“I do!” Youth Initiative

Media Artist/Filmmaker Request for Proposals

 
About Us:
Agincourt Community Services Association is a Non-Profit, multi service agency in the heart of Scarborough addressing needs and empowering children, youth newcomers and underserved communities to build a better tomorrow. We provide a range of social services and community engagement projects to the local community and a greater geographic area of Scarborough that includes several of the United Way high priority neighbourhoods. Our main activities include community supports, child and family programs, youth drop-in, young men's and women's programs, Youth Outreach Workers, homeless services, food security programs, community development work, and an information and referral services.
 
Initiative Summary:
“I do!” is an extension of ACSA’s Forced Marriage Project, which works to raise awareness about forced marriages through Adult ESL classes and training for service providers. The Youth Initiative’s goal is to reach out to young women, a group that is most affected by forced marriages. Outreach will mainly occur in Scarborough, 30- 60 young women will be recruited to participate in three different creative arts workshops: Spoken Word Art, Graphic Novel Writing, and Journalism. Young women will learn and then express their views and understanding about forced marriages through these artistic forms. The resulting works and two weeks of the workshops (fourth and eighth) will be recorded and collapsed in to the form of a documentary to further educate youth, as well as, adults about the issue of forced marriages.
 
Contract Overview:
The “I do!” Initiative is seeking a media artist to create a documentary by filming our collection of Spoken Word Art, Graphic Novel Design and Journalism workshops. We intend on having the fourth and eighth workshop of the Graphic Novel and Spoken Word Sessions filmed to capture both the process of development and final project of each session. We are also open to creative suggestions on alternative ways to capture this content outside of the structured workshop sessions.
 
As for the journalism workshops the participating filmmaker will have to work with our participants’ flexible schedule and subjects to accommodate film (maybe during and/or outside of the scheduled workshops sessions). Moreover, the interviews may take place at our workshop location or offsite. Again, we are also open to creative suggestions on alternative ways to capture this content outside of the structured workshop sessions.
 
In the month of December, the filmmaker will work on video editing and the documentary. A draft should be prepared end of December.
 
Compensation: $4000
 
Time Commitment: Workshops will be held during the months of April, May, July, August, October and November. We estimate that filming will take approximately 20hours. Documentary must be completed by December 31st 2012.
 
Duties:
§ To develop a workplan to manage documentation process (activities, outcomes, timelines and outputs)
§ To creatively capture workshop sessions (development process) on film
§ To creatively capture workshop products on film (spoken work/poems, graphic novels, interviews)
§ To develop a story board based on collection captured film
§ Develop film based on story board
 
Requirements:
The videographer should be familiar with and demonstrate interest in issues of gender violence. This role is ideal for a young woman who has education and experience in documentary making:
 
§ At least 2 years experience in documentary storytelling
§ Strong aesthetic sense
§ Strong interpersonal / directorial skills
§ Confidence for shooting classroom setting as well as interviews
§ Must own or have access their own equipment
 
Submission:
Interested individuals can apply by providing the following details.
§ CV, cover letter
§ a reel of your most recent work that you yourself shot and directed
§ a workplan with hours and timeline included
 
Applications should be submitted by e-mail to
 
“I do!” Youth Initiative
Project Coordinator
Amna Siddiqui at: samna@amfmcanada.ca
 
Deadline:
March 15th, 2012
 
Alliance of Multicultural Agencies Against Forced Marriage (amfm canada) is a project of Agincourt Community Services Association