u/girlwithtboyswag

I recently finished Friday Night North, a documentary about youth culture and the spaces teenagers create for themselves in the North East of England.

I shot it on a phone, organised the contributors myself, conducted the interviews and edited the final film.

The project started as a much smaller idea and changed significantly after people began sending me their own stories.

The finished film is here:

https://youtu.be/Byo4NAmdMW0?is=FuKeRB3BrfFagdT6

I'd genuinely appreciate constructive feedback from other filmmakers, especially on the directing, editing and documentary structure.

What would you have done differently?

I'm hoping to keep making documentaries and narrative films, so criticism is very welcome.

Over the last few months I've been making a 10-minute documentary called Friday Night North.

It started with me wondering why so many teenagers end up spending their Friday nights in fields, parks, skateparks, streets and other places that aren't really designed for them.

I started asking people about their experiences, and ended up getting messages from teenagers and young adults across the North telling me about their own "spots" and what growing up was like where they lived.

I filmed the documentary locally and made it independently, mostly using my phone.

It's now finished and on YouTube:

https://youtu.be/Byo4NAmdMW0?is=FuKeRB3BrfFagdT6

I'm not just posting this to promote it. I'd genuinely love to hear from people around Newcastle and the North East:

Where did you and your friends go when you were teenagers? Was there a particular place that everyone knew about?

I'd also love to meet other local filmmakers, photographers and creatives who are interested in collaborating on future projects.