The first LiveWire Film Camp took place in August 2006. For one week, 16 young people went to Borwick Hall in Carnforth with a team of professional filmmakers. July 2007 saw the second LiveWire Film Camp, which took place at Lanehead in Coniston and thanks to funding from Mediabox, 23 young people were able to take part! The young filmmakers had complete ownership of the film and they were involved in the entire filmmaking process. They came up with ambitious ideas, shooting scenes using underwater camera equipment and using film cult classics as inspiration.
The theme for the week was sci-fi and two fantastic and very different films were made. The C.R.U.M.P.I.T. won an online award for Best Comedy on the Electric December website.
This film is a tongue-in-cheek, science fiction parody about a plague that wipes out all women. Two men from the year 2050 return to the present day to find a woman to restore the population of the future.
Film Festival Success
This film has been screened at: exposures UK Student Film Festival, Flick Film Festival, Leeds Young People’s Film Festival and Co-op Film Festival. It has also been shown online at www.itvlocal.com, www.letsgoglobal.tv, on the BBC Blast website. The C.R.U.M.P.I.T. won an award from the online festival Electric December and was shown on the Big Screen in Manchester city centre.
Participants
Nick Cook, Katie Dobinson, Eddie Draper, Michael Lees, Ibrahim Mabrouk, Amad Maroofi, Robbie McEwen, Lois McMillan, Abdul Najafi, Junior Nyanga, Emma Worth, Henock Zeray
Actors: Ella Burton, Pete Gorman, Andrew Rankin
Workshop Leaders: Anselm Burke, Hayley Saull
Project Assistants: Lwimbo Kunda
Producer: Rebecca McKnight