HAVING FUN: Jasmin Fisher Johnson, 14, was an actor and director at an intensive film-making workshop at Whangarei's Youth Space. PHOTO/MICHAEL CUNNINGHAM
HAVING FUN: Jasmin Fisher Johnson, 14, was an actor and director at an intensive film-making workshop at Whangarei's Youth Space. PHOTO/MICHAEL CUNNINGHAM
A group of young Northlanders had the chance to dip their toes into the world of professional film-making this week.
The one-day intensive course, held at Whangarei's Youth Space, gave seven young people between 14 and 20 years old the chance to try their hand at acting, directing, filming andscript writing.
Whangarei Girls High School (WGHS) student Jasmin Fisher Johnson, 14, said she enjoyed directing others, including fellow WGHS student, Tariro Chanyau, 14.
"Seeing her come out and pretend to do what I told her to do [was the best part]," Jasmine said. "It's fun to see how different people improvise."
Tariro said she enjoyed having to chance to put herself in someone else's shoes.
"It was just fun being creative and letting it out," she said.
The group of young people had to come up with a storyline, plan out three scenes and produce the scenes for a three-minute movie, which is yet to be produced.
The storyline the group chose was ironically about a girl who could not act who then went to acting classes. But there was a mix-up and she actually went to an anger management class so the girl thought acting meant being really angry.
