June 2005-November 2006
GOVAN HIGH PROJECT
Community Initiative involving Filmmaking
PART OF STACEYS FACE FILM INITIATIVE
Experimental community initiative merging community action with feature film development. We worked for 18 months of with students at Govan High School linked into the Feature Film project, Stacey’s Face. The culmination of the project was three short films made by the young people.
Stacey’s Face is a feature film planned to be filmed in Govan. As part of the directive of the film production company (Hannaywood Studios) it was recognized that short term local investment would lead to long term economic benefit. Economics was gauged not only by financial rewards but also by the health and vibrancy of local communities. To that end creative workshops with a filmmaking framework were introduced to a small group of students in June 2005.