We Made This!: Media for a New Generation - a CITIZENShift event

CITIZENShift presents:

We Made This!: Media for a New Generation

Details:
Open to the general public.
Free Entry.

Time:
Friday, October 24, 7:00pm-9:00pm. (doors open at 6:30pm).

Location:
NFB Theatre (directions)
1564, Rue Saint-Denis
Montreal, QC, H2X 3K2.

CITIZENShift invites you to a ‘show and tell’ of selected creative media project featuring youth voices. This exciting event, taking place during CBC’s Montreal Matters, will bring together workshop facilitators and participants to share and compare their works and experiences. What is the key to success? Join us to find out.

We also encourage you to attend a complimentary presentation at McGill University on October 28^th, Shoot First, Answer Questions Later: Youth as Media Producers

Why Now?

Throughout CITIZENShift’s online presence, several media workshop facilitators – both novice and experienced – have invited us to collaborate with them. During our exchanges, we have noticed how diversified the approaches have been in conducting these workshops, and have witnessed some of the unforeseen issues that can arise when working with different youth demographics.

We have grown increasingly fascinated with how the workshops have been designed; the different approaches to teaching media skills; how the participants have been recruited and how these differences are reflected in the videos produced. As the theme for CBC’s Montreal Matters this year is youth, this is the perfect opportunity to unite our youth-media workshop collaborators for an ‘exposé’ of experiences.

How will the evening unfold?

Following a brief introduction by CBC host, Mahalia Verna, and CITIZENShift, we will ask each of the five groups presenting to intermittently take to the stage, for a maximum of 15 minutes to speak and show a sample of their work.

We will ask that each group say a few words about their project, namely what motivated them to create a youth media workshop, the process of putting it together, some specific highlights as well as what they might do differently next time.

We strongly encourage participation from youth participants as this is an opportunity for them to show off their works and talk about their experience of the workshops that were designed for them.

The goal is to reflect upon the common and diverse experiences and to learn from one and other as well as to show off the films/media produced.

Our Collaborators for the evening