inspiring stuff here - the oldies antics and the Kazakhstan trip! great.
from a soon-to-be-old woman
Joy
Tuesday 17 June 2008
Thursday 12 June 2008
maxine
Hello from Peter & Maxine - we finally managed to get onto the Blog. Our first time on a Blog. Thank you to everyone who made the RUDE OLD PEOPLE such a great project.
Once we learn how to use a Blog we'll be putting more pics and text on.
Once we learn how to use a Blog we'll be putting more pics and text on.
Tuesday 3 June 2008
Hi all,
First of all a big THANK YOU, to making this experience such a memorable one for me. I have had so much fun and have learnt so much in the process that I cannot even begin to describe. There were so many issues that touched my heart, gave me a new dimension to think about which I don't think would have been possible without this experience...
So once more Thanks ...
First of all a big THANK YOU, to making this experience such a memorable one for me. I have had so much fun and have learnt so much in the process that I cannot even begin to describe. There were so many issues that touched my heart, gave me a new dimension to think about which I don't think would have been possible without this experience...
So once more Thanks ...
Sunday 1 June 2008
Older people in films
John (or was it Donald?) provided the following information on a film directed and written by Paul Cox called INNOCENCE' (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0251141)
"After more than 40 years apart, Andreas and Claire embark on an affir as reckless and intense as when they were young lovers....."
Nominated for 6 awards and winner of 7 - give it a whirl. Contact the distributer Tony Carr capers@btinternet.com
Also 'Fear eats the soul' 1974. Fassbinder. is another great classic which treats a sexual relationship in the complex and interesting context of the lives of older people.
Rina Rosselson rinaross@mac.com is someone working with the BFI, U3A and University of the West of England researching Older Women in Movies.
"After more than 40 years apart, Andreas and Claire embark on an affir as reckless and intense as when they were young lovers....."
Nominated for 6 awards and winner of 7 - give it a whirl. Contact the distributer Tony Carr capers@btinternet.com
Also 'Fear eats the soul' 1974. Fassbinder. is another great classic which treats a sexual relationship in the complex and interesting context of the lives of older people.
Rina Rosselson rinaross@mac.com is someone working with the BFI, U3A and University of the West of England researching Older Women in Movies.
After Day 2
Hello everybody - first of all click on the flicker link on your left to see the updated pictures - when you get in, if you look on your right you will see the words 'slide show' which allows you to view them as a continuous slide show - Lieve looks absolutely amazing.
So like day 1, day 2 was another tremendous success. Everyone fedback how much they enjoyed themselves (see Emma's comments on the blog today) and felt that they could have gone on for days. The level of creativity was fantastic.
Directors feedback
Here is a brief summary of what each group achieved. Jenny's group built on their personal content from last week and decided to develop some of these themes after establishing that participants were happy about this. Nina and Donald developed a dance which they filmed in the studies as a thread to run through the piece. Ellen, Deniece and Paul then devised some questions in order to interview Nina and Donald about their experiences of being 'older'. They experimented with dancing in the studio and their own 'stories' meaning that they now have so much material to edit!.
Peter's team went out - voxpop in the street for an hour whilst the sun was shinning and interviewed some passers by about their attitudes towards dating across age groups and their responses to questions about attraction towards older men and women. They got a range of responses, some very stereotyped, but others very interesting. In the afternoon they went on to film two scenarios in the studio. The first involving John and Massey to explore the experiences of a person who is transvestite and moving into a residential home. They explored issues around emotion, loss, problems and the type of support someone would need. The second scenario with Vi and Khakoli explored Vi's character being in love with Khakoli's brother, cross cultural issues around love and family reactions. Peter shot them in an unusual way. The group also reshot the poem. Peter comented on how impressed he was with the standard of the student's improvisations, straight to camera - amazing work.
