London 2012 blog

Wow!

Working with these vibrant young people in South East and East London is amazing. Even as a professional filmmaker with years of experience in moving image education, I have been continuously inspired by the energy, commitment & perspectives of these guys.


The films created through the Welcoming the World project may appear short, but they represent hours of creative thought, planning, design, actual filming and editing to get over their potent messages

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July 4th for me was a wonderfully gratifying culmination of six months of working with students from schools around the 5 London Host boroughs for the 2012 Games. We were celebrating and sharing some outstanding and stunning short films, photographs and music tracks created by the students.

My involvement in Welcoming the World/Our World project was as a filmmaker on two fronts. Firstly, I was a Consultant Director on the OUR WORLD schools project enabling the students to make short films and to tell their own stories. Secondly Robyn, the Project Manager, also asked me to make my own film which resulted in a short documentary titled, Diversity in Motion.

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