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Filmography
May 2010 - Ain’t No Fun – Educational Music video
Participatory filmmaking with NECA (North East Council on Addiction). Tackling the issue of alcohol addiction in young people.
May 2010 - Harewood Hill Lodge: Aiming Higher
First film for Teeny Tiny Films homegrown talent Sara Cox working to document and improve the wider creative experience of disabled children and young people using the Harewood Hill Lodge Respite Service. Commissioned by Darlington Borough Council Children's Services.
April 2010 - But it’s Legal
Creative educational mini-drama for County Agency Against Crime and Durham Constabulary with Regional Premiere at Durham Gala Theatre – for national distribution. Watch the film here
January 2010 - Mental Health Care Welsh LD Service
Participatory filming for promotional webcast film. Find out more and watch the film here
September 2009 - Karl’s Lambing
Portrait of local Shepherd’s son. More info and trailer coming soon
July 2009 - Teesdale Hill-farming Story
Hill-farming family heritage film. Teesdale District Council and Northern Film and Media. Winner Best Non-broadcast factual film Royal Television Society NE and Borders 2009. More info here
May 2009 - Personal Health Infomercials (20 short films)
County Durham PCT for Life Channel. More info coming soon
April 2009 - Young Foundations/Castlebeck – Children’s Homes
Participatory project for online marketing of services. For more information and to watch the films click here
Sept 2008 - Get Up for Your Breakfast Club
Commissioned by County Durham PCT to promote best practice amongst primary school breakfast clubs
June 2008 - Welcome to Harewood Lodge
Participatory film with disabled childrens' respite care home commissioned by Darlington Borough Council Childrens Services.
October 2007 - County Durham Children’s Trust and Friends (October 2007)
Two films in made eight hours. Commissioned by County Durham Children’s Services and made during the two day celebration event at Durham County Hall. TTF filmed and edited the event as it happened – 100 children and young people doing loads of activities inside and out. The film was screened to the children at the end of both days.
DVD was submitted as part of the County Durham Childrens Trust submission to the ShiNE Awards 2007
For more info contact Dave Watson at Conty Durham Children’s Services:
dave.watson@durham.gov.uk
September 2007 - Listen to Us!
Compilation of all the Community Arts Work undertaken by Darlington Children’s Services (Looked After Children) over the last two years.
DVD submitted as main part of the Darlington Borough Council’s bid for Beacon Status in children’s Services 2007 (we await the outcome).
For more info contact Graham Bristow at Darlington Children’s Services:
graham.bristow@darlington.gov.uk
July 2007 - Welcome to Cotherstone School
Written and presented by Cotherstone Primary pupils.
For more info contact Jenny Lee:
Cotherstone School on: 01833 650 491
The Feeling Fine on Film Project 2006-07
‘Feeling Fine on Film’ is a collection of 10 short films originally commissioned by the Durham Dales PCT and Health Development Partnership Group and produced by Teeny Tiny Films. It was the culmination of a year’s work during which nearly 150 young people engaged with the process of filmmaking to create a positive message about the kinds of activities that they get involved in.
The project aimed to help young people with a story to tell to get their message across on film. Along the way the young people picked up filmmaking skills that, in this increasingly visual digital age, should be useful to them whatever they do in the future.
The young people themselves were involved at every stage of the process, from planning the content of the films to doing much if not all of the camera work, and many of the films have had youth involvement in the editing.
The films were all premiered at a big screen red carpet event in Mickleton Village cinema club 22nd June 2007. The DVD was distributed to all schools in the Durham Dales as well as to all the young people involved. A number of the films have gone on to have useful lives separately from their existence on the compilation.
The Ten Films featuring in Feeling Fine on Film
Mentors – Is Someone Watching Over YOU?
Staindrop College of Business and Enterprise made a very funny but thought-provoking film about their award winning mentoring scheme. The film highlights the training of the anti-bullying brigade in the school and features a previously unseen silent classic from the age of moustachioed villains and swooning heroines.
