Monday, November 12, 2012

Losers


Losers from Everynone on Vimeo.

National Bullying Awareness Week: 'Losers' Creators, Everynone, Fight Back With Film

The Huffington Post Canada   by Arti Patel

Cyber-bullying affected a kid aged 8 - 17 in about every 10th household in Canada this year, according to Statistics Canada.

On top of this, 35 per cent of kids said they have witnessed bullying on a daily basis, according to a Kids Help Phone independent survey. National Bullying Awareness Week wraps up this weekend with schools and community groups pledging to "stand up" against bullying across the country. And one group of filmmakers has taken a unique approach to make the public care.

"Losers," a short film that appeared online this week, is a look at a cross-section of teens in a high school. With students portrayed as bullying or being bullied, the film conveys a similar message to the popular "It Gets Better" campaign, reassuring kids that we've all been there. But the expert filming and emotional impact go beyond that, showing the hurt and pain in the moment, and asking kids to take a step back and think about how they're actually behaving.

Daniel Mercadante, Will Hoffman, and Julius Metoyer III, the minds behind Everynone, a New York-based production company that created the short, reveal the inspirations and experiences behind the film. 

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