0:00:04 > 0:00:07It's My Shout is a unique film training scheme in Wales.
0:00:11 > 0:00:14It supports upcoming actors, writers, directors and crew
0:00:14 > 0:00:18in the production of short films for television.
0:00:18 > 0:00:22The scheme has been running for ten years, and more than 9,000 trainees
0:00:22 > 0:00:25have now taken part in the production of over 60 short films.
0:00:25 > 0:00:29Today, hundreds of former trainees are working in the industry,
0:00:29 > 0:00:31both in front of and behind the camera.
0:00:39 > 0:00:42This is the story of It's My Shout.
0:00:52 > 0:00:57In 2003, Roger Burnell was Director of Theatre for Bridgend Council.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00He launched a project for local young people to express themselves
0:01:00 > 0:01:02through making a short film.
0:01:02 > 0:01:05I'm going down Black Stream.
0:01:08 > 0:01:10Anyone want to come with me?
0:01:13 > 0:01:17I did feel that film might be a way to engage with these young people.
0:01:17 > 0:01:20The people who were working with me at that time felt that they'd
0:01:20 > 0:01:22probably want to deal with issues.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24It could be, it was,
0:01:24 > 0:01:27um, loneliness or drugs,
0:01:27 > 0:01:29but they wanted to tell a story
0:01:29 > 0:01:35and they wanted to create a story they wanted to create characters.
0:01:35 > 0:01:40They wanted to create a sense of excitement and drama.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44The result was a film called Down about a boy's quest
0:01:44 > 0:01:48to solve the mystery behind his friend's disappearance.
0:01:48 > 0:01:52Emma Housley was one of Down's leading cast members.
0:01:52 > 0:01:54It's been nearly two weeks.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57She's now performing on London's West End.
0:02:00 > 0:02:06I played the part of Sian who was a friend of the two people,
0:02:06 > 0:02:07the girl that was murdered
0:02:07 > 0:02:10and the young boy that was trying to find out what happened.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13But there was one line that continues to stick with me.
0:02:13 > 0:02:17It's basically I'm walking with the lead character, the young boy,
0:02:17 > 0:02:21and the line is, "It's just not right, is it?"
0:02:21 > 0:02:24But back then, with my accent being a lot stronger, it came out...
0:02:24 > 0:02:27STRONG WELSH ACCENT: "It's just not right, is it?"
0:02:28 > 0:02:31So, will you come with me, then?
0:02:31 > 0:02:34No way, sorry, Alex.
0:02:34 > 0:02:36It's just not right, is it?
0:02:36 > 0:02:38The general feel of the whole project,
0:02:38 > 0:02:41I just remember it being really exciting and really fun,
0:02:41 > 0:02:43and everyone couldn't wait to do it
0:02:43 > 0:02:46and couldn't wait to get to the next stage of the project.
0:02:46 > 0:02:50Since Down, I obviously carried on at school to my A Levels,
0:02:50 > 0:02:55but then after that, I studied at the Arts Educational School in London
0:02:55 > 0:02:59and then got into the Wizard Of Oz which is the job I'm doing now
0:02:59 > 0:03:02and I'm first cover Dorothy, but when I'm not playing Dorothy,
0:03:02 > 0:03:06I'm a Munchkin and I'm in Emerald City and, you know, doing everything,
0:03:06 > 0:03:10back stage singing and everything like that. It's really great!
0:03:10 > 0:03:12Liam Riddick also took part in Down.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18He's currently rehearsing for a national tour with
0:03:18 > 0:03:20the Richard Alston Dance Company.
0:03:24 > 0:03:28I'd never been on a film set, on that kind of environment before,
0:03:28 > 0:03:32and even though I remember it being quite, not low key, but quite small,
0:03:32 > 0:03:36but I was fascinated to see all the cameras and the locations
0:03:36 > 0:03:40and everything taken from the piece of paper and put into real life.
0:03:40 > 0:03:43That's the best memory I think I take away.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46Like, forget the film and everything, to be a part of the making of it
0:03:46 > 0:03:49and the creation was the best bit for me.
0:03:49 > 0:03:52Yeah, I think that's probably why it worked.
0:03:52 > 0:03:54They wanted to just tell their story as a story.
0:03:56 > 0:04:01You shouldn't go to new talent and young talent and tell them
0:04:01 > 0:04:03how to do something.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05That should come from them.
0:04:06 > 0:04:10The following year, the project grew to make three more short films
0:04:10 > 0:04:13with young people throughout Bridgend.
0:04:13 > 0:04:15It's midnight, the witching hour.
