The Willows INDIE co-ordinator, Joe Sage encouraged the students who have a passion for music, to produce an entry for the competition. The students said
“After reading the International Charter, we wanted to make a video that reflected some of our feelings. We have made a music video that talks about some real life issues that young people face today. The video was filmed at school and the lyrics tackle issues such as stereotyping, anti-knife crime, diversity and celebrating your roots. We felt that a music video was a good way of connecting with our peers from all of the different countries involved.”
INDIE Goes Mobile is a competition dedicated to films created using mobile phone cameras (and digital cameras) that deal with the theme of diversity in school and in young people’s lives. Diversity acknowledges that there are differences between people of different cultures, different physical appearance, different beliefs and values, different sexual orientation and more. The students used our European Charter as a source of inspiration for their films, and each entrant showed what diversity means to them. Each winning entry will receive a brand new digital video camera.
To see the winning entry, and the runners up, click here.
The students at Willows have since had another opportunity to explore their creative talents when performance poet Levi Tafari visited the school in November. Footage of Levi’s visit to schools in Wales click here.
