“HUMANS AND EARTH”
Just before Christmas, TVNZ6 aired 20 short films made by young Kiwis. Those 20 were the winning films created for The Outlook for Someday, a sustainability film challenge which we at Tearaway are proud to sponsor. Viewers were asked to vote for their favourite film, and 700 did so, resulting in State of Community being named 2010 Audience Favourite.
Film-makers: Anna Prestidge and Aisling Rayne (ALP Creations) – Darfield High School Genre: Drama Description: A relationship between two friends is used to symbolise the relationship between humans and Earth, showing the move from nature towards technology, and the constant need that humans have for Earth’s resources.
We caught up with the film-makers responsible for State of Community, as well as some of the other winning films.
The most valuable thing I learnt from this process was... well, looking back there are so many things I [Anna] would change, things like repetition. There wasn’t really one big thing I learnt but lots of little things here and there.
The best part of participating in The Outlook for Someday was... going up for the awards was heaps of fun, as was making the film. Overall it’s been a really great opportunity. Our prize was... a goody bag with things such as Levi’s and Body shop vouchers, t-shirts, magazine subscriptions, chocolate and other goodies! My favourite directors are... Steven Spielberg has always been a favourite of mine, and how can I get past our own Peter Jackson? My three favourite films are... The 1951 version of Alice in Wonderland, The Terminal and Inception. Three very different movies!
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Jo sh White & Emily Martin
AUDIENCE FAVOURITE: “STATE OF COMMUNITY” Film-makers: Emily Martin and Josh White – NZ Broadcasting School, Christchurch Polytechnic Genre: Documentary Description: An emotive short that captures the experience of the Canterbury earthquake – and how we responded to it – through our student eyes. We think we were named Audience Favourite because... perhaps it was the way we captured the experience of such a massive natural disaster through the eyes of a young person. That’s something no other medium did after the quake; it was all images of collapsed buildings and shaking living rooms. Nothing about the positive response that was made. Our biggest challenge in making the film was... the earthquake happened less than 2 weeks before the deadline for Outlook entries, and both of us are big perfectionists! The film was due on a Friday night, which was also the last day before the holidays, so I (Josh) was flying up to Auckland to see family. I ended up editing the film on the plane (and Jetstar’s seats don’t even have enough room to open a laptop properly) then burning the DVD in the airport carpark, before hand-delivering the film right on deadline. Talk about stressful! {24} Tearaway FEBRUARY 2011
“CROS SFIRE ” Film-makers: Stallion Productions – NZ Broadcasting School, Christchurch Polytechnic Genre: Drama Special Award: Connected Media Film-making Achievement Award Description: A thrilling ride that makes the world news worthy. We think our film was a success due to... the original twist at the end and the technical quality. The most valuable thing we learnt was... If you get the chance, always grab your mates and make a movie! It will be worth every second. Participating in The Outlook for Someday was... amazing. The organisers were brilliant and it was a fantastic reason to just enjoy making films. We won... a Panasonic Handycam, a mobile phone, subscriptions to a bunch of NZ magazines and a few more goodies.
Film-makers: Mike Nicholas – Papanui High School Genre: Documentary Description: A film about the Canterbury earthquake, including helpful tips for surviving an earthquake. I think my film was a winner because of... the real footage of what happened during and after the earthquake. The most valuable thing I learnt during this process was... we just don’t know how lucky we really are. I would love to meet... Peter Jackson, as he is a great film-maker who has put New Zealand on the map. My favourite film is... Boy. In the future I would love to... be either behind or in front of the camera. I also have the dream to be a radio announcer.