Focus On Work With HMP & YOI Warren Hill
Performance Project
Music Work
The young people on Carlford Unit worked with a team of 4 musicians for
a week to prepare a 40-minute show. They used guitars, keyboards, voices
and drums, etc. and had the chance to write their own material and play
it. The young people then performed in front of an audience, on a stage
with lighting and sound. This part of the week was available to 10-12 young
people, who commited to the whole thing once they had been selected.
Technical Work
The young people worked on a variety of different activities during the
week so that they were ready to run all the technical aspects of the show
that the other group had prepared their performance for, to an audience
of guests and families. This included photography, building a stage, lighting,
sound, stage management, recording a CD of the show and preparing a programme
for the audience.
Radio Station (Future 101.5 FM)
This two week project enabled the young people to create and run their own
radio station. In week one, four groups of six/seven recorded interviews and
debates, edited speech, recorded jingles and music lunch time music shows
and planned play lists and the show structure. Interviewed guests included
John McCarthy, the late John Peel, Griff Rhys Jones and Jake Humphrey from
CBBC.
In week two, the young people were 'live' on air. Each group had to produce one 30-minute show each day, using previously created material and adding further material such as news items, discussions and competitions. Lunch time music shows played over the lunch and debates played over tea. Some random evening shows included an officers' hour and a 'love' hour!
If you would like to listen to this year's station, then tune in to 101.5FM between 8-12 August, 2005.
Film and Soundtrack
Young people from Warren Hill worked for five intensive days to create a 1
or 2 minute short film/advert about a given product. The young people were
responsible for concept, scripting, set design, filming, sound and editing.
On the final day, there was a morning of finishing up work and an afternoon
of showing the adverts and talking about what they had achieved. The adverts
included a watch, football boots, a CD and Pepsi. This project was repeated
in Carlfrod Unit as well.
Image and Music
Four artists were brought in to help create a variety of images and music
based pieces of work (still images, text work, editing and manipulation, animation
and music). All of this work was then turned into an exhibition that started
the creative process in Old Warren House, Lowestoft, to create a new piece
of work which was shown in A Celebration of Schools' Music in March
2005. This project was carried out with two different groups.
Jamming
The young people worked with a number of artists, who fascilitated jamming
sessions and basic skills in live music performance, including for example
street, dance and rock. A recording was made of the final session, where four
original pieces were performed adn was produced on a CD.
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