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Title: NATIVE ROOTS

Reference number: 8231

Date: 2002

Director: d. Iain Piercy

Sponsor: Scottish Arts Council National Lottery Fund, Scottish Natural Heritage, Forestry Commission, Millennium Forest for Scotland [Scottish Screen]

Production company: Active Abriachan Group & Golspie High School

Sound: sound

Colour: col

Fiction: fiction

Running time: 7.40 mins

Description: A dramatic animation illustrating the history of local native woodlands which emphasises the interconnectedness of man and the environment. Created by young people from Golspie High School and the Active Abriachan Group.

Featured in Programme 1 "Films by Children and Young People" - part of Scottish Students on Screen, 2002.

Scottish Students on Screen (SSoS) is a one day festival designed to foster stronger links between education and the moving image industries. It is managed by BAFTA and funded by Scottish Screen, and has been running a innovative programme of events since 1999. Features sessions, screenings, workshops and masterclasses providing all you need to know about getting into the industry

Credits: Native Roots
anim. Katie Barr, Alena Ross, Flora Cook, Iain McLaren, Anna Renouf, Hayley Coe, Mark Foster, Kelly Smith, Patrick Thiriwall, Ishbel Barr, Neil McLaughlin, Ryan Bird, Eilidh Barr, Roderick McCall, Mary Somerville, Tassie McMorran, Michael Hawco, libby Walker, Euan Polson, Richard Parkin
with thanks to Ann Mackay, Suzanna Barr, Jake Jackson, Ian Bell, Golspie High School, Charlie Webster, Tom Sharp, Irene Watson, Anna Webster
m. Ian MacMillan
m. perf. the Groove Brothers and Croft No.5
ed. Dave Burns
sd. Gerald Muir
d. Iain Piercy

funded by the Scottish Arts Council National Lottery Fund, Scottish Natural Heritage, forestry Commission, Millennium Forest for Scotland

Shotlist: [1:01:57] Native Roots gvs int. forest, paintings and plasticine animation, sea shore, animation of birds using grass, stones. Trees being cut down, stumps. Shots of building on countryside. Logging. Litter. Oil pollution in sea. Chemicals. Fly tipping. Sheep. Children's hands picking up litter, then planting seeds, animated plants growing. Wildlife including deer. Gvs natural countryside, animals, trees, landscape, forest in harmony [1:07:18] ecs [1:09:37]