0:04:15 > 0:04:17They've drunk their love potions,
0:04:17 > 0:04:21and now it's time to cast their spells on their victims.
0:04:21 > 0:04:24Amy Morgan first became involved in 2004
0:04:24 > 0:04:27and is now working on London's West End.
0:04:27 > 0:04:29Let me get this right, you're looking for a husband?
0:04:29 > 0:04:31Yes, that's correct.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34So why have you come here?
0:04:34 > 0:04:36I was never one of those people that said,
0:04:36 > 0:04:38"Ooh, I've always wanted to be an actress."
0:04:38 > 0:04:41I actually wanted to be an air hostess and then I found out that
0:04:41 > 0:04:47I was too short to ever be an air hostess and so gave up on that one.
0:04:47 > 0:04:51I remember Roger Burnell who runs the Bridgend Youth Theatre as well
0:04:51 > 0:04:56asking a couple of us if we wanted to audition for these short films?
0:04:56 > 0:04:58"Yeah, OK, fine, great, sounds brilliant."
0:04:58 > 0:05:02I remember that first one that I did was Bettws Pastie,
0:05:02 > 0:05:07which was very interesting, and it was like a teenage party
0:05:07 > 0:05:09and I remember it was the first set that I'd ever been on,
0:05:09 > 0:05:11and it was incredible.
0:05:11 > 0:05:13You just didn't want to touch anything,
0:05:13 > 0:05:16but everything was disgusting, cos it was a party.
0:05:16 > 0:05:20The props lady had done cigarettes stubbed out in beer cans,
0:05:20 > 0:05:25and you were like, "Oh, God, this is brilliant but disgusting."
0:05:25 > 0:05:27And, yeah, I remember being given one line.
0:05:27 > 0:05:31That was a lot of pressure at the time. Didn't want to get it wrong.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33Probably did get it wrong a couple of times.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38- Is it true what Lindsay said? - What true?
0:05:38 > 0:05:41About you and that maths teacher. Slag!
0:05:43 > 0:05:45I think I did three films with It's My Shout.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47Maybe one or two more,
0:05:47 > 0:05:49because I always had little bits here and there,
0:05:49 > 0:05:50or Roger would call up and say,
0:05:50 > 0:05:53"Can you do this cos someone can't do it?" or whatever,
0:05:53 > 0:05:55so I think it was three.
0:05:55 > 0:05:56And one of those I did
0:05:56 > 0:05:59when I was still training at the Royal Welsh College in Cardiff.
0:05:59 > 0:06:04Since leaving drama school I've done some BBC Wales productions.
0:06:04 > 0:06:08I did a thing called Baker Boys, that was on. I did two series of that.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11Rob, you're alive.
0:06:11 > 0:06:12Was the last time I looked, yeah.
0:06:12 > 0:06:17We've all been so worried, about Valley Bara and you obviously.
0:06:17 > 0:06:19- Obviously. Is he in?- Er, not yet.
0:06:21 > 0:06:25There were 419 calls while you were away.
0:06:25 > 0:06:27I took messages.
0:06:32 > 0:06:33Coffee?
0:06:33 > 0:06:35And I've done a lot of theatre actually.
0:06:35 > 0:06:39The last couple of plays I've done has been in London which is nice.
0:06:39 > 0:06:43It's My Shout was absolutely invaluable to me in terms of
0:06:43 > 0:06:47the discipline on set and etiquette on set and things like that.
0:06:47 > 0:06:49I seemed to have much more of a head start.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52Me and the couple of people in my year group at Welsh College,
0:06:52 > 0:06:55when we were doing our TV project, we knew so much more
0:06:55 > 0:06:59than we thought we knew, and that people were telling us things
0:06:59 > 0:07:02that we already knew and we didn't even realise we had that knowledge.
0:07:02 > 0:07:06It was already in us from what we'd done with It's My Shout.
0:07:06 > 0:07:09You know, we all had big ambitions for the film scheme.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12I know Rog always had big ambitions for it.
0:07:12 > 0:07:17He really saw it going as far as it possibly could which was brilliant.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20The scheme became known as It's My Shout
0:07:20 > 0:07:23giving a voice and opportunity for young people to develop talents,
0:07:23 > 0:07:26whether in front of or behind the camera.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30Griff Rowland directed
0:07:30 > 0:07:34It's My Shout's first Welsh language film in 2004.
0:07:34 > 0:07:36Today he's a director on Coronation Street.
0:07:40 > 0:07:43Well I'd been doing a lot of documentary work at BBC Wales
0:07:43 > 0:07:45for a good few years.
