Weengushk Film Institute
Producing: The Art & Craft Of Bringing The Project In On Time & Budget
1 month, 9 am to 5 pm, 5 days per week practical Film & Media Producing Course. Engaged to to teach this Producing Unit (using my own curriculum) in the Institutes 3 year media program.
- Budgeting – Development & Production
- Financing Modules
- All Contracts
- Hiring the Production Team & Managing The Project
- Production Process
- Distribution, Sales & Festivals-National & International
The Weengushk Film Institute was created by the Canadian/1st Nations film maker Shirley Cheechoo. The Institute is based on the Canadian Film Centre model to provide professional film, television and media training.
Youth Internship Media Production Training
I created each of these production training programs for a team of 10 unemployed youth without post secondary education, to provide industry standard training in all areas of:
- Pre-Production
- Production
- Post Production
These programs are based on a 24 week production schedule. All production programs had a successful outcome with:
- Industry job placement or entry into College/University
- Network broadcast for all program outcomes
A.C.M.E. *
Executive Producer / Teacher/Instructor/Director
- 1/2 hour video on the Nutrition and the Physical Activities of Youth
- You Internship – 1 x 10 youth trained in production post production
- Broadcast on The New PL (Chum), London Ontario
The 3rd Annual Toronto Lion Dance Festival *
Executive Producer / Teacher / Instructor / Director
- 1/2 hour videos on the Toronto Lion Dance Festival – English/Mandarin/Cantonese
- Youth Internship – 2 x 10 youth trained in production post production
- Programs distributed GTA and broadcast on CFMT (Omni 1)
- Distributed internationally by International Telefilm (1998-2001)
The Toronto Lion Dance Festival *
Executive Producer / Teacher/Instructor
- 40 minute documentary on AIDS -English & French
- Youth Internship – Trained 4 disabled youth in production and post production
- Aids Program was Broadcast on CTV and Rogers Cable (both national) and to all schools and libraries in the GTA, Peel regions
- Built Teresa Groups 1st website
- Distributed internationally by International Telefilm
Therapeutic Creative Misbehavior – YOUTH VIEW *
Creator / Executive Producer / Director, Teacher / Instructor
- 1/2 hr., Current Affairs TV series, follow by a 1/2 hr. live phone in program
- 30 Co-op gr. 12 students produced the series, based at Kipling Collegiate (Etobicoke, Ontario) using video segments produced under my direction from 16 additional high schools in 5 different Boards of Education. Teachers at all schools were also under my direction
- Co-op Students did high end interviews and series editing and ran the Rogers studio
- Complete education and training in ENG and Studio production
- David Carradine (Actor) and Annabel Slaight (Owl Magazine) honourary spokespeople
- 1 hour broadcast on Rogers Ontario telecast
“YOUTH VIEW is dedicated to giving highly motivated young people from different backgrounds the opportunity to become responsible members of the community. I fervently pray that educators and business can see the immense value of this series.”
David Carradine, Actor
“YOUTH VIEW is forging educational crossovers between students, the community, arts, and business. I am pleased to see more students putting new technologies to good use in the learning process.”
John Snobelen, Minister of Education
“YOUTH VIEW is one of the best examples of trusting young people I know. The voice for the youth agenda of YOUTH VIEW is outstanding. This is an idea whose time has come, truly ushering in the information age.”
Annabel Slaight, President and Founder of Owl Communications
“YOUTH VIEW is one of the best examples of trusting young people I know. The voice for the youth agenda of YOUTH VIEW is outstanding. This is an idea whose time has come, truly ushering in the information age.”
Annabel Slaight, President and Founder of Owl Communications
Therapeutic Creative Misbehavior was created to provide high school students with opportunity to learn and produce media with a real outcome- Broadcast. This program consisted of 16 schools from across Metro Toronto and Mississauga. At Kipling Collegiate a school based co-op facilitated 30 students per semester to actually make the series and run the Rogers Studio.
The curriculum I created was also to use media to facilitate hands on learning of core curriculum subjects such as English, math and science. A lot of literacy can be taught through interview research and writing, math and science through camera angles and lighting.
This program ran for 6 years and was the first school based television broadcast. It was hugely successful. This school based program (TCM) evolved into the Youth Training Programs with the amalgamation of the City of Toronto and all the GTA school boards.
* © Edward Heeley
These programs had over $850,000 in financing.