NewVIc Performing Arts students have been working on a social media project with facilitator and former Rising Star Vlogstar Challenge winner Justyn Hollett, exploring how to shoot, edit and produce their own vlogs.

This amazing training and competition is run by the Jack Petchey Foundation and Media Trust. The Vlogstar Challenge is also working in partnership with YouTube and the Evening Standard.

Vlogstar Challenge aims to equip young people with the skills to voice opinions on issues they care about. Now in its sixth year, Vlogstar Challenge has equipped more than 7,500 young people in the art of vlog making.

As well as learning the technical skills needed to produce impactful content, NewVIc students were also given the opportunity to discover and articulate what is important to them, in an engaging and positive way that gets noticed.

In the workshop students showcased the vlogs they produced in small groups to Justyn and other NewVIc staff and got feedback on their productions. All of the students that have taken part in the workshop will be invited to submit their best vlogs to the 2021 Vlogstar Challenge. Students watched Justyn’s winning vlog from 2017 titled ‘I am bravescar’, about his personal journey of suffering from third degree burns and scarring.

Students will now have the opportunity to develop their vlogs in preparation for the upcoming competition finals at YouTube and Google Headquarters. 

NewVIc student Ana Radu said:

“I really liked the whole workshop and that I was able to create a piece that said and meant alot to me. I really enjoyed the artistic freedom it gave me.”

NewVIc student Mandy Thompson said:

“What I found interesting was that the host of the workshop, Justyn had previously been a winner in 2017 and what I really enjoyed was taking images and videos and editing them by adding sound and music.”

NewVIc student La’Shay Read said:

“It was so exciting to have the chance to create something, edit it and then see the final piece.”