Noosa Film
  Academy

     Teachers, School Adminstrators and LGA Councillors Feedback

 

Subject: Re: Noosa Film Academy

Hey Andrea and Greg,

Thank you so much for the wonderful feedback, we really appreciate that, and also are

very appreciative to the two of you for sharing your expertise and wisdom on the Movie

Industry to the students who participated.

I apologise for not being able to get in more on Monday (ended being a very busy day), but all students I've spoken to yesterday morning were glowing in their praise of the workshop.

Many mentioned they were left 'inspired' to pursue studies in the Arts in the future - so

thank you so much.

And thank you for sharing those images and the slideshow from the workshop - I have

forwarded these images with a caption onto admin here at the school, who will hopefully put up a Facebook post on our school's facebook page to celebrate the workshop.

Thanks again! Hopefully we can have you here again next here

Kind Regards,

Kayne F -Head of Department: Humanities & Art 

Bowen QLD 4805

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John L

Subject: Noosa Film Academy - feedback

Hi John,

I hope this email finds you well. Today we had the pleasure of hosting the Noosa Film

Academy. Andrea and Greg Huglin worked yesterday with Gin Gin State High School creating a short movie.

Today they worked with close to 30 of our year 3 students creating a short film culminating in a red carpet event that our school hosted with over 130 community members in attendance.

As the program was supported by the Bundaberg Regional Council, 

thank you for your support of the arts and such a valuable program for our community.

Kind regards

Adam F

Principal

Gin Gin State School.

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"Thank you Andrea for providing a fantastic educational event for our students at Isis High as well as a very special social event to display their great work to their families. It is a truly rich and special activity that students take with them for the rest of their lives. I am glad that our partnership with the Noosa Film Academy has thrived for the past 4 years and I hope that it continues to be supported in the future. Isis High will always be an enthusiastic partner."

Andrew C HOD Arts Isis SHS

 

"Terrific work Andrea and Greg. So amazing to have your talents showcased with our

students in such a spectacular format. Thank you!"

Mrs Ollie O-, Deputy Principal Isis SHS

 

Subject: Testimonial The ripple effect

To whom it may concern,

Through developing, producing, and distributing a film, special-needs and mainstream students can work together, developing communication, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills —among many others.

Arts integration uses teaching practices that have been shown in brain-based research to improve comprehension and long-term retention. When students create original stories through film, they're creating new content from prior learning. This is known as metacognition, and is one of the best possible learning outcomes.

Learning outcomes developed in the filmmaking process include problem solving, critical thinking and collaboration which benefit kids in many other aspects of life.

Thanks to Lockyer Regional council our students and our school do not pay for the workshop.

Without this grant these low income students would have no other incursion or excursion.

The period 3 session is a very important component as the video editng tutorial's success is what really make the whole production experience meaningful.

In past years, the immediate experience of participating in the shoot, then seeing how it comes together in the edit has clarified the essence of film making and promotes student engagement.

Each year we run the workshop, this single experience (culminating in the post-production edit) improves student results considerably.

Andrea and Greg are super organised and always work really hard for us (e.g. - they don't take a break from the moment they arrive at 8am to when they leave after 4pm) to pack a lot of content into a short time.

Returning annually builds continuity and allows me to organise curriculum delivery to amplify the experience.

Yours sincerely, Simon R

LDHS Media: Lockyer District High School

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Hi Andrea and Greg,

Thank you both for all your time, patience and hard work yesterday with our Longreach State School students. We are very grateful that we had the opportunity to work with you both and hopefully we will get the chance again in the future to have this wonderful workshop at our school again.

Kind regards

Paul W

Principal — Longreach State School

 

Subject: RE: Noosa Film Academy fantastic filmmaking fun

Andrea and Greg,

We absolutely loved having you both here and working with our students. From their comments in their feedback you can see just howwonderful they fond the whole experience. Yes, yes, yes to next year if you are able to secure funding.

Wishing you both all the best as you travel up country and say hello from me to the lovely Natalie in Glenden when you get up there.

Warm regards

Jill Lees

PRINCIPAL

Moura State High School

 

Dear Andrea and Greg,

Thank you once again for visiting our school. We had a blast and learnt a lot.

I loved seeing the student feedback. Not often you get to see how they feel and it was great to see how positive they were. Other staff have commented on how great the film and acting was from all the students. Some even said that they have never seen certain sides of some of those students. Aren’t the arts just so important! | look forward

to hopefully working with your two in the future.

Warmest regards,

TATJANA N

Proston K-10 State School

 

Dear Andrea and Greg,

Thank you both so much for bringing your amazing program to Proston. | was really impressed with the finished video and know that that quality result would not be possible without enthusiastic participation by the students. Thank you for working with them so positively. | hope it’s possible for you to visit us again in the future.

Regards,

Andrew D

Principal

Proston K-10 State School

 

Good Morning Andrea,

It was our pleasure as always to have you here at Riverside. It is such an amazing

opportunity for the students and we always see an improvement in outcomes after your

visits.

| will be sending out the flyer this morning inviting the students and parents to attend thescreening on Saturday. As | mentioned on Tuesday, | will be unable to attend due to prior school commitments on Saturday. | really enjoyed attending last year's screening, so | am sad to miss this one.

| will send the photos through for approval ASAP and will let Paul and Amanda know as

soon as the photos have been checked.