0:07:45 > 0:07:50I had trained in drama in theory and practice
0:07:50 > 0:07:53at Central School of Speech and Drama
0:07:53 > 0:07:59and, to be honest, I wanted to go back to direct drama for television.
0:07:59 > 0:08:01And so it was quite a bit of a jump,
0:08:01 > 0:08:05because people like to just pigeonhole you as just one thing.
0:08:05 > 0:08:09A documentary maker or a drama director or comedy,
0:08:09 > 0:08:11and I just had to make that jump.
0:08:11 > 0:08:15My short film that I'd done for Roger, and It's My Shout
0:08:15 > 0:08:19led me to my first professional gig, if you like, as a drama director
0:08:19 > 0:08:22working on Cowbois ac Injans for S4C.
0:08:22 > 0:08:26At the moment, I'm now directing Coronation Street.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29This is my 51st episode and then once I've finished this block,
0:08:29 > 0:08:33I'm going to do the Christmas Day episode, so I'm thrilled.
0:08:33 > 0:08:37I wouldn't be doing what I'm doing now if it wasn't for having done
0:08:37 > 0:08:42that short film, so I know it's absolutely instrumental in that
0:08:42 > 0:08:45jump I wanted in my career and the change of direction.
0:08:47 > 0:08:50Year on year, the scheme expanded into more communities
0:08:50 > 0:08:52across South and West Wales.
0:08:52 > 0:08:56Sony has been It's My Shout's biggest supporter throughout.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59The growth of It's My Shout is very impressive growth,
0:08:59 > 0:09:05starting from something that was a local theme with local people,
0:09:05 > 0:09:09and now we're starting to put people on a much wider scale,
0:09:09 > 0:09:13growing it to the size of covering all of Wales reaching out to far more
0:09:13 > 0:09:17communities than just Bridgend, so it's an absolutely tremendous scheme
0:09:17 > 0:09:21that's grown probably much more than I envisaged from the very beginning.
0:09:23 > 0:09:27It's My Shout's main broadcast sponsor is now BBC Wales who offer
0:09:27 > 0:09:31industry guidance and a broadcast platform for all the films.
0:09:31 > 0:09:35For many people, television production, filmmaking can feel
0:09:35 > 0:09:37outside, beyond their grasp,
0:09:37 > 0:09:40and I think It's My Shout gives people the confidence to make
0:09:40 > 0:09:44the connections to stand that little bit taller in those conversations
0:09:44 > 0:09:49and with a conviction that they have something valuable to say or do.
0:09:49 > 0:09:54It's really important in television that the range of perspectives,
0:09:54 > 0:09:56the range of voices,
0:09:56 > 0:10:00that take part in production come from the widest possible field.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03You know, the BBC is owned by the licence fee payer.
0:10:03 > 0:10:07It's owned by every community across Wales, and it's important that
0:10:07 > 0:10:11every community across Wales believes it has the right to be able
0:10:11 > 0:10:14to think about participating in television production
0:10:14 > 0:10:18and know those avenues are open to everybody and not just the few.
0:10:19 > 0:10:22Since 2006, the scheme has produced six films each summer
0:10:22 > 0:10:24in partnership with schools, colleges
0:10:24 > 0:10:26and local authorities across Wales.
0:10:26 > 0:10:33In 2011, it reached Bangor, in North Wales, where it filmed ABC Dad.
0:10:33 > 0:10:35I could help you learn if you want.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42At the time it was something that was more to do with down in Bridgend,
0:10:42 > 0:10:45and I was lucky enough to be living locally.
0:10:48 > 0:10:51I live in Cardiff, but I come from Bangor,
0:10:51 > 0:10:54and now that It's My Shout has gone to North Wales, I'm so pleased
0:10:54 > 0:10:56to see North Wales films,
0:10:56 > 0:11:00because, you know, it's part of Wales, you know.
0:11:00 > 0:11:04I think last year's...so nice to see one location was the corner shop
0:11:04 > 0:11:08next to my school that I went to, and it's great, because actually
0:11:08 > 0:11:12the opportunity it gives people from all over Wales is really important,
0:11:12 > 0:11:16because the voices of Wales come from each corner.
0:11:23 > 0:11:28I think it's vital that we continue to look for the talent
0:11:28 > 0:11:30and continue to develop the talent
0:11:30 > 0:11:33that might otherwise be lying dormant.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37He thought I should be tough.
0:11:37 > 0:11:38Fight!
0:11:38 > 0:11:41Justin Davies had never acted before playing the lead role
0:11:41 > 0:11:44in the 2010 film, Be A Man.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52Well, the first time I heard about It's My Shout
0:11:52 > 0:11:57is when they came to my school about two years ago now.
