http://www3.onf.ca/blogs/ourworld Thu, 23 Apr 2009 23:07:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Marvin ended up getting coerced by his family to do a (beautiful) piece specifically about his grandfather, Chris Skulsh. Marvin’s piece was a feast for the eyes with tons of beautiful archival images and little animated surprises along the way. Sharon Ness was our other returnee, who is also a staff ... http://www3.onf.ca/blogs/ourworld/2009/04/23/hazelton-ii-films/ We were fortunate again to have a professional Gitksan language expert with us thanks to GWES. Audrey Woods was wonderful to work with as she was very patient and really encouraged the youth to narrate their own pieces. It's often an elder's voice that narrates the young filmmakers films for ... http://www3.onf.ca/blogs/ourworld/2009/04/22/gitksan-language-recording/ Day 1 - started the day off with a fun pixilation exercise as an icebreaker and to get the creative juices flowing. this seems like a really great way to start a workshop .. positive, fun, no real pressure, and even gets the shy ones going... we had lunch and then watched ... http://www3.onf.ca/blogs/ourworld/2009/04/22/hazelton-ii-story-days/ We were so lucky to work with elder, Stephen Brown, who is completely fluent in the Haida language. It was even better to see Kristy work with her chinni, (grandpa) Stephen on her own short film! Check it out: http://www3.onf.ca/blogs/ourworld/2009/04/20/kristy-and-her-chinni-stephen/ The community screening held at the end of the week was a great success! It was held at Tluu Xaada Naay ("Christian White's") Long House in Old Masset and was a packed house.  Thanks to the grant from Northern Credit Savings Union we were able to hire a contact of ... http://www3.onf.ca/blogs/ourworld/2009/04/09/old-masset-community-screening/ Kristy Bell created a very personal and poetic piece about her struggle to belong. Given the Haida name for 'Bashful' by her Ts’inni Steven (our language expert), she goes on a journey to discover the world out there, only to discover that her heart is content when she is surrounded ... http://www3.onf.ca/blogs/ourworld/2009/04/09/kristy-bell-we-are-not-alone/ Brandon was the most independent participant. He had a strong sense visually of what he wanted to accomplish from the very beginning. Brandon is a visual artist and is apprenticing with Christian White in learning Haida art forms.  It is obvious in his short stop-motion animation that he is very ... http://www3.onf.ca/blogs/ourworld/2009/04/09/brandon-brown-the-power-of-the-haida-people/ Curtis Brown’s film is a touching account of how he (a “lost raven”) was uprooted at a young age and now as a young adult is rediscovering his roots as a Haida dancer. Curtis listened well to feedback, and learned the tools very quickly. He was one of the few ... http://www3.onf.ca/blogs/ourworld/2009/04/09/curtis-brown-the-lost-raven-finding-his-way/ Kiefer Collison created a short bold film stating that the community needs to listen to the youth because they are the future and must be heard. His piece was also done primarily in live-action video form. Having trained with Nate, he already had a strong sense of storytelling through images ... http://www3.onf.ca/blogs/ourworld/2009/04/09/kiefer-collison-our-world/ We ended up with 6 amazing films, everyone with a really unique visual style and voice - Here are little teasers - the full films will be on the our world site this in a couple of months - the Haida transcriptions are being put on. Gwaliga Hart constructed a multi-layered ... http://www3.onf.ca/blogs/ourworld/2009/04/09/gwaliga-hart-grounded-in-tradition/