I did promise you, if anyone reminded me (and Miss Kennedy duly did!), that I'd post details of the Co-Op's young film-makers summer camp...and I'm a man of my word! Check out http://www.byfa.co.uk/I wouldn't generally recommend the Express, owned (with the Daily Star) as it as by the disreputable Richard Desmond, famed for his porn empire (a quick Media Guardian search will bring up the wry tale of his unsuccessful attempt to sue an author who painted a highly unflattering picture of him), but...the following is a good feature on the summer camp. A quick excerpt:
What is special about this particular film, however, is that many of the 500 people on set in July and August will be aged from 14 to 22, some with little or no experience of the film world. This unusual project is just one the Co-operative British Youth Film Academy (BYFA) is planning in its bid to produce the David Leans, Danny Boyles and A-list actors of the future.See http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/108943 for more
“You think how hard it is to get into showbusiness,” says Todd, who has already directed six episodes of the television soap Doctors. “It gives them a little taste of it to see if it is what they want to do and learn the skills. It gives me a chance to give a bit back and it reminds me of when I was 15 doing my thing as well.”
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