This is a Saturday club throughout May and a three-day club in the Half Term Break.

Perfect for creative children!

Dates - Children must be able to attend all dates on both Saturdays and in the Half Term:

• All Saturday's in May: 1st May, 8th May, 15th May, 22nd May, 29th May from 10 am to 12.30 pm each day

• Monday 31st May - Tuesday 1st of June - Wednesday 2nd June from 10 am to 12.30 pm each day

Times:

10:30 am to 12:30 pm each date above - 20 hours in total

For 8 to 10 year olds the sessions run from 10 am to 12.30 pm there are also afternoon sessions for 11 -13-year-olds held in the afternoons.

Please only sign up if you are planning to be available for all the sessions, they are not stand-alone sessions. It's a 20-hour course that where your children will be able to create amazing films. If they have completed their 20 hours they will be awarded an Arts Award - Discover certificate.

What will we cover in the club?

In this creative filmmaking club. You'll develop ideas, get to work with professional cameras, do some animation and make techno music with synths.

We'll be working on the theme of equality and aiming to make films that will engage audiences in thinking about what equality means in our world today.

All the workshops are designed to empower and engage children. They will experience every aspect of the filmmaking process from coming up with ideas to storyboarding to experimentation with different artforms, scripts, music design and so much more.

All the completed films will be screened online and we hope also to screen them in the cinema in the summer months to come!

How to Book/Sign Up - Register for your free ticket and fill out all the questions.

We're looking for super creative children to take part in this project, maybe who have found lockdown hard and would enjoy making their own films.

Places are not given out on a first come - first serve basis. Places will be given out to those who live closest to the venue (Langton Hall in Chelmsford - CM1 2BP) and if possible to those who are eligible for Free School Meals. We also give you the option to write a few lines about why attending this club would be valuable to your child.

Tutors:

Victoria Button - Animator

Rehmat Rayatt - International Award-Winning Filmmaker and a photographer

Chris Adam - Music

Kelli Sellwood - Poet and Activist

Anna Louise McMinn - Professional Dancer and Dance Tutor

Arts Award Certificate!

As well as getting to learn from some amazing and current professionals working in the film and creative industries children will also get a certificate - their first Arts Award - Discover.

Arts Awards Certificates are a great way to recognise the learning and achievements of the young people taking part! There are four awards your child can work towards, Discover, Explore, Bronze, Silver, and Gold. https://www.artsaward.org.uk/ Click the link for more information.

Safeguarding and Due Diligence:

All Covid-19 Government Guildlines will be followed. Including regular wipe down of surfaces and good hand hygiene.

Childcare and children's activities are encouraged to go back to normal by the 12th of April. If this is extended the club will be pushed back and we will communicate with you about this.

Class sizes have been capped at 12 children - so that they can get as much as possible from the sessions, with a high ratio of 4 to 1 (children to staff).

All Staff are DBS checked

Funders:

A special thank you to everyone who plays the lottery, these workshops have been made possible by you and were funded by the Arts Council England. Special thank you to everyone who donated to the Anne Knight Project Fund this activity has allowed us to develop a learning program around Anne Knight and her legacy.

PLEASE NOTE:

We will review registrations on the 15th of April. When we will let you know if you have a place. Places are given out firstly to young people who are eligable for Free School Meals and Secondly to children in the Chelmsford area.

Thank you for your patience.