Normally as part of the Redeemer Recommends series, we will suggest a book for you to read, another blog for you to visit, or music for you to listen to. Today is a little different…
Today we are recommending an activity! Specifically a course aimed at those in and around Ealing who are interested in a career in the film industry. One Place London is an organisation led by Kofi Baffoe, a member of the Redeemer family, and starting THIS SATURDAY they will be offering a FREE course, specifically aimed at young people from Black & Asian Ethnic Minority backgrounds.
Kofi explains:
“The British Film Industry report into racism within the film industry highlighted ‘People of colour make up three per cent of the UK film workforce, despite being 17 per cent of the UK’s and 40 per cent of London’s population (where most of that workforce is based)”
“BAME young people today also face a lack of confidence because of the COVID-19 pandemic. They face a lack of opportunities to build back their lives. Trainings in Acting for Film and skills training in creative work such as camera operating, boom operating and sound mixing on set are proven to work. However, it costs £4500 to learn one of the areas in a 6-month part-time course at Met Film School today. Young people cannot afford this amount of money.”
This is why One Place London exists, to give young people an opportunity they wouldn’t otherwise have. Gearing them with the necessary skills, attributes, discipline such as time-keeping, following instructions and positive networking skills, to help them develop and pursue their life goals.
You can find out more about the organisation at oneplace.london, and you can sign up to the course by emailing oneplacelondon@gmail.com. It will run across the next 24 weeks, beginning this Saturday, 8am at Ealing Studios.
I will leave you with a personal testimony from someone who has completed the course in the past.
The Acting Workshop I attended was very useful and overall a terrific experience. There were several aspects to the workshop, for example learning camera techniques and tricks in order to create different atmospheres/environment in relation to scenes. I was also able to act out a scene created by Kofi and with his help, I was able to get into character and manipulate my body for better camera positioning for effect. I got insight into his credentials knowing that he has worked with Award Winning Artists and himself being able to record scores for his movie and shoot it as well.
