The YPFC currently have several films in various different stages of production. If you would like to find out more about them please click on the links below:

The ultimate guide to Admiral Blake

Keep Your Socks Where You Can See Them

Projects in Pre-Production

The ultimate guide to Admiral Blake - Documentary

In Spring 2007 someone approached the YPFC because they were passionate about making a history documentary however they didn't know how to go about it. A member of the YPFC produced the ultimate guide to Admiral Blake and support them in find funding from Youth Opportunities. We also used YPFC members to crew the shoot and create some animations for the film.

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The YPFC would like to thank the Youth opportunity fund for all their support.

Keep Your Socks Where You Can See Them - Childrens Drama

The YPFC, also in Spring 2007, teamed up with another young film group in Bath Club Flix who received funding to create a children's drama they had written a script for. The YPFC were able to support them helping to organise locations, costumes, actors and lighting to make it T.V. drama standard. This film is currently in post-production and we are aiming for it to be complete for BBC Blast.

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Projects in Pre-Production

Bursary pitching events

On the 17 th July we held the first pitching event at the Engine Room in Bridgwater Somerset. This event gave young people in Somerset the opportunity to pitch their idea to a judging panel (YPFC members) to be selected to win a bursary award. A bursary award includes a budget of £500 and 10 days paid filmmaker/mentor time. The young people had an open surgery time from 4-7 where they worked with a professional filmmaker in sessions on their pitch preparing them fro their pitch. From 7-9 pitches took place in stages, young people entered the studio in their groups and pitched to the selected judges. The judging panel consisted of 3 YPFC members.

We gave away 4 bursaries:

1. 2BU - www.2bu-somerset.co.uk

2BU are a gay lesbian & bisexual group. The group was formed to support and help gay & lesbian young people aged 15 - 18, it started in 2002 with just 3 members. Since then the group has grown in size and want to make a film about being young and gay in today's society getting their voice's heard. There film is going to be between 5-8 minutes long built up of a series of shows exploring different issues around being gay. A fast and punchy straight to the point film, 2bu are supported by connections and have good links with schools they plan to screen their films in schools giving young people the opportunity to ask them questions around being gay. The film will also be entered into festivals and www.chewtv.com   2bu received a full bursary.

2. Rush

2 brothers from Glastonbury currently going into the final year of school, they have made some films in the past but really need technical support and general filmmaking support in terms of structure and story. The brothers enjoy doing parkore/free running their film will explore the beauty of parkore/free running and the history behind the sport. The work will be site specific and will work with the camera to get their message across. They are very passionate about making this film, they feel people judge them as young people when doing parkore and call them yobs & scroungers when they are not causing any trouble. This film will be 6 minutes 30 seconds they received 10 days filmmaker/mentor & £350 as they did not need a full budget but do need the full filmmaking/mentoring time.

3. The Phantom

The group are working together on a horror film, which will be screened in an ice scream van that is touring round many festivals in the UK (List yet to be received). This ice scream van has already been accepted into many festivals where this film along with other films will be screened. This is an old ice scream van that is being turned into a small mobile cinema setting the right atmosphere for its audience only screening horror films. The horror film is based around a father and son and the young peoples frightening experiences when they were children and how their parents never believed what they could see. This group have really gone into detail with the story but need help with script development and general management. This group received a full bursary.

4.Flume

Josh is a young budding filmmaker that has produced some excellent work. Flume is a film based around a swimming pool's flume (Slide) and that when you see the green light go you get lost in the world of the flume. This is a horror film and will be around 3 minutes that will be entered into film festivals & chew TV. This film has a £500 budget and 5 days mentoring.

There is also ongoing support for students as they work with YPFC members who are students to create more professional work for their college projects. They also learn from them collaboration and networking skills necessary to go on and work in the industry.

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