0:11:57 > 0:12:00My drama teacher picked people who were doing well or OK in the subject
0:12:00 > 0:12:05to go to a talk with Roger, and he told us all about It's My Shout,
0:12:05 > 0:12:08and then Roger was doing like a workshop with us then.
0:12:08 > 0:12:10He was giving us scenarios.
0:12:10 > 0:12:13I think it was the synopsis to one of the short films,
0:12:13 > 0:12:16and we had to act it out how we would.
0:12:16 > 0:12:19- The bus is well late. - It always is. Is she looking?
0:12:21 > 0:12:24We got asked to then go to an audition down in Bridgend,
0:12:24 > 0:12:27and this was like, this was me and my mam's version of like,
0:12:27 > 0:12:30"Oh, we're going to Hollywood!"
0:12:30 > 0:12:32But really it was only like 40 miles down the M4,
0:12:32 > 0:12:37but I can remember telling my friends that I went for an audition
0:12:37 > 0:12:40down Bridgend for a short film on BBC Wales
0:12:40 > 0:12:44and I was waiting for the call for quite some time.
0:12:44 > 0:12:48Then I didn't hear nothing for quite a while, but funnily enough,
0:12:48 > 0:12:51when I was out with my friends one day, I got a call off my mam,
0:12:51 > 0:12:54who found out off Roger that I'd got one of the leading parts.
0:12:55 > 0:12:59Go on, then! Stop him, then! Go on, get into him!
0:12:59 > 0:13:01- Kick him.- Aye, break his legs!
0:13:01 > 0:13:02Smash him.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05That's it, yes, go on!
0:13:05 > 0:13:08Yes! Yes!
0:13:08 > 0:13:09GOAL!
0:13:09 > 0:13:11CHAMPIONS!
0:13:11 > 0:13:15It was the first time we'd ever been on a television set
0:13:15 > 0:13:17and it felt really weird,
0:13:17 > 0:13:20cos it was in surroundings that we'd never been in before,
0:13:20 > 0:13:23never seen the people before.
0:13:23 > 0:13:27It was just quite a weird experience, because...
0:13:27 > 0:13:32There was probably about 30 people crammed into a two-bedroom house
0:13:32 > 0:13:34in the middle of Ebbw Vale, and you're thinking,
0:13:34 > 0:13:36"Gosh, what are all these people here for?"
0:13:36 > 0:13:38Everybody had a role to play,
0:13:38 > 0:13:41whether it was in front of the camera or behind the camera.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44It was really intense and amazing.
0:13:44 > 0:13:48A couple of weeks after Be A Man came out, it was just nothing.
0:13:48 > 0:13:51It was just like, "Oh, I've done that now, let's get on with life."
0:13:51 > 0:13:55But then, I went into school one day and I got told
0:13:55 > 0:13:59to go and see my drama teacher, and she said she had a phone call that
0:13:59 > 0:14:03I've got an audition for Ruth Jones Sky One new programme, Stella.
0:14:03 > 0:14:07Ben, I have made you, like a...
0:14:08 > 0:14:10Yeah, go on.
0:14:12 > 0:14:14I have made you a wheat...
0:14:16 > 0:14:17..type of thing.
0:14:17 > 0:14:20- She haven't done it. - A wheat sheaf?- Yes.
0:14:20 > 0:14:23- The dress rehearsal's at four. - I know. I'll bring it up the school.
0:14:23 > 0:14:26- When?- This afternoon. - When?- At three o'clock.- When?
0:14:26 > 0:14:28Even though two years does sound like a long time,
0:14:28 > 0:14:32so much has happened it just feels like yesterday it all started.
0:14:34 > 0:14:38And now we're currently in the middle of filming series two.
0:14:38 > 0:14:42It's just mad how my life changed in such a short period of time.
0:14:42 > 0:14:47The It's My Shout project gave him the opportunity to develop
0:14:47 > 0:14:51and perhaps identify a career path
0:14:51 > 0:14:53that he wouldn't have thought of before.
0:14:53 > 0:14:56I think the whole thing about the It's My Shout project is
0:14:56 > 0:15:02it has created opportunities for young people across the board.
0:15:02 > 0:15:06We're sat here, in the middle of Six Bells in Blaenau Gwent,
0:15:06 > 0:15:09and Blaenau Gwent has been continuously slated in the press
0:15:09 > 0:15:12for being a deprived, depressed, run-down area.
0:15:12 > 0:15:14But as you can see, it's not deprived,
0:15:14 > 0:15:17it's not depressed, it's not run-down.