To contact Staindrop Mentors coordinator:
Mr Towers:-01833 660285
For more information about the Anti-bullying service in your region:
www.dfes.gov.uk/bullying
To find out more about the work of the Damilola Taylor Trust:
www.damilolataylortrust.org/
The Lunch Box Makeover
Escomb Primary school made a film about the healthy lunch box workshops in their “Cook-It” project . Their film called “Lunch Box Makeover” features “The Lunch Pack”, ringing bell peppers and belching lunch boxes.
Currently being distributed to all schools and school nurses in County Durham and Darlington.
For more info about the Cook It programme featured contact Escomb headteacher:
Mr.Taylor on: 01388 603273
For more info about the Cook It programme nationally visit :-
www.food.gov.uk/healthiereating/nutritioncommunity/cookit
You could also try:
www.eatwell.gov.uk/agesandstages/teens/packedlunches
“Conquering the C2C”. 30 mins.
“Dipping the wheels in the Irish Sea ”
An intrepid team of five young lads trained to conquer the C2C route on mountain bikes aided by Ollie Graham and a team from Teesdale Community Cycling. With the help of Teeny Tiny Films, the lads recorded a video diary of their adventure. The resulting film is a journey that takes the boys and the audience much, much further than the long haul over the Pennines.
This film is currently entered into a number of festivals nationally and internationally, and is being sold nationally through the Sustrans Website.
To contact Oliver Graham at Teesdale Community Cycling:- 01388 662 666
Sustans National Cycling Network: sustrans.org.uk
For info on the Coast 2 Coast route: c2c-online.co.uk
“Scouts! What didn’t you do Last Weekend?”.
“Feeding the fire”
To mark 100 years of Scouting, this film has been made by Barnard Castle 1st Scout Troop to hook a new generation of scouts and scout leaders. The thrills of a scouting weekend stack up against a weekend spent mooching about town. This film has already been submitted to an international film festival and Barney Scouts together with Teeny Tiny Films are making plans to market it nationally and beyond.
This film won BEST DOCUMENTARY in the MASSIVE Teeny Tiny Film Festival in Estacada , Oregon USA on Sat 23rd June 2007!
TTF are finalising the national distribution of this film through the Scouting Association.
To contact 1st B.C. Scouts:
www.1stbarnardcastlescouts.co.uk
For information on Scouts in your region:
www.scoutbase.org.uk
“TCR Guide to Youth Opportunities Fund”
“Big Air in Hamsterley forest”
GOT A PLAN? NEED CASH? WATCH THIS FILM. Take Control Radically! Featuring the incredible diversity of activities springing from this Teesdale youth group, the Teesdale Community Resources film aims to inspire young people to apply for grant money for projects of their choice and to show them that it is easier than they think.
This film is currently being used across County Durham by all Youth Services teams.
To speak to TCR Contact: 01833 690150
For a YOF application form speak to your local youth worker or call Education in the Community: 0191 383 3258
Funky Monkey at Sunnybrow Primary
“Funky Monkey and his PA”
The children at Sunnybrow made a film about the day the Brilliant Funky Monkey and his Juicy Fruits put on a show their school (helped a little bit by the even more brilliant Emma Boor of Wild Boor Ideas). Funky Monkey and his friends teach the children about healthy eating through wild song and dance.
For more info on Emma and her friends visit:-
www.wildboor.com
Tow Law Food Coop
“Person in the community who might require a home delivery”
The children at the Tow Law Millennium Primary School run a healthy food Coop. This is the story of how and why they set it up. Along the way we learn the benefits of a healthy veg-rich diet from a strange collection of talking fruit and a glossy haired rabbit.
To speak to Mr Pavey about the food coop at Tow Law Millennium
call: 01388 73083
To contact the Rural Regeneration Unit for advice about setting up a Coop in your school:
call : 01562 881790
“Green Gym”
The children at Blessed John Duckett school in Tow Law are confused by the strange behaviour of their Mams. They are leaping around the grounds doing aerobics and then they start digging the place up. All becomes clear as the Mams help the children put on a puppet show to tell the story of how they are planning to grow vegetables and get fit at the same time. The children decide their Mams are not crazy after all and join in. However, the children agree, some jobs, such as shovelling horse poo, are definitely for the grown-ups.
