager to catch up with her following her brief but promissing text!
So thats the main developments for now i think. I believe Josh is keeping you posted on the development of the new resource which we will soon be submitting an application for funding.
Oh and on that same note we may soon be applying for funding to facilitate lessons in Devon! Exciting!
Cheers
Adam
Sunday, 7 November 2010
Charity Band Night
Just a quick entry to say that the Charity Band night was a huge success! We raised a total of £340! The bands were great so a big thank you to Silent Mob and The Blue Room Baboons. It was a fantastic night that everyone enjoyed. Thank you also to the Ring of Bells pub! I will look forward to the next fundraiser if they are all this enjoyable!
Friday, 5 November 2010
INTERACTIVE DVD MAPPED OUT
Script writing for an interactive DVD turns out isn't straight forward! Somewhere between making a video game and film it has taken a little while to create the structure, after a half day creating this:
This led to it being turned into a power point with descriptions and multiple decisions, which I've now translated to DVD Studio Pro so that a rough layout of a playable disc exists - the next stage will to add a bit of visuals to give a taste of the experience, then it'll go off to drink aware as part of the application and fingers crossed will become a new STAND AGAINST VIOLENCE / YPFC bit of media to help prevent mindless violence:
Thursday, 14 October 2010
NEXT FILM!
I think it's fair to say that from the reactions of people on the STAND AGAINST VIOLENCE film that it had the impact that was intended, which is a real achievement as we avoided the problems with so many educational videos which are patronising, funny or an rebel and do the opposite of what they are promoting.
But the film doesn't lecture anyone, it simply shows the consequences and allows them to absorb and reflect with a fight scene which doesn't glorify violence.
So how do we follow this?
I feel that the film illustrated the consequences of violence through Lloyd's murder and then opened it up to show that it was not a one off, it is a nation wide problem. What I want to next though is rather than repeat this film, is to look at why violence exists in our culture -
What makes one person insecure and unstable enough to carry out these actions while other people can go out to have fun without harming someone else?
With the potential funding from a drinks awareness campaign, we are now aiming to make a violence related to drink film for the web and DVD that will be interactive in a similar way to the fairly pioneering youtube anti knife crime which you can watch HERE
I'll use this blog as an update of this films concepts as it develops, it'd be great to have any ideas or inspiration or criticisms as a response as it goes along to make a film with the impact of the last one while developing off it to explore and prevent violent culture further.
But the film doesn't lecture anyone, it simply shows the consequences and allows them to absorb and reflect with a fight scene which doesn't glorify violence.
So how do we follow this?
I feel that the film illustrated the consequences of violence through Lloyd's murder and then opened it up to show that it was not a one off, it is a nation wide problem. What I want to next though is rather than repeat this film, is to look at why violence exists in our culture -
What makes one person insecure and unstable enough to carry out these actions while other people can go out to have fun without harming someone else?
With the potential funding from a drinks awareness campaign, we are now aiming to make a violence related to drink film for the web and DVD that will be interactive in a similar way to the fairly pioneering youtube anti knife crime which you can watch HERE
I'll use this blog as an update of this films concepts as it develops, it'd be great to have any ideas or inspiration or criticisms as a response as it goes along to make a film with the impact of the last one while developing off it to explore and prevent violent culture further.
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