Finally Amandas group had an enjoyable day although would have liked to have a whole week to develop the number of ideas that emerged. They filmed the scenario of a social worker and older service user completing an assessment using a tool that has 'smoking/alcohol/sexual health’ questions. This used improvisation and was filmed to show the internal dialogue of social worker’s reactions and the older persons thoughts. They then did some work outside around issues of moving into care in a comedy style and reshot Sue's poem. Then ended up in a grand finale with Lieve's striptease.
The whole group finished the day by filming a stand-up routing with a canned laughter audience using Jim's recommended jokes.
Student feedback
Great, exploring issues, laughed so much, went so quickly, 6 ideas, did 3, could have done more.
I enjoyed the diversity in the group, mix of young and older people, the different views and it was all so honest. Made me think how as a social worker how people are put on the spot by asking such questions, the embarrassment, the intrusion, need to be more aware. Fantastic, loved the whole experience.
Felt shy at beginning about mingling – now ‘Yeah, bring it on’! Became aware of so many issues usually subconscious but this brought them to conscious level so could discuss, e.g. transvestite scenario – realised that social workers don’t really know about transvestites and their needs.
(John added that when went out for fire alarm dressed as tranvestite more people talked to him than usual!)
It was interesting filming out on location in the street – some passers by were interested, some not.
Loved it, thoroughly enjoyed it all: finding out about sound, cameras, doing something different and getting ideas going. Thanks to directors. There was lots to share and not much time but Jenny controlled it all well.
I discovered a creative part of me don’t have time for me in the day job and now need to decide what to do with it (Sue).
Lots of thanks to Trish and the actors and directors.
We have another workshop booked on Wednesday 11 June from 2 - 5pm, watch this space for the location.
This workshop will start by looking at the second lot of edited material and then we will have some focus groups on looking at how we might use them and develop them as learning materials. Please put any ideas on this blog or e mail Trish. There will need to be a full discussion about who will access and see the materials, public vs restricted and consent issues to be clarified. In the meantime, all filmed material remains within the group.
Last but not least - here is Sue's poem!
When I was 19
I wore a tie-dye shirt
Had an Afro style haircut
And smelt of Joss Sticks
I yearned for a black PVC coat
Enjoyed Tamla Motown
And danced in the street
When I was 40
I wore a fitted trousers suit
Had my hair permed
And smelt of Channel no 5
I yearned for a Hermes bag
Enjoyed jazz and blues
And danced the tango
Now I am 84
I only wear beige
My hair is lank and greasy
I smell………of urine
I yearn…….. to be valued
I enjoy…….. very little
And dance….in my dreams
I’m in a care home
By Sue Shaw
Please go on to the blog if you can and contribute to keep in touch. If you can't get on, e mail it back to me and I will put it on for you.
All the best
Trish
So like day 1, day 2 was another tremendous success. Everyone fedback how much they enjoyed themselves (see Emma's comments on the blog today) and felt that they could have gone on for days. The level of creativity was fantastic.
Directors feedback
Here is a brief summary of what each group achieved. Jenny's group built on their personal content from last week and decided to develop some of these themes after establishing that participants were happy about this. Nina and Donald developed a dance which they filmed in the studies as a thread to run through the piece. Ellen, Deniece and Paul then devised some questions in order to interview Nina and Donald about their experiences of being 'older'. They experimented with dancing in the studio and their own 'stories' meaning that they now have so much material to edit!.
Peter's team went out - voxpop in the street for an hour whilst the sun was shinning and interviewed some passers by about their attitudes towards dating across age groups and their responses to questions about attraction towards older men and women. They got a range of responses, some very stereotyped, but others very interesting. In the afternoon they went on to film two scenarios in the studio. The first involving John and Massey to explore the experiences of a person who is transvestite and moving into a residential home. They explored issues around emotion, loss, problems and the type of support someone would need. The second scenario with Vi and Khakoli explored Vi's character being in love with Khakoli's brother, cross cultural issues around love and family reactions. Peter shot them in an unusual way. The group also reshot the poem. Peter comented on how impressed he was with the standard of the student's improvisations, straight to camera - amazing work.
