UNDERDOG CREW STUDIOS
DB Morgan’s Underdog Crew studios
As a mental health survivor, anxiety sufferer and general all-round underdog, DB Morgan is proud to welcome under-represented and minority groups into all his filmmaking exploits. Having trialled his ‘youth involvement project’ during the shoot of his 2010, MTV competition winning, short film, ‘Subject 3’ he quickly learned that everybody h
as something to offer in a creative environment and crew members on the autism/asperger’s spectrum especially came away empowered and motivated from their experiences on set. UNDERDOG CREW EMPOWERMENT THROUGH:
Building confidence through teamwork! A nurturing environment to develop new creative ideas. Encouragement, guidance and signposting into further learning. Self sufficiency/responsibility through daily rota’d lunch cooking Taking ownership of choices based around positive actions
“When I was younger, I never really believed in myself, I never really had confidence in many things. From issues from my childhood. My parents suffer from mental illness and it was really tough. I always felt like I couldn’t achieve anything, and I have nothing to show to the world. I had a dark stage in my life dealing with a lot of suicidal thoughts. This team and film have given me a sense of purpose, and the title alone just shows how I feel now in life. After dealing with a lot of stuff and gradually picking myself up. This experience has given me faith.”
JAMIE WRIGHT (19) FOUNDING UNDERDOG CREW MEMBER and GRADUATED MENTOR
Fully DBS registered Underdog Crew team members, chaperoning daily groups of up to ten attendees in live film set environments at our studio base. Monthly specialist filmmaking workshops. Annual prize giving/graduation ceremony. High intensity creative filmmaking workshops. www.megalodonstudios.co.uk/underdog
