TV & VIDEO PRODUCTION



HANDSTAND is involved in the development and production of many video, film and TV projects alongside various partners, mainly based in the North or North West of England, and have active working relationships with North West Vision.

Currently we are working with:

Clapperboard uk Ltd on several short film projects with young people in schools and youth clubs in Liverpool and Knowsley, for completion in Winter 2009/10.

The Warrington Humanities Network  as media consultants on the Warrington Young Roots Education about Slavery project, which enables students of 6 Secondary schools to research Warrington's role in the 18th century slave trade and abolition campaigns, for a film on DVD, to be premiered in Autumn 2009.


Recent non-broadcast
films:

Five Medical Examinations (July 2009): 
a series of training films about base line medical examination procedures, commissioned by the Clinical Skills Resource Centre of the School of Medical Education, University of Liverpool, in partnership with the Mersey Deanery, for use as a web-based revision tool for medical students.

Voice of the Learner (March 2009):
a short film summarising the views of a number of clients about their experiences of learning throughout their lives. Commissioned by Learning Together Cheshire and Warrington with funding from the LSC.

Clapperboard Youth Project 2008 - Knowsley: "Take the Rap" (February 2009),
a short film by young people at the Roundabout Youth Centre in North Huyton  about "Gang, gun and knife culture", made as part of the Knowsley Youth Development Programme. Screened at the Clapperboard Awards Ceremony at the Lowry Theatre, Salford Quays on 20 April 2009.

Liveability - promoting health and independence for the over 50s (October 2008), a 12 minute documentary relaunching Liverpool PCT's award winning 'Active Aging' provision as the Liveability Service.

Clapperboard Youth Project 2008 (August 2008)
for clapperboard uk ltd.
7 Merseyside secondary schools write and produce their own short film about "Gang, gun and knife culture". Screening and Awards ceremony at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, Monday 29 September 2008. Films can be seen on the clapperboard uk website. On of the films, Aftermath, was screened at the 2009 Tampere International Youth Film Festival in Finland.


 

Broadcast TV work:

Han Duijvendak worked as Associate Producer on the following:

FM Unplugged
, 6-part fly-on-the-wall documentary (STRONG FILMS for GRANADA Regional, TX Jan/Feb 2000)
Party Fever, 8-part series, again for STRONG FILMS/GRANADA (TX Feb-April 2001)

As Producer he worked on :
Playing Away
, 4-part fly-on-the-wall series (STRONG FILMS/GRANADA, TX August 2000) Squaring Up, 4-part documentary, nominated for RTS Awards 2001 (STRONG FILMS/GRANADA, TX Jan/Feb 2001)
Boom Town, 6-part documentary about the feature film industry in Liverpool (KAREN JONES FILMS/GRANADA, TX Sept/Oct 2001)

Lucy Dossor and Han Duijvendak produced Tim Marlow at the Liverpool Biennial (Broadside Films,  TX on FIVE, Sept/Nov 2004).

 

Previous non-broadcast films include:

Eight Months in the CultureZone (March 2003)  - video diary of the new audiences community arts project in Ellesmere Port, a collaboration between
Ellesmere Port & Neston Borough Council Action Transport Theatre Company and Mersey Producers.
Team North Huyton For Real (April 2003) - video diary of a  training for employment programme, for North Huyton New Deal for Communities.
The Team North Huyton Experience (July 2003) - corporate presentation film about the Team North Huyton training for employment programme.
Small Change, Big Difference (November 2003) - short film celebrating the positive impact on grass-roots community projects of the Small Change Grants Scheme operated by North Huyton New Deal for Communities.

From February 2004 we have been working with Action Transport Theatre Company on In The Frame, a Community Fund assisted three-year Arts 2 Inclusion programme, that enables young people from Ellesmere Port to make their own short films. In 2004 this resulted in Loose Change, and in 2005 in Runaway Home, which was screened at the prestigious 2006 Videotivoli Festival in Tampere, Finland.
Screen-writing tutor on these two films was Mike Crowley.


Take The Floor (July 2004) - short film for Action for Jobs, introducing the HCTS Floor Covering Academy.
North Huyton Celebrates (October 2004) - short documentary for North Huyton NDC about the North Huyton 2004 Community Festival and Parade.
Turning Thoughts into Action (December 2004) -  2004 Annual review of North Huyton NDC Youth Forum.
Bridging The Health Divide (November 2005) - overview of Public Health initiatives in the North Huyton area of Knowsley, commissioned jointly by North Huyton NDC and Knowsley Primary Care Trust.
North West Street Games 2005 (December 2005) - a short promo film for Sport 4 Life in Manchester.
The Bomb (March 2006) - a promotional video selling Action Transport Theatre's tour of Kevin Dyer's new play about the Brighton Bomb.
Knowsley Alcohol Harm Reduction Strategy (March 2006) - a series of short films for The Knowsley Partnership,  presenting various aspects of the Knowsley Alcohol Harm Reduction Strategy, for its launch on 10 March 2006.
The Consequence of Choice (March 2006) - a peer-education Cannabis Information film, created by young people from North Huyton for the young people of Knowsley. Client: Knowsley Drugs and Alcohol Action Team.
The Road 2 Work (May 2006) - an interactive DVD featuring the many services available through the Road 2 Work Partnership in North Huyton.
Sports for All (January 2007) - a promotional video celebrating the work of the North Huyton NDC Sports Development Team.

'On a Mission to Listen' - Peer Advocacy Training for Children and Young People (April 2008), an interactive training DVD for use in Liverpool's primary schools, commissioned by Liverpool City Council's Pupil Advocacy Team.    
The Peer Advocacy Training Programme, with this DVD at its core, received an 'Innovations Award' at the Liverpool City Council Inclusion Awards 2009. This Award is given for innovative practice which improves the life chances of disabled children and young people.

WE'VE GOT A RIGHT TO ... (December 2007), a 'peer-education DVD' about 'Children's Rights, which a group of young people in care produced during a film making residential weekend. Client: Cheshire County Council Children's Services.
NIGHT TRAIN
and on the night train (September 2007), a brace of films about 'running away', based around Action Transport's new play 'Night Train'. NIGHT TRAIN - for Action Transport - documents the collective writing process used to create the play, while 'on the night train'  - for Cheshire County Council Children's Services - presents issues around running away in a training format.

Clapperboard Youth Project 2007 (August 2007)
for clapperboard uk ltd. 7 Merseyside schools write and produce their own short film about 'slavery then and now'. Screening and Awards Ceremony at Philharmonic Hall Liverpool, Friday 5 October. Films can be seen on the clapperboard uk website.

Bringing Liverpool Alive (July 2007)

in partnership with Liverpool Culture Company and Creative Learning Network
6 schools celebrate Liverpool's 800th Birthday.
Screened at Philharmonic Hall Liverpool, Monday 15 October and from 19 October repeatedly on BBC Big Screen, Liverpool City Centre.