For more details contact:
BTCV: 01302 388 888
For more info on Green Gyms:
www2.btcv.org.uk/display/greengym
“Turrets”
“Cuke Skywalker”
Surreal documentary from the very talented bunch of young actors at the Barnard Castle based youth drama group. Their film is a journey through the benefits of belonging to a youth drama group – taking in the decks of the Titanic; Long ago, in a Galaxy far, far away; a tunnel under a PoW camp and a bar in a small village in Wales.
Turrets Youth Drama is based in Barnard Castle and is open to anyone between 9 and 19. For more details contact:
Jill Cole on : 07802 603008
For info on youth theatre in your region:
contact: NAYT: 01325 363330
or visit
“Listen to Me” (July 2006)
Short film made with Looked After Children in Darlington . Gritty drama about overnight incident in a care home. Written and made with the young people themselves in order that they could fulfil their wish to have a direct way of inputting into the training of their carers.
“Through video, TTF have provided an effective way of involving our young people in the core of service development and training, increased the self-esteem of the young people involved and improved communication between the care staff and the young people.”Graham Bristow Darlington Children’s Services
This film is currently being used as part of all residential care workers training in Darlington.
For more information contact Graham Bristow at:
graham.bristow@darlington.gov.uk
Durham Dales Food on Film ‘05-‘06
DVD compilation for distribution to all schools in the Durham Dales. Ten films about innovative and best practice relating to food in schools.
Contributing Schools
Bowes Hutchinson Primary, Copeland Road Primary, Cotherstone Primary, Montalbo Primary, Oakley Cross Primary, Peases West Primary, Teesdale School, Tow Law Millennium Primary
“Durham Dales Food on Film” is the best tool we have in the promotion of the healthy eating message’
Gerardine O’Connor, DDPCT.
The School Food Trust are currently writing a case study on this project to go onto their National website.
The Tow Law Story (Feb 2007)
Tow Law Community Video History Project
Collaboration with Durham Dales PCT
The Tow Law Story is a Multi-group, community film looking at the experience of living in Tow Law; a small post-industrial town perched on top of a windy Pennine hill. We took a multi-generational approach and utilised local resources such as Beamish Open Air Museum to bring the history of the town to the present. This film draws on animation skills, puppets, live action dramatic reconstruction and interviews with all age groups in the town.
The opportunity to work with Teeny Tiny Films has been absolutely great. Having access to the fantastic local film making resource provides us with a dynamic facility to support us in our health development work. Sam Forsyth's support, in working not just for the community but within it, provides a valuable and sustainable legacy
Gerardine O’ Connor, Durham Dales Primary Care Trust (DDPCT)
For more info contact Gerardine O’Connor at County Durham PCT:
Gerardine.O'Connor@cdpct.nhs.uk
CATS Drama Group Rocks (June 2006)
A year in the life of a group of 15 local kids gaining self-affirming life experiences. A collaboration between CATS Copelaw Activities, Durham Dales PCT, Jack Drum Arts Co-operative and Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in Country Durham and Darlington.
We work with children and young people with low self-esteem who run the risk of getting into a cycle of bullying, crime, violence, addiction and abuse.
"We had a meeting with a local headteacher [ Greenlane Primary School ] who was raving about the quality of the [Teeny Tiny Films “CATS”] DVD and how well it portrayed the content of the work we are doing. We have now some really strong evidence to demonstrate the benefits of our work."
Dave Watson, Durham County Council, Children and Family Services and TTF Board
For more info contact Dave Watson at County Durham Children’s Services:
dave.watson@durham.gov.uk
Natural Links (Jan 2005)
18 min film commissioned by English Nature. Community programme at Moor House-Upper Teesdale Natural Nature Reserve.
"Teeny Tiny Films have produced an excellent DVD about English Nature's Natural Links Project. The DVD has been very useful in influencing senior English Nature staff and potential funders as it has captured the essence of the project in a way that words and photographs cannot."
Heather McCarthy, English Nature