ABOUT
Over the last 10 years, the media landscape has changed dramatically. Social media apps and filmmaking tools have become a fundamental part of our digital lives. Young people, in particular, learn, socialise, explore their identities and engage with the world using their screens. Media literacy is now a basic literacy. In response to these developments, Film Crew Club workshops offer children, adolescents and adults a chance to dive deeper into the issues that matter most to them: we teach parents how to mentor their children as they navigate social media platforms and we provide young people with strategies to create content responsibly and safely in fun and engaging ways.
Our workshops are offered as part of after-school clubs and media literacy programmes in Amsterdam based schools. They are also offered as independent workshops throughout the year for kids, teens and adults at other locations.
WORKSHOPS & CAMPS FOR KIDS AND TEENS
Kids and Teens are offered workshops in which we work with HD cameras, iPads and smartphones to produce animation, live action and social media content. Students get a chance to act, direct, script, film, animate (2&3D), edit (iMovie), and create special effects in a wide range of media formats. By making media together, students learn, first hand, how to look at it critically and how to engage with it safely and respectfully. Classes include playful exercises and games in which students learn to spot fake images, assess online content for risk, learn how editing tools manipulate imagery and differentiate between authentic and sponsored content.
WORKSHOPS FOR PARENTS
Parents are offered workshops that provide them with the necessary information and strategies to help their children navigate social media. Some of the main themes addressed in these interactive sessions are screen time addiction, online predators, violent or sexual online content as well as a host of other issues. In addition to developing constructive responses to the more worrisome aspects of the Internet, we will also explore some of its pedagogical, social, and creative benefits.
UPCOMING EVENTS & WORKSHOPS
Film Crew Club will be re-opening in January 2022!
2020 and 2021 have been very tough years for everyone. We hope that you are all safe, healthy and doing well.
Schools will begin to re-open their extra curricular clubs in January 2022. We will be delighted, after such a long break, to offer media classes again to children! We begin with AICS (Main, South East and Satellite schools) and hope to include new schools as the year progresses. Additionally, when it is possible, we will be very happy to offer workshops and summer camps again.
Watch this space!
FRIENDS LIKE ME PROJECT
Friends Like Me is a media project that has grown out of my experiences as a teacher. This project features interviews I have filmed over the last five years with children and adolescents who share their experiences of what it is like to grow up using social media.
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MEDIA MENTOR
Manuela Maiguashca is a British filmmaker, activist and teacher who lives and works in the Netherlands. She produces and directs documentary media projects that deal with human rights, social inclusion and child welfare. She works with international NGOs as an activist, director and producer. Her film work has been broadcast and screened internationally and, more importantly, used in a wide range of educational and advocacy programmes. Ms. Maiguashca has taught media for over 15 years to adults and children in a wide range of schools and digital literacy programmes. She was a visiting lecturer at The London Film Academy for 15 years and is currently developing Film Crew Club into a media mentoring programmes for children, teenagers and parents. Workshops are offered in Amsterdam based schools as well as at other locations in both English and Dutch. She is passionate about sharing her knowledge with young people as well as learning from them.
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