Tristan Film Project
Education Adviser Jim Kerr is working with the school children to make a film which it is hoped will be one of the highlights of a forthcoming Tristan da Cunha Film Festival to be held in various UK venues and at a future Tristan da Cunha Association Annual Gathering.
The children are very excited about the project and have been keen to use the equipment which has been provided with funds donated by the University of the West of Scotland (UWS) and the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC). The Tristan da Cunha Film Festival is being coordinated by Ray Burnett of the Scottish Small Islands Film Trust in association with Tristan’s Government UK Representative Chris Bates.
Sue Scott, a marine biologist and photographer visiting Tristan, brought wet suits for all the children and on the day that they tested them out in the swimming pool Jim gave them a finepix waterproof camera to try. They enjoyed taking pictures of each other and the results are amusing. A few weeks later Sue took them snorkeling in the rock pools near the harbour where they took turns filming with the ‘flip’ and took more pictures with the finepix. Their filming techniques are improving and Jim believes there are enough steady shots to edit a short clip showing Tristan’s rock pool life. |
