All About Us 2012/13

“All About Us 2012 / 13” includes a 3-day-2-night orientation and creative camp, outdoor shooting activities and a 3-day-2-night intensive video production camp. Participants will learn from veteran film-makers and professional video artists to produce short videos. Selected videos will be screened in Secondary and Primary schools and complied in the “All About Us 2012/13” Education Kit.

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Creative Camps & Film Production

A creative video project dedicated to ethnic minorities in Hong Kong

This year, “All About Us 2012/13” recruited 40 participants, who are mostly from Nepal, India and Pakistan. Some of them are from Philippines, Sri Lanka, Japan, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Israel and England.

3-day-2-night Orientation and Creative Camp

Date: 2 – 4 November 2012 (Fri – Sun)

Venue: Wu Kwai Sha Youth Village, Ma On Shan

This camp aims to offer orientation to participants from different background as well as introduce the some concepts of video arts through a series of specially designed collaborative activities.

40 participants were divided into 6 groups They not only acquired some basic creative and filming skills and knowledge from 6 teaching artists who are the professional local filmmakers but also enjoyed the process of team building with the aid of social workers from the Life Workshop.

During the camp, they were encouraged to be creative. For example, in the learning activity of “A Chair is NOT a Chair”, participants had to be creative and act well in order to make “A Chair is NOT Chair”, “A pack of tissue is NOT a pack of tissue” and “A bottle of water is NOT a bottle of water” become TRUE! Some participants made a chair become a guitar, some made a pack of tissue as a mirror and some made a bottle of water as a mobile phone. In the practical exercise of “SHOT X SHOT”, participants had to shoot a story about the campsite using shots with different angles and scenes. They tried the taste of being directors, scriptwriters, actors and cameramen in this exercise.

Outdoor Shooting Activities

Date: 22 – 24 December 2012

Venue: Decided by the Teaching Artists and Participants after discussion

40 participants were divided into 6 groups. They will produce creative short videos under the guidance of 6 teaching artists to learn different skills, from planning, filming, editing to post-production.

3-day-2-night Intensive Video Production Camp

Date: 22-24 December 2012 (Sat– Mon)

Venue: Tai Tong Holiday Camp, Yuen Long

Feedback from Participants

“In my life, I don’t have any idea of camera. Now I know a lot. I hope I can join this activity again and I will try to improve more on the things which I am weak. Thank you, ifva All About Us!” – Jahanzeb Haider (aged 14, Pakistani)

“It’s fun. It’s enjoyable! It allows freedom of expression and yet it still teaches us new, unknown potential in us and new and unknown techniques.”  – Tavleen Kaur (aged 17, British and Indian)

“Thank you very much for ifva All About Us giving me such an opportunity to meet with different people and teaching me so many things, such as filming, scriptwriting, video taking, different shot types, lighting, etc. I am looking forward to seeing more things from ifva All About Us in the future.”– Rai Swarnim (aged 16, Nepalese)

Feedback from All About Us 2012/13 Mentor

“I would like to thank ifva All About Us for giving me such a nice time… I have been with ifva All About Us for three years. It is awesome! This year, I became a mentor of Group 2. It was a great pleasure for me to work with Mr. Wong Sau Ping Adam. ifva All About Us has given me so much confidence to work! Miss you all, teaching artists, mentors and participants!” – Hammad Asad (aged 18, Pakistani)

Feedback from All About Us 2012/13Teaching Artists

“ifva All About Us targets ethnic minority youths and brings visual media creation and aesthetics to a group that tends to be overlooked in Hong Kong. I felt excited teaching these young people, particularly when I see their dedication and improvement in filming technique and aesthetic judgment.” – Adam Wong Sau Ping, Film Director

“Through taking part in the scheme and being an instructor, I got to spend time with so many ethnic minority youths. I felt they were all very smart and energetic, and enjoyed sharing ideas with one another. I hope to do more work in this area in the future, and reflect on how to live harmoniously with ethnic minorities.” – Mo Lai Yan Chi, Film Director and Ten Outstanding Young Person 2012 Awardee