Thanks again for sharing your knowledge and expertise, and we look forward to

welcoming you back next year.

Kindest Regards,

Chantelle C

Head of Film Department; Senior/Middle Film, TV & New Media Teacher

Bachelor Film & Screen Media Production, Graduate Diploma Secondary Teaching

 

 Thanks very much Andrea, to yourself and Greg

It's always a pleasure to see you both and to see the positive work you are doing

with students and film.

| picked up pizza tonight and there was a young guy working at dominos and he

recognised me from the session at Riverside. He waved at me and we had a chat

and he talked about how much he loved the session - so there's some more great

feedback.

Kind Regards

Paul Truscott

Councillor Division 3

Fraser Coast Regional Council

 

Good morning RADF committee,

| have spent the morning at Aldridge State High School, watching the process of

Andrea and Greg, from Noosa Films, one of the grants we gave.

There were twenty young people from the film & drama subject, across all

classes.

| am so glad we funded this project. The kids were engaged and proactive in the

process. Andrea and Greg are a great team to watch and everyone, including the

supervising teacher, who is also the Head of Department, got a lot out of it. | left at

11 and so they still have quite a bit to go for the day, but | wanted to share my

experience.

Kind regards,

Suzanne B (BEd),

 

Good afternoon Greg and Andrea,

I've just had the pleasure of the red carpet screening.

Just wanted to say thanks for bringing a little bit of magic to Glenden SS. Every one of our students who attended your workshop came away a little changed, in a good way. | saw students who are sometimes shy and reluctant to participate shine. | also saw those students who just found their groove, were comfortable to have a go and gave it their best shot. The best of all was to watch themall working and interacting as a team. Who will ever forget Marcus's 'escargot' hilarious!

Thanks to you and Isaac Council for giving my students every opportunity to grow and enjoy such an engaging and artistic

endeavour, all from our small remote campus.

Regards

Vicky B

Principal Glenden SS

 

 Hi Andrea and Greg,

Your workshops definitely exceeded our expectations yet again! You are indeed consummate professionals who clearly love what you do, and you do it so well.

You and Greg are both so encouraging of our students; inspiring and achieving such incredible outcomes, not only on film but in their own personal growth and confidence . If | could bottle you | would!

Thank you so much and we look forward to working with you again next year. Stay happy and healthy!!

Kind regards,

Sue L

slawn4@eq.edu.au

Head of Department (Curriculum)

Collinsville State High School

 

Hi Andrea and Greg,

Thank you both for all your time, patience and hard work yesterday with our Longreach State School students. We are very grateful that we

had the opportunity to work with you both and hopefully we will get the chance again in the future to have this wonderful workshop at our

school again.

Kind regards

Paul W

Principal — Longreach State School

School Motto: Good Deeds and Effort

 

Ngara Andrea and Greg,

Thank you again for being part of our Biggenden school community and always c

The students and staff were still talking about this today and most are very keen °

and the students about this. What a great way to involve our students’ parents/c

consideration of your time at Biggenden next year (grant pending of course).

We will share the movie, production stills and photographs with our school.

Again, thank you for coming to Biggenden SS and working with our students and

Yanande,

Raelinda A

Principal

 

Ngara Andrea and Greg!

Thank you so much for your beautiful pictures, videos and words....

We are definitely looking forward to seeing you again and sincerely appreciate your heart behind the project and your care for our kids.

I will most definitely be on the look out for funding sources and I’m sure we will be in touch again soon.

Best of luck with the rest of your travels this year and thanks again. The world needs more of what you do.... Thank you.

Kind regards,

Augie Graham | Deputy Principal

Eidsvold State School 

 

Hi Andrea

Thank you so much to you and Greg for the passion that you shared with our young people. It was wonderful to be in the background and what the day unfold. Your professionalism was a standout, along with your personalised engagement with

students. Thank you.

| will pass this information onto the students and communicate the enjoyment on our Facebook page for our families.

Thank you also for sharing films from previous years. We definitely look forward to next years’ experience.

Kind regards

Deputy Principal

Jeanette G

Cunnamulla P-12 State School

 

Hi Andrea and Greg,

Thank you for taking the time to give us such wonderful feedback about our students, staff and school! We are truly appreciative of the opportunity this has provided our students and very much look forward to further involvement in the

future. The students and staff are still buzzing from all of the excitement yesterday and | can’t wait to share this on our socials this afternoon so we can share it with the rest of our community.

The feedback notes are great! A really good insight into how the students felt and what they learned throughout the day.

Please let me know if you need any support in applications for further engagement next year.

Many thanks again,

Sarah T

Acting Principal

Tambo State School (K-10)

 

Hi Andrea,

In my job | get to meet some seriously cool people touching the lives of those who may not ordinarily have the chance of exposure to experiences outside of their everyday. You and Greg are seriously cool people! | loved the energy and positive message spread throughout those kids yesterday to just go for it — do what you love. | had spent a heavy day in a Suicide Prevention workshop, my visit to North High was the perfect antidote oD) | am very grateful | got to experience a small taste of what you both do so well and really looking forward to Saturday night.

I’ve already created a social media post (Councillor Michelle Green) but will add some most photos. Thank you for providing some great shots.

Massive gratitude back for your passion and motivation to provide different educational opportunities for our regional youth.

Warm regards,

Cr Michelle Green

Michelle Green |Councillor | Mackay Regional Council