No Change - A Short Film about Homelessness
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Homelessness effects every region of the UK.
After spending a year living in East London, I have come to discover the sheer scope of the homeless problem we face as a society. Specifically, in the Stratford area you could find over 100 people making the shopping centre their home for the night. Putting down cardboard and rolling out sleeping bags. It isn’t safe. It isn’t right.
1 in 25 people in Newham, London are currently homeless (BBC News).
But it’s not just London. Countrywide, homelessness has affected thousands and is only getting worse. Yet the stigma and negative stereotypes still remain. I want to do my part in helping end homelessness. However little it may be.
That’s why I’m creating a short film delving into what it is like to be homeless.
Back in October I met a man named Andrew Fraser (middle). He, like many others, has spent a large proportion of his life living on the streets. Andrew, emotionally scarred yet maintaining a unique sense of humour, recalls his time living on the streets of East London with other rough sleepers. He mentioned the bitter lows and the coping mechanisms he had that got him through those dark days.
The Film is led by Andrew's own words to describe what it is genuinely like.
The Docu-Drama will be 10-15 minutes long. Starting in the Stratford Centre, we follow Andrew through a typical day as he, in his own words ‘asks for help’.
The production is managed by Final year Film and Video Production Technology students at The University of Surrey as part of our Final Creative Project.
As we are a student run project, we are currently running from a zero budget. As production comes round, expenses for us (locations, paying actors, props etc) will increase tenfold. With your help you will be contributing to funding a project which will promote homelessness awareness and promote a change of perspective around the topic.
We ask for any size donation, big or small to help fund the project. And any excess we don’t spend on the project will be donated to a charity of Andrew’s choice. So you will be helping the most vulnerable people!
We start shooting at the end of January 2020.
Thank you,
Zak Jaques (Director/Producer)
After spending a year living in East London, I have come to discover the sheer scope of the homeless problem we face as a society. Specifically, in the Stratford area you could find over 100 people making the shopping centre their home for the night. Putting down cardboard and rolling out sleeping bags. It isn’t safe. It isn’t right.
1 in 25 people in Newham, London are currently homeless (BBC News).
But it’s not just London. Countrywide, homelessness has affected thousands and is only getting worse. Yet the stigma and negative stereotypes still remain. I want to do my part in helping end homelessness. However little it may be.
That’s why I’m creating a short film delving into what it is like to be homeless.
Back in October I met a man named Andrew Fraser (middle). He, like many others, has spent a large proportion of his life living on the streets. Andrew, emotionally scarred yet maintaining a unique sense of humour, recalls his time living on the streets of East London with other rough sleepers. He mentioned the bitter lows and the coping mechanisms he had that got him through those dark days.
The Film is led by Andrew's own words to describe what it is genuinely like.
The Docu-Drama will be 10-15 minutes long. Starting in the Stratford Centre, we follow Andrew through a typical day as he, in his own words ‘asks for help’.
The production is managed by Final year Film and Video Production Technology students at The University of Surrey as part of our Final Creative Project.
As we are a student run project, we are currently running from a zero budget. As production comes round, expenses for us (locations, paying actors, props etc) will increase tenfold. With your help you will be contributing to funding a project which will promote homelessness awareness and promote a change of perspective around the topic.
We ask for any size donation, big or small to help fund the project. And any excess we don’t spend on the project will be donated to a charity of Andrew’s choice. So you will be helping the most vulnerable people!
We start shooting at the end of January 2020.
Thank you,
Zak Jaques (Director/Producer)
Spendenteam: Homeless Project Team (2)
Zak Jaques
Organisator
England
Matt Stoolman
Team member
