📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Jokes die Circusschule (Jokes the circus school)
In 1998, young circus enthusiasts founded their own circus school together with artists and teachers. Since then, young and young-at-heart artists from 4 to 99 years have been able to help shape the circus school.
In 2020, after a long period of planning, the school was finally able to move to its own space and set up its own circus tent, where shows are performed regularly. In addition, the Circus School has a hall for training. Almost 260 children and young people use these halls every week to do circus together. In addition, there are more than 300 children and young people who are looked after at schools on a weekly basis.
https://www.circusjokes.de/ (only in German)
The ijgd has been organising volunteer service programmes since 1949. We are an independent, non-profit association for international youth work, a recognised independent youth welfare organisation, and one of the largest and oldest workcamp organisations in Germany. Each year, we assist around 5,000 young people into volunteer work in Germany and abroad. We give them the opportunity to be creative, act in solidarity, take responsibility for themselves, and discover their own true potential and strengths. Our principles: Ecological learning, voluntary contribution, self-organisation, social development, intercultural learning, gender equality, anti-racism/anti-discrimination and political education.
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💼 What the programme involves
Shoot a short film together and beautify a circus space with art and crafts! - You can try this out at this international art camp. "Learning by doing" is the order of the day, so you can collect ideas and try things out in small groups.
In the first week, you will show off your craft and artistic skills and improve the site of the Jokes Circus School, a children's and youth project with a real circus tent.
In addition to the tent, there are mainly shipping containers on the site, which serve as offices, toilets, storage rooms, dining and meeting rooms and will also be used by you during the camp. You will carry out various craft and gardening activities to beautify the circus site. For example, as you can see in the photos, you will build a roof construction between two containers and pave new paths on our circus site. In between, there will also be some juggling, acrobatics or aerial artistry.
More information about Jokes Die Circusschule (Jokes – The circus school) can be found here: https://www.circusjokes.de/ (unfortunately only in German)
In the second week, you will learn how to create short films - from the initial idea to completion. After an introduction to the technology, you will develop a storyline and start filming. Whether it's a short feature film with you as the actors or a short documentary film - you can tell your own little story. There are no limits to your imagination. In addition to the many different filming techniques, you will also learn how to edit and add sound to your films (probably using the freely available video editing programme CapCut). Previous knowledge is not required, but would be appreciated. You will be guided by an experienced film and photo journalist. The film workshop will take place from Monday 29 July to Friday 2 August from approx. 9am to 5pm.
You can find some films from the last camps here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1xBVom-lk8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5v5vcVpV2I4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZQaPuy4L-g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIN6k_QkKVM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGHE-Z2kZGc
🏠 Accommodation on site
You sleep on air beds in two rooms of a container school right next to the circus square where you work. Toilets are available both at the school and at the circus site. The kitchen, shower and table and chairs for eating and discussing are located on the circus field. There is also a nearby youth space where you can eat and stay.
🍲 Food
You will cook together. Money for food will be provided. Vegetarian or vegan meals are possible. Please state any intolerances during registration.
📍 About the location
Your accommodation is close to Bremen's city centre in a lively district. From there you can explore the 1,200-year-old Hanseatic city of Bremen (www.bremen.de) on foot or by bus, with its many sights, cultural offerings, nightlife scene and many shopping opportunities. On the days off, excursions to the North Sea coast (e.g. Bremerhaven), to Hamburg or other cities are possible.
⚠️ Requirements
good English knowledge; Interest in filming, technology and editing; please bring along three topics you would like to make a film about; no previous film experience is necessary
ℹ️ Additional information
There is 195,-€ additional fee for the media study part for everybody + 150€ extra teenage fee but ONLY for international Teenagers who apply for this camp (under 18)
You will receive more detailed information after confirming your registration with the specific info sheet for your camp.