social empowerment and participation in youth work in finland and one minute movie workshop

WORKSHOP B1 IN INTERNATIONAL

UNIVERSITY WEEK IN BREMEN

Kari Keuru & Kristiina Hämäläinen/21.4.2015

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PART I

Social Empowerment and Participation in Youth Work in Finland

SOCIAL EMPOWERMENT IN YOUTHWORK

· According the Youth Act (72/2006): social empowerment refers to improve life

management skills and prevent exclusion

· Group activities at the levels of individuals and groups

· The objective of youth work is to empower young people, to become full

members of society

· Social participation in different communities supports the identity

formation and social learning of young people

· The goal of social empowerment is the prevention of social exclusion

(Höylä Sari 2012: Youth work in Finland. Series E. Humak

Publications 4. 2012.)

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GOALS FOR YOUTH WORK

· Promoting young people’s active citizenship and participation

· Young people’s social empowerment and indepence, improving

young people’s growth and living conditions

· Young person is an active agent

· Youth education & Practising and developing participatory

pedagogy

· Developing participation skills in practice

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YOUTH EMPOWERMENT AND PARTICIPATION· Process whereby young people gain the ability,

authority and the agency to make decisions and

implement change in their own lives

· Essential questions and points: true power &

true responsibility, subjective experience,

relationships (individual – group, community,

society or global level), true right to owns

identity and dignity,

· Examples of forms of participation: planning,

decision making, implementation, evaluation

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PART II

One minute movie as a tool for social empowerment and participation in the with groups

MAIN IDEAThe idea is to create ’One minute movie’

about the topics of social empowerment and

participation. An intensive course to become

a film maker - Tell your own story!

1. Some theory about the social empowerment and participation

2. Discussion about the topics and decision making in groups

3. Planning the movie: Synopsis and story board

4. Shooting the movie

5. Editing the movie

6. Having a first night show and enjoying!

THE PROCESS OF ’ONEMINUTE MOVIE’

MAKING

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A) DIFFERENT IMAGE SIZES

special close-up

Image size gives power to your story telling!To look close, gives you idea of strong emotion

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CLOSE-UP- TO LOOK CLOSE, GIVES YOU IDEA

WHAT HE IS THINKING

Close-up

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FULL SHOT- HOW SHE LOOKS A LIKE AND WHAT SHE IS DOING?

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EXTREME LONG SHOT- WHAT IS HAPPENING AND WHERE ARE WE?

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B) CAMERA MOVEMENTS

·Pan shot – you are turning camera!

·Tilting – you are lifting camera from down to up or vice versa

·Trucking shot – you are moving camera!

·Zooming

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C) CAMERA ANGLES

·Bird's-eye view

·High angle

·Eye view

·Low angle

·Frog perspective

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BASIC CAMERA SHOTS, ANGLES, AND MOVEMENTS

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· Addictions

· Social exclusion

· Loneliness

· Welfare

· Crisis

TOPIC FOR THE GROUPS. CHOOSE ONE!

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SYNOPSIS TO STORY BOARD

·Write 2-3 sentences about idea of you movie!

·Show your synopsis to producers (Kari & Kristiina)

·After you have given permission by producer, go on planning with story board and screenplay.

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STORY BOARD AND SCREENPLAY

·First write more detailed plan about your synopsis.

·Include a turning point to your screenplay

·You can draw sketches, make story board and write key words!

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SHOOT THE MOVIE

·Use different image sizes

·Shoot the movie

·Keep you camera steady and let your objects move

·Use 10-12 x 4 seconds clips max

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ONCE AGAIN - HOW WE MAKE IT!

·Choose a topic!

·Synopsis, storyboard

·Shoot the movie

·Edit

·First night

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EDITING

·After shooting the movie, consult with producer when you are ready to start post-production.

·We will go through together editing process.

·We are using iMovie - programme

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MUSIC AND SOUND EFFECTS

·You can add music or effects also to you movie.

·You can try to find royalty free music e.g. Jamendo, soundcloud premiumbeat etc.

·And effect you can find e.g. sound bible, freesound etc

·Also in iMovie are some music and effects.

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ENJOY!

·On the late afternoon, we will have first nights of every movie..hopefully!

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Kari Keuru & Kristiina Hämäläinen

kari.keuru@humak.fi

Puh. +358 7621 228

www.humak.fi

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