brochure 2010/11

Folkestone Film Factory CIC is a community film production company. We specialise in delivering creative workshops, film events, community projects and the production of commercial digital media.

Established in 2007, Folkestone Film Factory is a growing community business. We operate both on commissions and grant-funding to deliver a diverse range of creative projects. We have a proven track record of working with local authorities, charities, local businesses, schools and organisations.

What can Folkestone Film Factory do for you?Folkestone Film Factory works with the community, so whether you’re a teacher, a parent, a local business or charity organisation, Folkestone Film Factory has something to offer you. Our experienced creative practitioners deliver workshops, activities, projects and events for a wide range of clients. To find out how we can help you, contact our office on 01303 489515 or email info@folkestonefilmfactory.com.

What is Folkestone Film

Factory?

Folkestone Film Factory

For SchoolsPage 4

For TeachersPage 6

For Parents & childrenPage 8

For businessesPage 10

For charities & youth groupsPage 11

The Freedayz Film FestivalPage 12

New technology provides us with opportunities to take part in new kinds of learning.

Film is a powerful tool that engages children and young people in an extraordinary way. It can be used as a means of motivating and inspiring learners to understand and interpret and it can provide a fun and creative way of teaching.

Folkestone Film Factory offers innovative and unique CPD courses for teaching staff which will advise how to use digital media creatively in the classroom, and enable participants to create, manage, edit and interpret digital media.

Courses are based at our offices in central Folkestone. Each course is workshop-based and led by one of our Creative Practitioners.You can choose from one of the courses listed, or we can tailor a course to suit your particular teaching requirements. Call our office today on 01303 489515 to book your place.

CPD for Teaching Staff

What if you could raise the levels of engagement and attainment in your classroom?

Folkestone Film Factory

For Teachers

CPD Courses

Master the entire film-making process in this comprehensive and creative workshop. See your ideas come to life on the screen as you collaborate on your own movie. Learn the best way to document your projects for monitoring and evaluation. Suitable for all abilities.

Behind the camera: A guide to the film-making process

Motivate & Inspire: Creative use of film in the classroom

Explore creative teaching methods using digital media in this inventive workshop.Discover innovative ways to engage and inspire learners and enhance your lessons by incorporating digital media into the classroom.

Raising Engagement: Using digital media for cross-curricular

activities

Examine the use of digital media to integrate multiple subjects in exciting and inspiring ways in this innovative CPD workshop. Learn how to design exciting cross-curricular projects and activities that will captivate your students.

Building Confidence:& Esteem in the classroom

Discover how digital media can be used in the classroom as a means of raising confidence and self-esteem for learners. Find out how you can use creative methods to involve disengaged students in the classroom.

Folkestone Film Factory can deliver workshops tailored to any special requirements you may have. If you have specific professional needs, we can create a workshop to cater for them.

All courses are one-day workshops and can be run with up to 10 people. Places cost just £50 per seat. Call our office on 01303 489515 to book your place or email us at info@folkestonefilmfactory.com for more information.

Film is a dynamic and engaging creative learning tool that can be used in the classroom to build and enhance skills and abilities. It can also be used in cross-curricular projects as an inventive way of integrating two or more subjects.

Folkestone Film Factory provides school workshops and pro j ec t s f o r any level of experience and tailored to your specific needs. Our experienced creative practitioners will help you design the project that is right for you.

We have experience working with Primary, Secondary and Special Education schools, delivering workshops that support curriculum and module requirements. We aim to help you attain the targets you need to achieve, to make sure your school gets the results it deserves. Just call our office on 01303 489515 to arrange a consultation.

We can design and deliver workshops designed specifically for disengaged students, the aim of which is to focus on building confidence as well as soft skills such as problem solving, communication and teamwork. These workshops are ideal for students who are not suited to classroom-based learning.

Inclusion

Want to design a project that integrates French and Science? Literacy and Citizenship? Maths and Multimedia? We can design and facilitate creative, engaging and target-focused projects which incorporate multiple subjects in their delivery and achieve curriculum requirements.

Cross curriculum

Creativity

Film provides an excellent outlet for creative expression, and our workshops are designed to widen creative horizons, enabling participants to turn their ideas into something tangible. We can design workshops that utilise film as a creative vehicle, or that integrate additional creative disciplines including such as art, drama or creative writing

Our workshops can be designed to encourage students to broaden their understanding of other cultures or social groups. As a medium, film can take students beyond their own experiences and learn about the world around them and about differing attitudes and beliefs through independent critical thinking.

Cultural Awareness

Our workshops are priced at £350 per day, which includes consultation, two experienced creative practitioners and use of Folkestone Film Factory equipment. Discounts and block-booking are available for booking multiple day workshops - just phone 01303 489515 or email info@folkestonefilmfactory.com for more details.

Looking for something to keep your young ones amused during the school holidays?Folkestone Film Factory runs five-day film workshops during the school holidays for 8-14 year olds. No prior knowledge of film-making is necessary, and participants will work together in small groups to script, storyboard, shoot and edit their own short films. The final films are screened on the last day of the workshop at the students’ very own premiere, complete with red carpet and refreshments.

Partipants receive a framed group photo and a copy of their film to take home at the end of the week. The fun-packed programme includes make-up, costume and set design, special effects and marketing.

The workshops are a great opportunity for kids to build their confidence, try their hand at different roles within a team, and make friends outside their normal social group. The workshops are run by our industry-experienced creative practitioners and are designed to give participants an insight into film-making. Workshops cost £150 per child (with sibling discount available.) Places are limited, so call our office today on 01303 489515 to find out about our next workshop.

