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A feature film written, designed, interpreted, directed and edited by 100 children and adolescents from Europe, Latin America, North America, Asia, the Middle East and Africa. Lead by the children´s film school, Orson the Kid-Spain. |
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project directed and produced by Jorge Viroga
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This is me project conceived, developed and directed by the film school for children and youth ORSON the KIDDRAFTThe children´s film school, Orson the Kid, has the honor of presenting you with its newest audiovisual and multimedia project; one of high quality education.
THIS IS ME, will be a feature film shot around the world, denouncing the lack of respect for children’s rights, approved by the United Nations.
The film will be a collection of 6 stories which will represent the lack of human rights for children in every continent. It will not be a documentary, nor a docudrama, nor a reality show; it will be life represented in the form of “fiction” by the story´s own protagonists.
We´ve chosen to bring the world of cinema closer to the lives of those who are less protected, as an instrument used to denounce and project their reality.
Orson the Kid has much experience in the domain of cinematographic and audiovisual education for children and adolescents. With seven years of existence, over 700 students of 12 nationalities confirm this, as well as the production of 30 short films and 2 feature films ; and last but not least, its over 40 collaborators and important international sponsors underwrite it.
This is me project conceived, developed and directed by the film school for children and youth ORSON the KID
“THE CHILD IS AN IRREPLACEABLE CULTURAL RESSOURCE”
Today´s children have, more than ever, a more-than-adequate knowledge of fundamental civil rights. Nowadays one hears talk of a “crisis of values”. More than ever, children are prepared from the start to be educated with positive objectives: a citizenship responsible for its rights and obligations.
But the reality is that the world is handled by adults. Men and women who direct, control and decide, in all things political, religious, military, economic and cultural, the fine line with which history is made. It’s extremely possible that there is not one country in the world free from violating fundamental children’s rights.
The logic of human rights begins in a person’s heart; in this intimate and personal nucleas, individual lifestyle choices are made.
THOSE MOST INNOCENT
The stories THIS IS ME consists of, are an essential part of their creator´s (the childrens’) own life. The young ones will be able to describe, out loud, their experiences in life, through the only tool available to them: cinema. They will be educated in specific techniques so that they too, will be able to educate others by denunciation. Through cinema, six different stories, in six languages from six varied cultures will unite in order to create one voice. Orson the Kid plans that each and every activity developed in the various arts and sectors of the cinema, helps the young ones to use and nourish their own creative capacity and selective (and critical) judgment; and that these will encourage them to strengthen their integrity as people.
Almost everything is in the groundwork This is me project conceived, developed and directed by the film school for children and youth ORSON the KIDCONVOCATION
Worldwide brainstorming session from children ages 10 to 18.
1) A competition of cinematographic short stories or tales, dealing with the violation of one of the fundamental rights of children, will take place in various countries, coordinated through NGOs and their various branches in each country . For example… A) Children and war B) Children and work C) Children and emigration D) Children and education E) Children and poverty F) Children and family G) Children and prostitution H) Children and health
2) The length of each story should be no longer than two pages, and may be of any filmic genre (drama, comedy, action, poetic, lyrical, thriller, etc).
3) Each branch will select one (1) story and send it in, translated into English, to Orson the Kid in Madrid-Spain. The deadline for sending in stories will be May 29th 2008.
4) Of an estimated 100 received, Orson the Kid will choose six (6) inspiring stories to be made into films, including one produced entirely by the students of Orson the Kid in Spain.
5) The stories should be no longer than 14 minutes so that by the end, we have a feature film that is a maximum of 85 minutes long.
This is me project conceived, developed and directed by the film school for children and youth ORSON the KIDSCRIPT SEMINAR
1) In August of 2008, Orson the Kid will organize a weeklong seminar/camp for work and specialisation. This seminar is by invitation from Orson the Kid, and is exclusively for the authors of the six (6) winning stories. There they will study script writing and its techniques, as well as write the actual six (6) scripts to be shot during the year 2009. 2) Furthermore Orson the Kid will be working at the seminar with a team of 10 students from its school. These students will be in charge of camera, sound, editing and production departments for the short films included in THIS IS ME. 3) The preproduction for the short films will be from September to December, organised accordingly, so that the order of the shootings will be the following:
February 2009: Latin America March 2009: Africa April 2009: Middle East May 2009: Asia June 2009: North America July 2009: Europe
SHOOTINGS
In each country 15 children from each respective country will be chosen to cover the following artistic and technical departments: direction, script, actors, make-up, costumes, set design, production, still photography and the “making of”. The various collaborating NGOs of each country, when choosing these children, must take into consideration the creative capacity of the child and as well as their every-day proximity to the real-life events of their short film.
ARTISTIC AND TECHNICAL WORKSHOP
1) The Madrid-based team of Orson the Kid, (which includes the project director, executive producer, director of photography, sound and production teachers, two Orson the Kid students in charge of photography and two in charge of sound) will travel to each country 10 days before the start of each shoot, in order to work with the entire group of children who will be making the film.
2) Each shoot will take no longer than 5 days.
3) Orson the Kid will travel with the necessary technical equipment: cameras and accessories, tapes, sound and lights. Other technical equipment may be rented in the country where the shoot takes place.
POSTPRODUCTION
1) Each film will be edited in Madrid the same month as its shoot, by students from Orson the Kid.
2) The sound track will also be composed by month according to each shoot; as well as the postproduction for sound.
3) All the films will be in kept in their original language (orginal version) with subtitles in English and electronic subtitles for other various languages.
4) The color correcting, credits, and transfer to 35 millimeter, dolby, etc, will take place from August to October of 2009. Send to: Orson the Kid, c/ príncipe 13, 3º Izq. 28012 Madrid
FIRST SCREENINGS
THIS IS ME will be screened simultaneously worldwide on the 20th of November 20th, 2009 for the 50th anniversary of the declaration of the rights of the child proclaimed by the General Assembly of the United Nations. |
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