Working alongside Tom Marsham, who was producing and directing the project, we made a film for the Enchanted Parks Event in Saltwell Park, Gateshead.
We worked with a group of older people from Fountain Court Sheltered Housing using the theme of The Twelve Days of Christmas. A table top was the central focus point with activity performed on the table by the participants over 4 days. The final film has been projected in the park from 9th-13th Dec 09.
The whole process has been really enjoyable and as my parents and Grandparents are from Gateshead it been quite special for me making work there. Much of the choreography was devised on the spot so I had to respond to this organically which was both challenging and fun. The film is silent which meant that I could purely edit on a visual basis, which after having done a number of documentaries was quite liberating. We took the participants on a trip to view it last night and they were really pleased with the results and were pleasantly amused at seeing themselves projected in a Park that most of them used to play in as children.
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