Finally Amandas group had an enjoyable day although would have liked to have a whole week to develop the number of ideas that emerged. They filmed the scenario of a social worker and older service user completing an assessment using a tool that has 'smoking/alcohol/sexual health’ questions. This used improvisation and was filmed to show the internal dialogue of social worker’s reactions and the older persons thoughts. They then did some work outside around issues of moving into care in a comedy style and reshot Sue's poem. Then ended up in a grand finale with Lieve's striptease.
The whole group finished the day by filming a stand-up routing with a canned laughter audience using Jim's recommended jokes.
Student feedback
Great, exploring issues, laughed so much, went so quickly, 6 ideas, did 3, could have done more.
I enjoyed the diversity in the group, mix of young and older people, the different views and it was all so honest. Made me think how as a social worker how people are put on the spot by asking such questions, the embarrassment, the intrusion, need to be more aware. Fantastic, loved the whole experience.
Felt shy at beginning about mingling – now ‘Yeah, bring it on’! Became aware of so many issues usually subconscious but this brought them to conscious level so could discuss, e.g. transvestite scenario – realised that social workers don’t really know about transvestites and their needs.
(John added that when went out for fire alarm dressed as tranvestite more people talked to him than usual!)
It was interesting filming out on location in the street – some passers by were interested, some not.
Loved it, thoroughly enjoyed it all: finding out about sound, cameras, doing something different and getting ideas going. Thanks to directors. There was lots to share and not much time but Jenny controlled it all well.
I discovered a creative part of me don’t have time for me in the day job and now need to decide what to do with it (Sue).
Lots of thanks to Trish and the actors and directors.
We have another workshop booked on Wednesday 11 June from 2 - 5pm, watch this space for the location.
This workshop will start by looking at the second lot of edited material and then we will have some focus groups on looking at how we might use them and develop them as learning materials. Please put any ideas on this blog or e mail Trish. There will need to be a full discussion about who will access and see the materials, public vs restricted and consent issues to be clarified. In the meantime, all filmed material remains within the group.
Last but not least - here is Sue's poem!
When I was 19
I wore a tie-dye shirt
Had an Afro style haircut
And smelt of Joss Sticks
I yearned for a black PVC coat
Enjoyed Tamla Motown
And danced in the street
When I was 40
I wore a fitted trousers suit
Had my hair permed
And smelt of Channel no 5
I yearned for a Hermes bag
Enjoyed jazz and blues
And danced the tango
Now I am 84
I only wear beige
My hair is lank and greasy
I smell………of urine
I yearn…….. to be valued
I enjoy…….. very little
And dance….in my dreams
I’m in a care home
By Sue Shaw
Please go on to the blog if you can and contribute to keep in touch. If you can't get on, e mail it back to me and I will put it on for you.
All the best
Trish
Hi everyone,
What fab project! I've been talking about it since we finished filming - shocking people with the thought of Leive's strip tease and quoting the first line of her poem: "I'm not into scrubbing and brooming, I'm more into rubbing and grooming"! What a chat up line!
Thank you so much to all the organisers, actors and students for making it an amazingly creative day. The gentle, supportive environment, contributed to by all, allowed us to cover hard hitting topics in a non threatening way. I hope these sentiments, coupled with how much of a laugh we had, will come across in the film clips produced.
Looking forward to the premier!
Love to all,
Emma x
What fab project! I've been talking about it since we finished filming - shocking people with the thought of Leive's strip tease and quoting the first line of her poem: "I'm not into scrubbing and brooming, I'm more into rubbing and grooming"! What a chat up line!
Thank you so much to all the organisers, actors and students for making it an amazingly creative day. The gentle, supportive environment, contributed to by all, allowed us to cover hard hitting topics in a non threatening way. I hope these sentiments, coupled with how much of a laugh we had, will come across in the film clips produced.
Looking forward to the premier!
Love to all,
Emma x
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