0:15:17 > 0:15:21And the fact that It's My Shout has provided opportunities
0:15:21 > 0:15:23for the young people of the area
0:15:23 > 0:15:27to take part and to identify what their goals and dreams are
0:15:27 > 0:15:29and, ultimately, to succeed,
0:15:29 > 0:15:34I think is a testament to the project and what it's all about.
0:15:37 > 0:15:44King Danny needed to rescue the old king from his dungeon.
0:15:46 > 0:15:48The beast!
0:15:48 > 0:15:53Thomas Herbert got his first lead role in King Of The Castle in 2011.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55Before doing It's My Shout,
0:15:55 > 0:15:58I thought it was just people living out their lives,
0:15:58 > 0:16:00and they just happened to be on a TV screen.
0:16:00 > 0:16:05But then when I did It's My Shout, I was thinking,
0:16:05 > 0:16:07you don't just live out your life.
0:16:07 > 0:16:11There's a script and stuff, and you have to learn it.
0:16:11 > 0:16:15Why aren't you eating any?
0:16:15 > 0:16:17I'm just not hungry.
0:16:17 > 0:16:21I'll save some chips, just in case you want them later.
0:16:21 > 0:16:27Since It's My Shout, I got a part in a short film,
0:16:27 > 0:16:31and I've done an advert,
0:16:31 > 0:16:34which I had to have fake teeth for.
0:16:34 > 0:16:38And then I did a Pets At Home advert.
0:16:38 > 0:16:41Then I did Casualty.
0:16:41 > 0:16:44Hey, Thomas! How you doing?
0:16:44 > 0:16:47It was really fun working down in the BBC studio,
0:16:47 > 0:16:49because I had my own dressing room,
0:16:49 > 0:16:52and it was really cool.
0:16:52 > 0:16:54Because there was a green room,
0:16:54 > 0:16:57and you got to watch TV there whenever you liked.
0:16:57 > 0:17:01Ryan Andrews and Keri Collins were trainee directors
0:17:01 > 0:17:05and have recently finished work on their debut feature films.
0:17:05 > 0:17:07When I directed Be A Man for It's My Shout,
0:17:07 > 0:17:10that was the first time I'd worked under a BBC exec producer, directly,
0:17:10 > 0:17:13and the first time I'd had to fit in
0:17:13 > 0:17:15with the editorial guidelines of the BBC.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18The process is different to making independent film.
0:17:18 > 0:17:20That was the first time
0:17:20 > 0:17:22I'd ever had to do that, which was an invaluable experience.
0:17:22 > 0:17:25Before I'd worked on It's My Shout,
0:17:25 > 0:17:28the products I'd been working on were music videos
0:17:28 > 0:17:31or adverts or promotional work
0:17:31 > 0:17:35or shorts I'd put together myself and worked with my own crew.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38So it was great to go into more of a professional environment
0:17:38 > 0:17:41where you're given a script to direct which isn't yours
0:17:41 > 0:17:42and you know nothing about,
0:17:42 > 0:17:45but you're chosen because of your directing style.
0:17:45 > 0:17:47I was given a short called Family Picnic,
0:17:47 > 0:17:49which was a really sweet short
0:17:49 > 0:17:52about two kids that didn't have very loving parents.
0:17:52 > 0:17:55And it was set pretty much in reality.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58A normal kind of realist environment.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00And what I thought I could give to that script
0:18:00 > 0:18:03was set it in a different world.
0:18:03 > 0:18:05So I set it in a steampunk world.
0:18:05 > 0:18:08It's OK. I got it.
0:18:14 > 0:18:16SHE CHUCKLES
0:18:16 > 0:18:19The short-film format is really, really tough.
0:18:19 > 0:18:21It's a hard thing to do. It's an art in itself.
0:18:21 > 0:18:23It's completely different from making feature films.
0:18:23 > 0:18:25You have so much less time.
0:18:25 > 0:18:28Generally, you have less money.
0:18:28 > 0:18:30It's a really tough thing to do.
0:18:30 > 0:18:33But short films offer such an important part
0:18:33 > 0:18:35of any filmmaker's career,
0:18:35 > 0:18:39because it's the only thing you can do to move on to feature films.
0:18:39 > 0:18:42Because no-one will give you a six-figure sum to make a feature film
0:18:42 > 0:18:45if you've never directed anything.
0:18:45 > 0:18:47So as a first step for a director, it's brilliant,
0:18:47 > 0:18:50because you're not only being supported,
0:18:50 > 0:18:54but you get an end product that is a certain level, which everyone needs.
0:18:54 > 0:18:57You have to start building your portfolio of projects
0:18:57 > 0:19:01that exist within a reality of the industry.
