TOOL DETAILS
Title
First Cut! - Youth Film Project
Tool category
& type
Audiovisual and Media:
Keyword(s)
Animation, Audiovisual & media, Local Action Group, Multi media, Video, Young people
Summary
Formerly known as the East Cork Youth Film Project, First Cut! began in 2006. An intiative of South East Cork Area Development (SECAD) and Cork County Council Arts Office, this project is run and facilitated by the Cork Film Centre (CFC). It has included a wide range of digital filmmaking workshops carried out with youth groups and schools throughout East Cork that resulted in a number of videos prepared by rural youth. The videos take a look at the rural areas where they live through creative lenses. Films were presented at festivals and uploaded on the internet (YouTube).
Country
& RDP Region(s)
Ireland
Main purpose
The work with videos aimed at introducing youth to filmmaking as a profession, acquiring specific skills and giving them the opportunity to express their thoughts, opinions and ideas. It was also intended to document various aspects of the life in Irish rural areas.
Related
tools used
Workshops, film festival, summer school
Target audience
EAFRD Beneficiaries:
Rural Development Stakeholders:
General Audience:
Technical information
Short films prepared by the project participants can be viewed on YouTube. For the purpose of filming, new cameras were also purchased.
Date produced
From 2006 onwards
Publisher/
Organiser
South and East Cork Area Development Ltd.
Distribution & Promotion
South and East Cork Area Development Ltd., Irish National Rural Network
Assessment of effectiveness
Some 170 young people from the SECAD area took part in the workshops, the summer schools and the festival in 2010. The project introduced young people to filmmaking and enabled them to express their creativity.
Name of organisation
South and East Cork Area Development Ltd.
Type of
organisation
Local Action Group
Partner organisation(s)
National Rural Network, Cork County Council Arts Office, Cork Film Centre
Video
URL
Name of contact person
Sinéad Conroy
Address
South and East Cork Area Development Ltd.
Owennacurra Business Park
Knockgriffin
Midleton
Co Cork
Telephone
+ 353 21 4613432
