Tommy Code is the product of a collaborative effort between a wide range of creative practitioners and the many young people within the scheme. Tommy Code is a darkly humorous tale of one boy harbouring a Bond inspired facade and his relationship with his friend Charlie. Set in the year 1967, it is a quirky tale of a summer in Tommy’s life, and required the young people to research the era to find out what would matter to a teenage boy at that time. Shot on the Sony EX 1 with a Red Rock system, it captures the detailed set built by the young people, in stunning quality. Donkey Stone Films were the practitioners on this project, and worked alongside contributors from local universities and creative industries. Tommy Code is the result of the amalgamation of skills apparent in the young people within The Propel Project and a symbol of how the project achieves its goal in unifying young people through the medium of creative arts.

A short documentary chronicling the Propel Project’s ethos and opportunistic approach to youthful creatives and the collaborative effort in creating the short film ‘Tommy Code’. The Propel project is a collaboration between The Mighty Creatives, Hub Agency and Broadway Media Centre. The project was about up skilling creative practioners to work with young people across the East Midlands. Around 50 young people worked with musicians, filmmakers, designers and writers to produce the short film Tommy Code. The film itself is completely original, the costumes, set , music and script were all created by the young people involved in the project. The project is part of a pilot scheme that we plan to develop further this year. The Propel Project is a testament to how a creative community can be achieved through the unity of young people and their mentors. This documentary highlights these various assets of the project and documents the ever-present passion the project achieves in bringing an opportunity to various youths.