0:19:01 > 0:19:03And I think It's My Shout is a great one to do that.
0:19:03 > 0:19:05And you work with the BBC, which is a really high level.
0:19:05 > 0:19:08So on your CV, to have something that's been on the BBC
0:19:08 > 0:19:12for your first port of call, is amazing.
0:19:12 > 0:19:15Most of my peers have also applied for It's My Shout
0:19:15 > 0:19:17or been through It's My Shout,
0:19:17 > 0:19:22so it's kind of a rite of passage for a lot Welsh filmmakers.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24I directed another short film called Fun Day,
0:19:24 > 0:19:29which was selected for Raindance Film Festival.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32And I'm now on the set of my first feature film, Convenience.
0:19:32 > 0:19:37So, yeah, it's just taking further steps forward, really.
0:19:37 > 0:19:40After I left the It's My Shout scheme
0:19:40 > 0:19:43and I was lucky enough to win best director, it was really helpful,
0:19:43 > 0:19:46because it all of a sudden put me in front of the Film Agency.
0:19:46 > 0:19:48When the Film Agency had another scheme,
0:19:48 > 0:19:51they asked me if I would like to put in a pitch.
0:19:51 > 0:19:54And that led on to me doing another short,
0:19:54 > 0:19:56and that short went down quite well.
0:19:57 > 0:20:00What are you doing? What's happened?
0:20:02 > 0:20:05That started building me a portfolio to show investors for my feature.
0:20:05 > 0:20:09- Let me go.- No!
0:20:09 > 0:20:11Elfie Hopkins, my latest feature,
0:20:11 > 0:20:14is going to cinemas next week, which is great.
0:20:14 > 0:20:19And that's really my first, like, it's my first foot in the door.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22Like It's My Shout was my first foot in the door to short films,
0:20:22 > 0:20:24Elfie's my first foot in the door to features.
0:20:24 > 0:20:28But every director needs a strong crew of talented people
0:20:28 > 0:20:29in every department.
0:20:29 > 0:20:32From camera and sound to makeup, costume and set design.
0:20:32 > 0:20:34Helen O'Leary was a trainee
0:20:34 > 0:20:38in the set design and props department back in 2008.
0:20:38 > 0:20:40I hadn't considered TV or film before.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43I'd set my sights on doing stuff in theatre.
0:20:43 > 0:20:46So it was quite a good experience for me
0:20:46 > 0:20:48and an eye-opener, really, doing It's My Shout.
0:20:48 > 0:20:52The production designer, who was our mentor for the art department,
0:20:52 > 0:20:57gave us one script as a little project each to be in charge of.
0:20:57 > 0:21:00So you'd have to do the breakdown for that script,
0:21:00 > 0:21:03then do the prop sourcing and then, on the day,
0:21:03 > 0:21:06be in charge as our, you know, standby art director.
0:21:06 > 0:21:10The Bulb, or Egin, which was my little baby,
0:21:10 > 0:21:13it was about a boy in school who was getting bullied,
0:21:13 > 0:21:15but as part of a science project,
0:21:15 > 0:21:17they were each given a plant to look after.
0:21:23 > 0:21:26The plant was like the hero prop in this,
0:21:26 > 0:21:28so we had loads of these,
0:21:28 > 0:21:30we bought loads and loads of repeats,
0:21:30 > 0:21:32piled them up in the van, got them down there,
0:21:32 > 0:21:35opened the van door, and they were like...
0:21:35 > 0:21:39So someone's board had landed on top of these plants and flattened them.
0:21:39 > 0:21:41So we had to do some quick repair jobs on them
0:21:41 > 0:21:43and we brought them back to life.
0:21:43 > 0:21:45Not magically but with a little bit of wire.
0:21:45 > 0:21:48It was quite hairy for me, that experience,
0:21:48 > 0:21:51because a few things did go wrong but...got it sorted.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54And, yeah, I think that particular shoot
0:21:54 > 0:21:57was the one where I thought,
0:21:57 > 0:22:00"Yeah, I really want to do this. I like this, it's a good feeling."
0:22:00 > 0:22:04So since It's My Shout, I've worked on Upstairs Downstairs
0:22:04 > 0:22:07and Doctor Who in trainee capacity,
0:22:07 > 0:22:11but since then, did standby props on Pobol last summer,
0:22:11 > 0:22:15and now they've asked me back this time around to be art director,
0:22:15 > 0:22:16which is what I'm doing now.
0:22:16 > 0:22:18There might be cables down there,
0:22:18 > 0:22:21so we'll have to be sure we can't see anything down there.
