City Eye have been working with St John’s Primary School in Gosport to help students deliver a documentary film about the schools ‘Reduce, Reuse and Recycle’ project’. The project, supported through Creative Partnerships, set out to inform and encourage the young people in the school to think more widely about the consequences of their actions on the environment. The documentaries aims were to capture the essence of the project and so create a valuable historical resource of the schools achievements. 

Working with 18 young people aged 7-10 City Eye helped create six documentary filmmaking crews teaching them to operate the cameras and sound equipment, run successful interviews and to turn the raw footage into a completed ten minute film. During the project the film crews filmed members of local councils, dance troops who taught and performed recycling related pieces and a myriad of other events including a giant jumble sale. During the editing each film crew worked on one small 1-2 minute section of the film.

The film received excellent reviews at the end of year celebration and has helped to embed the skills needed to create exciting and accessible films in the school.