Welcome to Berlin

Participatory video-workshop

Background:

Following a call for proposals to bring together refugees and local German youth, a participatory video project was put together with the Medienprojekt Berlin, in cooperation with the evangalist youth club “ Die Eiche“, Minibus Media and the TV-actor Samir Fuchs.
The project-inititive “Welcome to Berlin“ brought together youngsters with different cultural backgrounds to transmit media competence and diminish cultural bias.
Together with two other media-consultants, this project-inititive took place three times, altogether in three different districts in Berlin.

Activities:

• Elaboration of a suitable topic, film format and script
• Rehearsal of the entire play with guidance
• Introduction to the basic elements of video-production and its technical tools
• Acting and filming of the various scenes
• Editing of the video

Results & Impact:

• 22 refugee-teenagers and seven Berlin youngsters participated within three workshops
• Mediation of basic video-production skills to four participants
• Mediation of basic acting-skills to six participants
• Production of five short films from which are four documentaries and one comedy-drama
• Six public screenings & panel discussions with more than 300 viewers