0:22:21 > 0:22:23Specifically for me, It's My Shout
0:22:23 > 0:22:26just gave me a little bit of insight into the industry
0:22:26 > 0:22:29and put me in a position where I could meet other people
0:22:29 > 0:22:31who were already doing it.
0:22:31 > 0:22:33And then, subsequently, for me,
0:22:33 > 0:22:37it did open up more opportunities further down the line.
0:22:37 > 0:22:41Chris Jacobi was a camera trainee in 2011.
0:22:41 > 0:22:44I'm a bit worried about the reflection because I can't see.
0:22:44 > 0:22:47Um...well, I was at uni doing film production,
0:22:47 > 0:22:50so I'd concentrated on cinematography throughout the three years,
0:22:50 > 0:22:52so I knew that's what I wanted to go into.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55Uni doesn't prepare you for what you need to learn when you're on set,
0:22:55 > 0:23:00so all of that comes from experiences in the professional world.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02I think, last year, the opening of Sweet Sixteen,
0:23:02 > 0:23:04there was a very complicated shot,
0:23:04 > 0:23:08where the main character is writing what she wants for her 16th birthday.
0:23:08 > 0:23:10And we were on top of a roof, like, it was dark,
0:23:10 > 0:23:12we had it lit, we had this really complicated shot
0:23:12 > 0:23:16that started over her shoulder onto her hand, pull up, pull away.
0:23:16 > 0:23:19And I was the one that had to do that shot.
0:23:19 > 0:23:22And, I mean, it took about three takes to get it right,
0:23:22 > 0:23:25and I think we got it. And that was a really good experience,
0:23:25 > 0:23:28cos that was the first film we did,
0:23:28 > 0:23:30and it was kind of like me controlling the shot
0:23:30 > 0:23:31and getting it right,
0:23:31 > 0:23:34and the satisfaction of a very complicated shot that paid off,
0:23:34 > 0:23:36and it was used in the film.
0:23:36 > 0:23:41From the outset, I've firmly been of the opinion
0:23:41 > 0:23:46that the product needs to be as good as you can possibly make it.
0:23:46 > 0:23:52Um...it's not enough just to give people an experience.
0:23:52 > 0:23:55They need to have an experience that results in something
0:23:55 > 0:23:58that they can take pride in.
0:23:58 > 0:24:03And we can all take huge pride in what we've delivered over the years.
0:24:03 > 0:24:08This year, It's My Shout won its third BAFTA Cymru award.
0:24:08 > 0:24:10So, what's the birthday girl want to do today, then?
0:24:10 > 0:24:14And the winner is...Sweet Sixteen!
0:24:14 > 0:24:15APPLAUSE
0:24:18 > 0:24:22I'd like to thank Roger and Kylie from It's My Shout Productions.
0:24:22 > 0:24:23CHEERING
0:24:23 > 0:24:26That's the short scheme that made all this possible.
0:24:26 > 0:24:30And this summer, another six short films have been made.
0:24:30 > 0:24:34Chris Jacobi has returned as cinematographer for three of them.
0:24:34 > 0:24:37My role this year is director of photography,
0:24:37 > 0:24:40so I'm in charge of, um...lighting,
0:24:40 > 0:24:42camera angles, camera work
0:24:42 > 0:24:48and obviously training or aiding the trainees I have on each shoot.
0:24:48 > 0:24:52It's my first proper job as a DOP and it's getting broadcast national,
0:24:52 > 0:24:56so it's nice to have that pressure to know you've got to up your game.
0:24:56 > 0:25:00And all of this year's films were premiered at a special event.
0:25:04 > 0:25:08Each year since the scheme began, a premiere and awards ceremony
0:25:08 > 0:25:11has recognised the trainees' hard work and talent.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19But never before has it been held in the iconic setting
0:25:19 > 0:25:21of Cardiff Bay's Wales Millennium Centre
0:25:21 > 0:25:25to an audience of 1,500 trainees and supporters.
0:25:27 > 0:25:30Ten years ago, I remember the first awards event.
0:25:30 > 0:25:33It was in a day, actually, in the Odeon cinema in Bridgend.
0:25:33 > 0:25:36It went through the Grand Pavilion in Porthcawl,
0:25:36 > 0:25:39and tonight, here in the Wales Millennium Centre.
0:25:39 > 0:25:42And it's great to see so many young people from around Wales taking part.
0:25:42 > 0:25:45To be in the Millennium Centre, such...
0:25:45 > 0:25:47well, an iconic building,
0:25:47 > 0:25:51where so many amazing artists have performed,
0:25:51 > 0:25:56says that...well, not only has it got an amazing presence,
0:25:56 > 0:26:00but it also has a great potential for the future.