WANT YOUR KIDS TO GET INVOLVED?

HOLIDAY WORKSHOPS

Is your child interested in media, film or journalism?

In September 2010, Folkestone Film Factory is launching PRESS GANG, an after-school club for young people. Members will form a team of young reporters and film-makers who will get the chance to make their own films and design their own newspaper

PRESS GANG has been running as a pilot programme since 2009, and previous members have taken part in all sorts of exciting events, such as interviewing celebrities like Linford Christie or Vic Reeves, reviewing theatre performances and films, writing articles about issues that they feel passionately about, or turning their creative ideas into short films. Some previous members have gone on to study media or film at university, while others have found valuable work experience as a result of their Press Gang participation.

Don’t miss this exciting opportunity to be part of the Press Gang Team. Activities will be varied and diverse, so the members will get the chance to try new projects and ventures and gain valuable experience in the process.

The after-school club will run every week throughout the school term, on Tuesdays for 8-14 year olds and Wednesdays for 15-18 year olds from 4.30pm - 6.30pm. Each session costs £7 (with a 10% discount if you pay for 10 sessions in advance.)

Sessions will be run by our creative practitioners who have years of industry experience. Call our office now on 01303 489515 to book a place.

PRESS GANG

Folkestone Film Factory for

Does your business need a boost?

No matter what your budget, Folkestone Film Factory can provide it for you, whether it’s an ad screened at our annual film festival or a corporate video.

Show your company is up to speed with the latest technology with an Internet viral advert OR relate to your target audience through digital media. Why not create a DVD to use at an expo or in your reception area or to use as staff training? The possibilities are endless.

Folkestone Film Factory can script, shoot and edit your digital media to suit your budget requirements. Just call our office today on 01303 489515 or email info@folkestonefilmfactory.com to arrange a consultation.

Need to raise awareness about what you do?

Folkestone Film Factory has worked with a number of char i t ies and youth groups to produce digital media to suit varied requirements.Perhaps you need a film to help with raising awareness about what you do, or to help with fundraising? Maybe you’re organising an event that you would like us to f i lm, or you need someone to help document your project for monitoring and evaluation purposes? Or maybe you would

like to organise a film screening event?In the past, we have worked with The Aspinall Foundation, delivering their ‘Animal Heroes’ campaign which included an X-Factory-style auditions process. We have also worked with Creative Futures (in association with The Princes’ Trust), Shepway Find Your Talent and Kent Kids Miles of Smiles, among others.Contact us today on 01303 489515 to find out how we can help with your project.

Folkestone Film Factory is responsible for organising the annual Freedayz Film Festival - a celebration of cinema for all ages. The festival began in 2009 and takes place every summer, with an exciting programme of film events.

Freedayz 2010 was a roaring success with over 1700 people attending our three free family films screened at the Lower Leas Amphitheatre and a handful of fringe events in smaller Folkestone venues.

For 2011, the programme will be expanding to include even more locations, venues and film events. We are hoping to screen films in unique and unusual locations with our state-of-the-art portable screen, as well as putting together an exciting list of film-related activities to support the main screenings.

The Freedayz Festival is funded entirely by donations, grant-funding and sponsorship, so in order to run this amazing programme of community events, we need your support!

Why not sponsor a film event?Sponsorshop packages are available for businesses who would like to support a screening or event. Packages include a promotional film which will screen before the main feature, space at the event for a merchandise stand and advertising in our events programme. Our larger screenings attract over 600 people, so it’s a great way to reach a large audience. Contact us for more details.

Why not host a film event?Do you own a restaurant, cafe, bar, venue or private space? We’re on the lookout for interesting locations in which to screen films and host film events. This could include a ‘food & film’ or ‘music & film’ event. Contact us to discuss your event ideas. Participation will guarantee promotion in our events programme.

Advertise in our events programmeOur glossy events programme is distributed all over Kent. Ad space starts from as little as £50 for a half-page advert. This price includes optional ad design and layout.

Want to have your say?Our main screenings are chosen by public nomination, so why not contact us to tell us which films you would like to see on the big screen.

For more information about Freedayz 2011 and details on how to get involved, please contact our office on 01303 489515, email info@folkestonefilmfactory.com or check our website www.freedayz.co.uk for updates and the latest news.

Why not contact us to find out what Folkestone Film Factory can do for you?

Drop by and see us at 4 Rendezvous Street in Folkestone. Our office is open from 9am-5pm Monday to Friday.

Call us on 01303 489515 to discuss your school, business or project.

Email us at info@folkestonefilmfactory.com.

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price list

CPD £50 per personAll courses are one-day workshops(Available for up to 10 people)

School Workshops £350 per dayIncluding consultation, up to two experienced creative pracitioners and use of Folkestone Film Factory equipmentAvailable for any class sizeDiscounts and block-booking available for multi-day workshops

School Holiday Workshops £150 per childFor 8-14 year oldsRunning Mon-Fri during school holidaysSibling discounts available

Press Gang after-school Club £7 per sessionSessions run weekly during term-time10% discount available for booking ten sessions in advance

Sponsorship packages Available on request

Brochure advertising £50 for half-page £80 for full pageAdd £100 for your very own advert to be screened at film events.

Folkestone Film Factory4 Rendezvous StreetFolkestone CT20 1EXTel: 01303 489515info@folkestonefilmfactory.comwww.folkestonefilmfactory.comwww.freedayz.co.uk