The Prince Albert Indian Metis Friendship Centre is holding a media art project camp for local youth.
Aleyna May Morin, the project coordinator, will be teaching the youth about photography and film, while a guest from Saskatoon teaches them how to record audio.
“They’ll learn how to do the basic layout of like, a film,” said Morin. “How to work, like, with talent, how to work with online tools, how to work with equipment, how to work with elders. We have elders in the beginning and at the end of the program. We do a prayer and we always offer tobacco.”
Morin says the program will focus on teaching the youth how to be responsible by taking care of the equipment as it’s rented, and how to be responsible on social media.
“Nowadays, everybody can take a picture, but it’s important to go back and get some knowledge on it,” said Morin. “That’s part of where this project came from.”
The program will be very hands-on, as the youth will get free access to high-quality equipment and learn how to use it.
At the end of the program, the youth will have put together a short video, about five to 10 minutes long, and will post it online after they get a private screening.
(PHOTO: Aleyna May Morin (right) works with students as part of the Indigenous Youth Media Art Project in Prince Albert. Photo by Fraser Needham.)