0:26:00 > 0:26:02For me, it was a rollercoaster of emotion.
0:26:02 > 0:26:05There was humour, there was such talent
0:26:05 > 0:26:07in every bit of the production.
0:26:07 > 0:26:11It was great that I was awarding sound engineer.
0:26:11 > 0:26:14And the winner is...Joseph Barker.
0:26:14 > 0:26:16APPLAUSE
0:26:16 > 0:26:19All the best. I don't know what to say. I'm speechless.
0:26:19 > 0:26:21- Thanks very much. - APPLAUSE
0:26:21 > 0:26:25For me, these young people, every part of the team,
0:26:25 > 0:26:27has got to be recognised.
0:26:27 > 0:26:31I also, as a minister, feel that this is a really important scheme
0:26:31 > 0:26:34and development I want to support.
0:26:34 > 0:26:38It's brilliant. Two years ago, this is what got me into Stella.
0:26:38 > 0:26:40It gave me the best opportunity in life.
0:26:40 > 0:26:43Fantastic. Yeah. It's great.
0:26:43 > 0:26:45There's verification that it's a scheme
0:26:45 > 0:26:50that finds and nurtures new talent.
0:26:50 > 0:26:54I wish it was going when I was started out.
0:26:54 > 0:26:58The future is bright, but I promise you, the future is yours.
0:26:58 > 0:27:01So be strong and go and chase it and well done, everybody, tonight.
0:27:01 > 0:27:05I'm presenting Best Supporting Actor. What are you presenting?
0:27:05 > 0:27:08- Best Actor.- Well, that tells you something doesn't it, eh?
0:27:08 > 0:27:09That tells you something.
0:27:09 > 0:27:11I think the talent's always been there,
0:27:11 > 0:27:14but it's the opportunity for the talent to show itself.
0:27:14 > 0:27:16It's all very well having talented people,
0:27:16 > 0:27:19but if they never have the chance to actually show how talented they are,
0:27:19 > 0:27:22then, of course, they're lost.
0:27:22 > 0:27:24But it's because of It's My Shout
0:27:24 > 0:27:27that that talent has the chance to flourish.
0:27:27 > 0:27:29Tonight, a special achievement award
0:27:29 > 0:27:32recognises that talent in Aneurin Barnard.
0:27:32 > 0:27:35Since leaving It's My Shout, he has won a Laurence Olivier Award
0:27:35 > 0:27:38for his role in the West End production of Spring Awakening
0:27:38 > 0:27:40and has starred in Hollywood films,
0:27:40 > 0:27:42including Mariah Mundi And The Midas Box.
0:27:42 > 0:27:45For BBC Four, he played photographer David Bailey
0:27:45 > 0:27:48- in We'll Take Manhattan.- That's it!
0:27:52 > 0:27:53Done.
0:27:53 > 0:27:55This is a bit mental.
0:27:55 > 0:27:58I feel a bit young to be taking one of these awards.
0:27:58 > 0:28:01I feel like I need another 50 years
0:28:01 > 0:28:04before I can stand here and hold it, but I will treasure it.
0:28:04 > 0:28:08It's, um...it's overwhelming.
0:28:08 > 0:28:11Knowing where this come from, from Roger.
0:28:11 > 0:28:14Mr B, as the pupils know him.
0:28:14 > 0:28:17Without him, I wouldn't be doing what I'm doing,
0:28:17 > 0:28:21and a lot of other people wouldn't be doing it either.
0:28:21 > 0:28:24And this night here, wouldn't be here for definite.
0:28:24 > 0:28:26So a personal thank you, Roger.
0:28:26 > 0:28:29APPLAUSE
0:28:29 > 0:28:31And a special award for Roger
0:28:31 > 0:28:34recognises how much he has done to develop a scheme
0:28:34 > 0:28:37that continues to enrich the lives and careers
0:28:37 > 0:28:39of young people across Wales.
0:28:39 > 0:28:41APPLAUSE
0:28:44 > 0:28:47I hope that everybody here joins with me
0:28:47 > 0:28:50in celebrating what all these people have done.
0:28:50 > 0:28:52Thanks to everybody who's come.
0:28:52 > 0:28:55This is obviously one of the nights of my life,
0:28:55 > 0:28:58and I hope that you've shared in something
0:28:58 > 0:29:03which is hopefully going to be important to all these young people.
0:29:22 > 0:29:25I think, you know, and hope, I think it will grow,
0:29:25 > 0:29:29but I hope that it will just devour the UK.
0:29:29 > 0:29:31Let's get everyone involved.
0:29:47 > 0:29:50Subtitles by Red Bee Media Ltd