Transcultural Adoptee Films (TTAF) Initiative 2011
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'Telling Our Stories'

Free QLD Adoption Community Video Making Workshop

This event was held Sunday 31st August July - if you were a partcipant and would like a DVD of the exercises please email the workshop lecturer: amadeomarquezperez@gmail.com


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Photo of workshop lecturer Amadeo Marquez-Perez with participants from Brisbane adoption community including Vietnamese, Hong Kong, Ethiopian, Cambodian and local adoptees and adoptive families.




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Are you a film buff? Have you ever wanted to make your own movie or short documentary?

Come join us and learn the skills!

It's free!!!

'Telling Our Stories' video making workshop for adoptive families (adoptees, parents, siblings and extended family).


When:
Sunday 31st July 2011

Time:
 12.30 - 3pm

 Venue:
QLD International Day Festival
 Moreton Bay College
Wondall Rd, Wynnum

Cost:
Free! Folks are encouraged to pre-register adopteefilms@gmail.com








 

Brief Overview

A workshop aimed at nuturing the skills and participation of transcultural and intercountry adoptees and other people in the adoption community wishing to tell their story using video technologies and to build their community networks in a fun, creative and peer supported setting.

Download:  Info Sheet

Registration

Places will probably be available on the day but spaces are limited so it's good to book early. To help with planning, we encourage folks to register by 28th July.

Registrations are now open to anyone from the adoption community (adoptees, adoptive parents, siblings etc).  The general age range we suggest is 13+ but younger particpants will be considered with adult supervision.

We also understand many people will be attending International Day with younger kids and toddlers, so a special colouring in and craft activity area may be set up in the lecture room if demand from participants who need to bring younger kids is there. Just email us and let us know.

Applicants should send in their name, contact details (phone and email) and an optional brief personal bio no longer than 100 words including whether you are an adoptee, adoptive parent, sibling or other.

Workshop Info
  • Participants will gain instructions on how to make videos in documentary style. This includes developing practical knowledge on setting up shots, storyboarding, lighting, sound and basic post-production
  • The workshop will include a demo of short filming exercises using a mini digital camera (Flip model)
  • The participants will receive photocopied hand outs of class exercises to take home
  • The structure is a 2 to 2.5 hour workshop starting with general introductions and then people will break up into groups of 4 or 5 for practical exercises.
  • If people can bring in their own cameras that's great but not a necessity.  There will be a Flip digital camera to borrow to try out exercises.
  • The emphasis is on having fun and interacting/learning from each other with the workshop lecturer in the role of instructor and group activities facilitator, and with adult adoptees on hand to also assist with group facilitation

Workshop Lecturer - Amadeo Marquez-Perez

amadeo

The workshop lecturer has various industry experience, including co-producing the acclaimed independent film The Songs They Sang and being involved with international and regional film festivals such as The Bayside FF & 15/15 FF as artistic director, and teaching film and digital media. His recent workshop experience includes teaching young people for film workshops as part of the Melbourne Museum of Immigration's 'Identity: Yours, Mine, Ours' exhibition as well as working with Aboriginal peoples in their communities on telling their own stories and community histories using video technologies.

Workshop Assistants

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Adult adoptee film committee: Jen Fitzpatrick, Anna Davison & Indigo Willing. Photographer from Logan City news.

This workshop is organised by a volunteer QLD adult adoptee film committee (who also volunteered for TTAF 2009) who will attend as assistants to the workshop lecturer and to offer mentoring support to younger adoptees who may attend. 

Event Organisers & Sponsors

The workshop is being organised by Adopted Vietnamese International (AVI) plus volunteer adoptees from various countries in the intercountry Adoptee Community (IAC) and sponsored by the IAFQ, International Day Festival, and Jigsaw Inc QLD.


Expressions of Interest to Sponsor this Workshop:

This workshop is not for profit and relies on the community's donations. To find out more about how to support this project, including expressions of interest (EOI) by potential sponsors (from financial to in-kind contributions such as video equipment hire donations to gift pack items for the participants etc) please email the ICA Filmmaking Workshop EOI Team:  adopteefilms[at]gmail.com


General enquiries:

TAF QLD Team: 
Anna Davison, Jen Fitzpatrick and Indigo Willing
Email: adopteefilms@gmail.com

TAF National Convener (project formats, tours & sponsorship enquiries etc):
Indigo Willing
Email: indigowilling@gmail.com

Touring TAF Archive Events:

2009 touring adoptee films events:
TTAF 2009