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Spotlight Films Empowering Young People
Using film to bring simple but vital and effective messaging to a global audience
Sport Allies uses film to bring simple but vital and effective messaging to a global audience. Pre-Covid, we produced three films that showcased leadership in making sport more inclusive, and we are currently working on two new films that will build on this legacy. We always aim to work with young people who are at the beginning of their media careers and have a particular interest in sport. We are grateful for the support of partners that include the London Film School, SKY Sports and the Black Collective of Media in Sport (BCOMS).Film is one of the most effective communication tools available, and modern technology means it has never been cheaper or easier to make film a core component of an effective communication strategy.
Impactful viral communication has been one of the great successes of the Warwick Rowers/Worldwide Roar project. With nearly nine million views throughout more than 140 countries, including countries with severely oppressive regimes that particularly affect women and LGBT populations, the WR project’s viral videos have been able to bring simple but vital and effective messaging to a global audience - an example of this can be seen below.
Sport Allies is proud to apply our learning from WR to creating Spotlight. We began work in late 2017 with London Film School and SKY Sports to develop a film project that would promote greater diversity and inclusion within sport.
Over an eighteen month period, the film development team explored various ways to achieve our key objectives, including an open competition to empower aspiring film-makers and a master class that would enable sporting influencers to create their own films.
After a challenging development process, we have now created a series of short films that combine the rigor and experience of established media professionals, the fresh perspectives and creativity of emerging talent, and the authentic stories of people whose lived experiences challenge assumptions about diversity and sport.
With support from professional mentors, London Film School’s recent graduates have created three films that we hope will engage, inform, challenge and inspire, inform. We are grateful to Sky Sports for donating post-production services, to London Film School for their huge investment of creative energy and to all our supports who have made this project possible.
The Barefoot Project: Why We Do It
In this seven minute short, the Warwick Rowers (who have since become Barefoot Man) talk on location from their 2018 calendar shoot about why they are so committed to their project and to Sport Allies. They discuss their own experiences of feeling excluded from sport, how objectification affects women in sport, and why getting naked is something to be proud of!
We are delighted to share with you 3 films created in conjunction with Sky Sports and London Film School.
