TRAVEL TIPS
CREATIVITY
ADVENTURE
VEGAN FOOD
DISCOVERY
COACHING
travel for creative peeps!
FILM. Come along on a filmmaking adventure with a twist. You will get to make a film in an exotic major city or a village off the beaten track. You will work on a short, feature or documentary with other filmmakers from around the world, and see it premiere at an international film festival. You will be exposured to unusual locations and settings, and volunteer your skills in the local community, while shooting the film.
THEATRE. In our theatre adventures, you will work on a play with other actors from around the globe, and perform it on the stage in a stage halfway across the world. You will participate in theatre education, both learning techniques from the Meisner and Strasberg methods, as well as clowning, mime and movement. As well we this, you will volunteer your skills in the local community, until the finale... the stage performance.
DANCE. In our dance workshops, you will learn specific dance to the location where you will be traveling to, this could range from salsa to ballet, or traditional ethnic dances. You will begin your day with Pilates or Yoga on the beach, or on a mountaintop, to stretch and be in touch with nature. You will then spend the day learning from local teachers, and volunteering your skills, until your final performance.
MUSIC & DJ'ING. Whatever your preferred style of music, learn how to DJ with one of Australia's best DJs. You will learn everything about the music process from writing, through to recording, laying down tracks, DJing, running a radio show and making a music video. You will have the opportunity to visit some of the best spots in Australia over the summer, including music festivals and locals in the music scene.
SURF N SKATE. Our Surf n Skate programs generally include a surf and skate teaching element, from a local surfer/skater, followed by hours of surf and skate practice in the surrounding location, wherever it may be... Fiji, Australia, Brazil, etc. One major element of the Surf n Skate program is making a short film or documentary film, as well as a small portion of time spent volunteering in the local community, in order to really experience the location you are living in.
PHOTOGRAPHY. These programs are full of action and fun. You will likely get to shoot in both an urban and rural out-of-the-way setting, which will add to the uniqueness of your project(s). Each participant will work individually or in a group to produce a project, either a studio project or documentary project. Part of the program includes volunteering, and visiting neighboring towns to gain inspiration. There will be tour guides and teachers on hand, and a final gallery showing.
CREATIVE RETREATS
CREATIVE TRAVEL + ADVENTURE + VOLUNTEERING
What is creative travel?
Creative travel is a form of adventure travel, which includes many of the traits of adventure travel --travel off the beaten track, volunteering and action sports-- but with the emphasis being on creative endeavors while on your vacation. For example, filmmaking a documentary while volunteering in an orphanage in Nepal, making a short fiction film while on a surf and skate program in Fiji, a salsa dance holiday in Brazil, or a photography trip to the Andes. The main focus becomes the artistic activity, but does not take away from the adventure of the location.
What kind of volunteering will I do?
Volunteering is a very important part of the programs with Barefeet Adventures. While our vacations are based on fun and adventure, we are also firm believers in eco-tourism --which in our case means, giving back to the community, helping the environment, animal welfare, employing locals, and teaching our skills to the community. Volunteering will vary from one location to the next, much of the volunteering may include teaching your newly-found filmmaking (or other creative skills) to kids, teens or adults in the community, or perhaps volunteering with a local NGO in wildlife maintenance, or attending to their marketing needs, ot maybe even teaching locals creative skills, literacy skills or computer skills. Generally, the morning might be spent volunteering for a few hours, and the afternoon reserved for your creative endeavors, or vice versa.
What you must remember as a filmmaker, artist or photographer, is that these experiences will help you in the filmmaking and other creative processes. As you are new to the location, it will help you to learn more about the place, culture, and its people, so when filming time comes around you have a better grasp on how to communicate with local actors and crew, not to mention that your time spent observing your surroundings will make for a more authentic film.
PROGRAMS INCLUDE: Equipment hire (different for each program), full time use of our classroom/office location, accommodation, teachers, local tour guide, camping fees and transport for local trips, volunteer fees, PETA donation, international film festival entry, final performance/event/gallery (depending on each program), and goodbye dinner.
let me help you prepare. find your destiny based on your budget.
it doesn't just take money to travel. preparation is like cash.