Outreach Projects
Outreach projects are where we work intensely with a group of young
people to produce a short film.
Each Outreach project is different but in general we will visit the
group to run an Input day, where we look at films, analyse what makes
them work and talk about story and script. We’ll then give some
time for a script to be written and come back to work with the group
over the course of several days to produce and shoot their film. All
of the roles are taken by the young people, with SYFF tutors on hand
to guide the production. Once complete we have a celebratory screening
in the local community and each outreach film will go on to be shown
at our Festival.
Since inception, we have produced over 20 Outreach films with groups
from across Scotland and covering, drama and documentary.
Our outreach work is targeted specifically at young people who would
not normally get the chance to engage in creative film making
activity.
Praise For Our Projects
“I loved the shooting days, because what we wrote became a
reality.”
- Young person, Falkirk
“It just brought us all together. You kind of forget all the bad
stuff outside of this.”
- Young person, Inverclyde
“It’s been really inspiring. The ideas they have came up
with are fantastic. Way beyond what we would have expected. It
blew our socks off”
- Youth Worker, Inverclyde
“There’s been a really great balance of hard work and fun.
That’s been managed fantastically.”
- Youth Worker, Inverclyde
“Making a film was a privilege, it’s not something that
happens everyday. Some of us would never have gotten the
opportunity to do this and you’ve gave us that chance”
- Young person, Livingston
“My favourite thing has been seeing the young people taking on
different parts in the film process, from acting, to doing
sound, to doing camera and seeing how they’ve developed
over the week of the shoot.”
- Youth Support Worker, East Renfrewshire
