City Eye ran a successful documentary project aimed at creating two film crews who could be used to help document some of the exciting projects taking place through the support of Find Your Talent: PUSH funding.

The project was set up in two parts with seven young people aged 14-17 joining City Eye filmmakers for a week long training session where they learnt about documentary filmmakers and styles, explored cameras and their advanced features and then made a short 6 minute film on ‘How to make a documentary film’. The training sessions ended with a screening to parents and friends of the films that were made. Three members of the project went on to use this training week as the basis to completing their Bronze Arts Award.

The second part of the project took place when each film crew was given a brief to make a documentary about other Find Your Talent projects. Each group worked on their own to create the films which showed the quality of their learning and how they had developed as filmmakers. One group made a film about City Eye’s own 3-School Film Academy screening showcase which took place at the Harbour Lights cinema. The other film crew made a short documentary about the end of Find Your Talent’s 2 year journey in Portsmouth, Southampton and South Hampshire. Overall the films were very well received and have since played at various screenings including Arts Award Conferences and on the BBC’s Big Screen in Portsmouth Guild Hall Square.