Glam frocks expected for Roscars at Rollywood
Published on 15 November, 2004
Rolleston residents are expected to glam it up for the presentation of ‘Roscars’ at the 2nd annual Rollywood Film Festival.
Entries in the festival have been produced by students from five of the district’s primary schools, with guidance by CQU video producer Peter Lawrence.
Lawrence will return to help with judging when the films are presented on an outdoor screen on Friday night, November 19.
Schools invoved were Rolleston, Orion, Tresswell, Lochington and Arcadia.
Organiser for the project was Bloss Hickson, who caught “a multimedia bug” and began a film-making course when she spent a few years living in Sydney.
“Being a country girl at heart I was disappointed how little city folk knew of the bush and how little they cared. I soon craved for the bush and its people and when I returned, I was keen to capture stories of the bush to share with our urban others,” Ms Hickson said.
She said the film project started at Rolleston School last year and had been extended to the other schools this year. A second year of funding from the Priority Country Area Program and the Regional Arts Development Fund had enabled return visits by CQU’s Peter Lawrence and Athene Currie of the Flying Arts School, who helped add polish to the process.
“This year, we decided the project needed a bit more direction and adult inspiration, so the students were asked to interview a grandparent and collect some good \'yarns\'. There were some fantastic stories, quirky, historic, and \'bushie\',” Ms Hickson said.
“We attempted the achievable ones and came up with 10 good bush yarns on film. Peter and Athene returned to run their respective workshops and we all enjoyed exploring more of the country culture.
“There are 10 different catagories including the big one, ‘The Goldern Yarn’, a perpetual trophy. We hope this will stir Grannies on to share more of those great tales and students to capture the essence of the bush, so we can all share our unique identity in the global melting pot.” Photos: Bloss Hickson and Peter Lawrence with students from Lockington School.