Harmony Day - Same Drum
Multilingual Music Video to Celebrate Diversity
Interview with Director/Producer Poppy van Oorde-Grainger
Watch Harmony Day - Same Drum here:
Congratulations! Why did you make your music video?
To celebrate cultural diversity and empower young people. To give these young artists an opportunity to share their talents and stories.
Imagine I’m a member of the audience. Why should I watch this music video?
It’s a killer tune with stunning visuals and a powerful message. Hip-shakin’ goose pimplin’ feels guaranteed!
How do personal and universal themes work in your music video?
The young migrants who made this video are calling for all cultures living in Australia to be united and live in happiness and peace.
Their song, SAME DRUM delivers a strong message to other migrants about embracing life in Australia, while never forgetting about where you come from.
How have the script and music video evolved over the course of their development?
The song came out of a script-writing workshop for a short film. It was intended as the theme song but it turned out so well that we decided to make a music video for it.
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What type of feedback have you received so far?
The young people have been interviewed on SBS and ABC and the video has already racked up tens of thousands of views in its first few days of release!
Has the feedback surprised or challenged your point of view?
The feedback’s been overwhelmingly positive and the young artists have really enjoyed the national exposure.
What are you looking to achieve by having your music video more visible on www.wearemovingstories.com?
We would love for everyone to share the video on social media, especially on Wednesday 21st March for Harmony Day.
We want to increase diversity on screen and share the message of the song far and wide.
Who do you need to come on board (producers, sales agents, buyers, distributors, film festival directors, journalists) to amplify this music video’s message?
We would love to screen the video in as many ways as possible, both online and through traditional media outlets and festivals.
What type of impact and/or reception would you like this music video to have?
Making the video has already had a huge positive impact on the people who made it, and we hope that radiates out to the audiences who see it.
Rapper Juk Yuang said that the song, to her, was about acceptance. “I just hope people will accept each other as one, cos we’re all the same, it doesn’t matter where you come from, your culture, who you are, we’re basically human beings”.
Frank Mucho, another rapper on the track said “Sometimes people look down on people that don’t speak English, but this project gives us an opportunity to explore our ideas and talents and break stereotypes.”
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What’s a key question that will help spark a debate or begin a conversation about this music video?
What does it mean to be a young migrant in Australia?
What other projects are the key creatives developing or working on now?
We are continuing work on the script for our short film, which we plan to shoot later this year. The director / producer is also working on this project: http://three.spaced.org.au/know-thy-neighbour-galup
Interview: March 2018
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Same Drum
Multilingual Music Video to Celebrate Diversity
Length: 3 minutes 24 seconds
Director: Poppy van Oorde-Grainger
Producer: Poppy van Oorde-Grainger
About the writer, director and producer:
Poppy van Oorde-Grainger is a filmmaker and artist specialising in collaborating with communities. Her work has been broadcast on Nickelodeon, SBS and ABC and presented at numerous festivals including London International Festival of Theatre, Japan Media Arts Festival, ImagineNATIVE in Canada and Ars Electronic in Austria.
Looking for: collaborators, impact producers, buyers, distributors, film festival directors, journalists and organisations that would like to partner on future projects
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/akolkoldastangesa
Twitter: @same_drum
Funders: Australia Council for the Arts
Made in association with: Beyond Empathy, Community Arts Network, DADAA and Aranmore Catholic College
Where can I watch it next and in the coming month? https://www.facebook.com/akolkoldastangesa/videos/168162653842715/
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