Nationwide Project: ‘Life’s Like This’
August 29, 2013
We want you to be a part of our nationwide project: Life’s Like This
On Friday 20th September we want you to film your life and tell the world what you’re doing, feeling or seeing on this particular day. The footage submitted will be compiled into a unique documentary that will be broadcast later this year on RTÉ. Audiences will learn what it’s like to be growing up in Ireland today.
Life’s Like This is your documentary. It is about you. It’s about your day. It’s about things that are important to YOU. It’s open to everyone between the ages of 13 and 19. Further details on Life’s Like This will be available from September on www.rte.ie/trte/lifeslikethis.
Your films can be uploaded through www.rte.ie/trte/lifeslikethis from Friday, September 20th, to Tuesday, September 24th.
HOW AND WHAT TO FILM
• You can FILM ANYTHING ON ANYTHING
• You can film using your phone, camera, a webcam, iPad… you name it. If it records you can use it. Just try for the highest quality possible please!
• Sound and focus is important. We need to be able to hear and see clearly what’s happening.
• You can speak in any language at all – English, Irish, Polish, French..etc
• Your film should be a maximum 2 minutes long.
• At the start of your film tell us your name and what time it is when you’re filming.
• You can film anytime of the day and/or many different times of the day once it’s on Friday 20th September.
GETTING YOUR FILM TO US
• Submission deadline is 8PM on Tuesday 24th September.
• Remember to get permission before you film. Only films which are accompanied by a permission form signed by both parents can be used. Every person who appears in your film needs to have a permission form signed by their parents or themselves if they are 18 or over. You can upload, post or email them all together.
• Remember you must ask people’s permission to film them.
• If you have a scanner, scan the signed permission form and upload it together with your film on the tool on the right hand side.
• Include your parent’s mobile / contact phone number AND the names of the people featured in your film in the MESSAGE section when uploading (very important!)
• If you don’t have access to a scanner you can post a hard copy of the permission form/s to Life’s Like This, Macalla Teoranta, 7 Lombard Street East, Dublin 2 but ensure to include the full name of your film clip on this form.
• When saving your film on computer CALL the clip by YOUR full name (first name and surname).
• If you cannot upload your film then send it, along with your permission form by post to: Life’s Like This, Macalla Teoranta, 7 Lombard Street East, Dublin 2. It will not be possible to return films sent by post.
• A wide range of clips will be included in the documentary, unfortunately however it will not be possible to use every clip.
• Enquiries to: lifeslikethis2013@gmail.com or phone: 01 670 4012 or 01 670 4895
PLEASE REMEMBER:
IF WE DO NOT HAVE A SIGNED PERMISSION FORM FOR EVERY PERSON FEATURED IN YOUR FILM CLIP – WE WILL BE UNABLE TO INCLUDE YOUR FILM.
DOWNLOAD THE PERMISSION FORM FROM www.rte.ie/trte/lifeslikethis AND POST TO US AT: Life’s Like This, Macalla Teo, 7 Lombard Street East, Dublin 2.
On Friday 20th September you are a filmmaker.
You are part of history.
Do something real and make people think. It’s over to you.
MORE INFORMATION
On Friday September 20th we want you to film a maximum 2 minutes of your day. Anything goes:
• An appointment with the dentist
• Homework completed on the bus
• A haircut
• A song
• A cow milked at dawn
• A night out with friends
• A family get-together
• A sporting event
• A viral video or Facebook session
Published by Macalla Teo.
