Young people in Logan City leading discussions and action towards ending gender-based violence in their region, have teamed up with Griffith Film School (GFS) to produce a series of animated clips that challenge harmful behaviours in relationships.
Non-profit organization YFS, which houses youth ambassadors in the #R4Respect program, approached Griffith Film School to create short animations that would effectively deliver their message of education and violence-prevention across social media channels.
Animation Program Director at GFS, Dr Peter Moyes accepted the Producer role and brought in talented Honours student William Pietsch to work on the project. “William came up with some fantastic concepts. Through discussions with YFS Ambassadors, we developed the project, with Will breathing life into the ideas with his incomparable stylings,” said Peter.
The series of short animations deal with coercion, control, sexting, cat calling and ‘locker-room talk’. The clips were officially launched in May at the Griffith Film School, with Director of