Refugee Youth Media Workshop Curriculum

This curriculum has been based on the experience that we shared at the La Maison des Jeunes de la Côte-des-Neiges in the Fall of 2008.

Objectives

Within this workshop participants will be able to:

• Recognize and apply the elements and techniques of digital photography
• Recognize the key techniques required to conduct a video interview
• Develop interviewing skills
• Critique photographs based on composition
• Critically analyze visual strategies in photographs and discuss the audience and intention for these representations
• Create, develop and produce a photo essay
• Create, develop and produce a self portrait using photographs and text
• Use photography and oral testimonies to tell stories and voice concerns, particularly as refugee youth living in Montréal
• Explore the potential of photos for advocacy purposes
• Plan a public exhibition or press conference

Sessions in this Series

Session 1.1 Introduction to Photography (3 hrs)
Session 1.2 Composition - Photos and Text (3 hrs)
Session 1.3 The Refugee Experience (3 hrs)
Session 1.4 Storytelling Through Storyboards and Oral History (3 hrs)
Session 1.5 Photography Portraits (3 hrs)
Session 1.6 Editing and Interview Techniques Revisited (3 hrs)
Session 1.7 Media Literacy, Race and Interviewing Guest (3 hrs)
Session 1.8 Concluding Session / Professional Photo Shoot and the Press (3 hrs)

Series 1 - Refugee Youth Media Workshop Curriculum.pdf