Introduction to Young Leaders Programme

And so, the Young Leaders volunteer programme begins, kicking off with a brief introduction to the Watershed- the building, organisation and members of staff. This event is open to successful candidates of the Young Leaders programme selection process. Watch this space for more details on the workshops, as these will be open to everyone!

The deadline for this year's Young Leaders programme has now passed, but If you want to register your interest in future programmes, email info@eshed.net

Young Leadership Programme Workshop Delivery

We now have a date set for the Young Leadership workshop delivery! These workshops will be programmed and delivered by young volunteers as part of the Watershed's Young Leaders programme. There'll be details to follow, so watch this space!

FFI: http://www.eshed.net/calendar.php?id=624

eShed on Flickr

Check out pics from eShed and Shedloads events on the eShed Flickr page.

The site hosts images from the last two Electric December launches, Lashana and Tim's trip to Amsterdam, Culture Swap and much, much more for your browsing pleasure!  Take a look and see what we've been up to.

Do you have any eShed-related photos you'd like to share?  Send them on in and we'll stick them up!

eShed on YouTube

There are even more eShed films and interviews for your viewing pleasure over at Shedfullofilms on YouTube.  If you've got an account you can subscribe to be notified when we add new stuff and/or become our friend.  You can also rate the films and tell us what you think by leaving a comment.

eShed on Facebook

If you're a member of Facebook, you can keep up to date with the latest eShed news there too!  Join the eShed group to RSVP to events, check out photos and links, and tell us what you think.

And if you want to get even more involved, you can join the eShed Steering Group group for updates about Steering Group meetings and the like.

Tim Crawley's Action Sports Resources

These resources were compiled following eShed's Action Sports Workshop and film screening.

• www.skateperception.com - very useful site with filming tips, software tutorials, forums and articles on featured filmers.
• www.sidewalkmag.com - site for national skateboarding magazine, very heavily used forum often with filming tips, advice and cheap cameras.
• www.blueprintskateboards.com - regularly updated blog style site for the UK’s leading skate company. Useful for news, inspiration and fine examples of filming.
• www.skatevideosonline.net - this site hosts online watchable versions of practically every skate video ever made.

Useful vids to watch (most of which can be found at the site above)

Video magazines

• www.411vm.com - leading American video magazine. Pretty much as straightforward as you can get. Heavy on the action filming.
• www.puzzlevideo.com - Puzzle video magazine - leading European skate video magazine. Slightly more style orientated, with lots of amazing European architecture.

Artistic/Stylised

• Transworld skateboarding - any video by Transworld is worth a watch for inspiration. A fine example of stylish editing and filming. Often with whole sections filmed on 16mm film which is extremely stylish and artistic to watch.
• Pontus Alv the Strongest of the Strange - Independent video by Swedish professional skater Pontus Alv. Worth watching for a slightly alternative take on skate videography.
  
• Lost and Found from Blueprint Skateboards - Great British video, stylish skating and film-making.

Narrative driven – Some videos tend to take on a more story driven approach. Certain skaters sections appear at points relative to their involvement in a storyline.

• Chocolate skateboards’ Las Nuevas Vidas de Paco - Skateboarding team takes on the appearance of a Western cowboy movie. When each character dies a section of them skating comes on (sorry, no link available).
• Bones Brigade’s The Search for Animal Chin - One of the first skate videos to have a story to it. The Bones Brigade skate team search the city for a fictitous famous skater named Animal Chin. The skating action comes as they use their boards to search and roam the cities.

For any other questions/queries feel free to contact me (Tim Crawley) at crawley.tim@googlemail.com.

Consent form for putting your films on eShed.net

Yes, we know it's easy, and lots of fun to put together an MP3, some youtube clips, pictures and stuff off the net, But what about the people who made those original bits of art. Do they really want to appear in your video? And would you like someone else to steal your glory by copying and cutting up your work, or making you look stupid and posting it all over the world?

Here at eShed we like to do it proper, 'cos we're artists too. So we've got this Contributors' Form (click to get the PDF file). Print it out, fill it in: make sure everyone and everything in your film is OK, then you won't get into any trouble with your mates, record company lawyers or, worse still, the eShed crew!

Anyway, why not make your own film clips, music and pictures with a little help from friends? Or, if you're stuck, look at the resources page for more information about using material from the internet.

Send us your films

Would you like us to publish your short film on our films page? Or are you entering one of our film-making competitions? If so you'll need to download the contributor consent form, fill it in and send it in to us, along with a copy of your film in one of the specified formats.

Please remember we cannot publish any work that features images or music that does not belong to you. If you're looking for copyright free music to use in your film you could try opsound.org (you just need to credit the artist) or why not find an unsigned artist on Myspace and message them asking if they'd let you use one of their tunes on your soundtrack?

Looking forward to seeing all your creative genius!

Arts qualifications for young people

Arts+Business, an organisation helping artists link up with business to make work and get paid, has a special Arts Award for young people.

The Arts Award supports young people to develop as artists and arts leaders and is available to young people across England. The Arts Award is a nationally recognised qualification at three levels- Bronze, Silver and Gold, equivalent to GCSEs or A Level passes. More information.

Wildsound guides

How do you get funding, write scripts, direct, produce, pitch? What do these words mean? Go to the filmmaking notes page on the wildsound site to find out.

How to create better quality YouTube films

Get your youtube video looking the best that it can with this advice from Ken Stone. It's mainly aimed at Final Cut users, but will probably be useful for film-makers using other software.

www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/youtube_compressor_gary.html

Depict! short film festival.

DepicT! is Watershed's unique filmmaking competition, part of Encounters International Short Film Festival, which challenges filmmakers from across the globe to come up with a compelling, imaginative idea and distil it into 90 seconds of cinematic originality.