YOUNG FILM MAKERS ARE FINALISTS IN EFFECTING CHANGE
FORGET Hollywood, the Gold Coast is where it’s at for our aspiring film makers.
Students of Marymount College have been chosen as finalists in the national video competition Videos for Change.
Out of hundreds of national entries, four Year 10 students – Sophie and Claire Peacock, James Behrens and Pattanar Oliver – were selected for their one-minute clips on animal testing and human trafficking.
As finalists they are in the running to share $12,000 and have their videos shown on Network Ten’s The Project.
Media literacy and film skills has become an important part of curriculum according to media studies teacher Lorena Vine, particularly for the Gold Coast’s burgeoning film industry.
“It is an amazing achievement, particularly to have two groups chosen as finalists,” she said.
“Each group chose an issue they were really passionate about.
“We are living in a mediasaturated world. For us, media studies and literacy is just as important as literacy and numeracy.
“Students need to be able to think critically about the information they are consuming and what they are seeing.
“On the Gold Coast we can connect with industry which is always growing here.”
The winners will be revealed at the inaugural Videos for Change Film Festival at Telstra Theatre in Sydney on Thursday, November 22.