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Putting youth's message on film Darrell Greer Northern News Services Published Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Nunavut's Department of Education is looking at including the finished product as part of its Aulajaaqtut program in Grades 8 to 10. Director Gord Billard said a number of the easier scenes to film have already been taped. He said filming will begin in earnest once the weather warms up. "We started to attack one of the bigger scenes and realized we needed to plan a bit more and sit down and do some scene-by-scene storyboards so we know exactly what scenes we're looking for," said Billard. "We have, however, had some success in getting a number of what you might call B roll clips completed. "We want to do a lot of this outside, but the few weekends we tried it was really, really cold. "The kids could only shoot for five or 10 minutes and then they'd have to run back inside to warm up." While waiting for Old Man Winter to call it a season in the Kivalliq, Billard has begun reading scripts for a play the students will perform later this year. After narrowing the list to three he will bring them to the students for their input, and the group members will decide which play they'd most like to perform. Billard said media specialist Eric Anoee of the Department of Education, who is also president of the Arviat Film Society, has provided him with a big professional camera and headphones for work on The Bright Blue Mailbox Suicide Note. He said they started practising with the unit during an Arviat Cultural performance this past week. "The plan is for both me and a number of our audio-video students to learn how to use the kit properly," Anoee said. "We're very excited to be working on this to, eventually, become a unit within the Aulajaaqtut program. "It's my understanding it will be included in a unit that deals with such topics as healthy lifestyle choices, suicide prevention and things of that nature. "They'll use our production to help get the message across to kids throughout Nunavut."
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