Sixteen Project - How to take part

An opportunity to tell your story to the world, and be part of a UK-wide exhibition of 16-year olds across the country. Also - participants whose stories are selected by the curators WILL RECEIVE AN AMAZON GIFT VOUCHER FOR £20 and WIN AN ALL-EXPENSES PAID TRIP FOR THEMSELVES AND A FAMILY MEMBER TO SEE VISIT THE EXHIBITION AND STAY OVER.

All you need to take part is to be 16 years old, live in or near Hastings in East Sussex, and use Facetime. There are three ways to take part - either by me interviewing you, or by you self-recording answers to questions, or by you and a friend interviewing each other:

A) To be interviewed by me, just send me an email at lottie@lottiedavies.com and let me know you'd like to be part of Sixteen, and we'll arrange a time. Simple!

B) To self-record, make a smartphone video recording of yourself answering the questions below at number 3.

C) To take part as a pair, you each need to be 16, and have access to computers with FaceTime enabled. You will record a video conversation between the two of you and send the files to me, and then I will watch and edit them for the exhibition.

There is no need to worry about what you sound like, it's not a test; I'm just interested in what you think and say and it doesn't matter at all if you stumble over words, I can just cut those bits out. If you would like to add any photographs, text conversations, screengrabs or anything else that you feel would tell the world more about you and what you think, feel free to send those to me too and I will add them in. I will send you the edited version once it's finished, so there will be no surprises at the exhibition.

What to do:

(you can download these instructions as a Word doc here which might be easier to use while recording)

1. You will need to have FaceTime on your computer. If you use a Mac system, it will already be installed, but if

you use a PC you will need to download and install the app (instructions here).

2. Call your friend on Facetime, making sure that QuickTime is recording on both of your screens, and

recording sound using the internal microphone, before you do.

3. Use these questions to guide a conversation with your friend (or your self-recording):

Please introduce yourself - your name, where you are, a bit about your life - as you are using video, you could show us around your home, introduce your family/pets, if you like.

Tell me what it's like to be 16 years old in 2018.
Tell me about your dreams/personal ambitions/hopes for the future.
What are you afraid of?
When are you happy?
Tell me what you think about the world now and in the future - what do you think it will be like when you're twice as old as you are now?
Is there anything more you'd like to say, to add to the recording?

4. Once you have finished the conversation, stop recording and be sure to save the videos.

5. Send the video files to me, at lottie@lottiedavies.com - if it's too big for your data allowance or email service, upload it to WeTransfer via a PC or Mac - it's a free service www.wetransfer.com - if you have any problems, call or text me on 07976 431345 and I will give you the password to my WeTransfer account.

6. Complete the 'Subject Image Release' form with your parent/guardian and post it to me, or let me know when I could pick it up from you. My address is 31 Castle Street, Farnham, Surrey GU9 7JB. I will send you a copy of the edited version of the video so you can see what it looks like before the exhibition. I will send you your Amazon voucher by email, and of course you will be invited to the opening of the exhibition, so prepare to be a star of the show!

Many many thanks for considering taking part - I am very grateful for your time and I can't wait to 'meet' you on video.

Lottie

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