Participant Callout : Pocket Money

published 8/8/2025
Callout for paricipants for new project taking place September - November 2025


Pocket Money is a new moving image work that playfully and sincerely explores the experience of first-time employment. Using stop motion animation of plasticine, objects and images, in combination with film, the artwork will draw on and illustrate a collage of stories that are creative responses to research and filming conducted with young participants. Resulting in a work that uses surrealism and humour to explore experiences and emotions of young people entering the workforce as they move from being a ‘dependant’ to an adult, and how this experience may connect with becoming an independent consumer.

I am seeking participants for this new commissioned moving image work exploring youth employment. The work will be presented in Adelaide in 2026. The project is supported by Creative Australia and Carclew Youth Arts.

Who I am looking for:
Young people working their first job. You can be working in any industry, and you could have only just started your first job or perhaps you have been there for a while. 

What the project will require from you:
There are a few different ways you can be involved.
I am seeking young people who are willing to be filmed for a minimum of 1 x session*. We are looking to film scenes from your daily work life including things such as:
    - preparing for work
    - commuting to & from work
    - you at work doing your job (subject to employer permission— the project team can assist with requesting your workplace for permission to film)
    - you engaging in hobbies/activities that your earnings fund
    - you can also be provided with materials to make a sculpture to be animated if you are not able to be filmed, and/or you can loan some of your things that you have purchased with money earned from your job to be brought to life in animation. 

Prior to working on the project, participants under 18 will be required to provide a release/permission form signed by a parent or guardian. Participants 18 or over will be required to sign a release form.  

*Participants will be paid for sessions at a minium rate of $17.67 per hour (minimum pay rate of 3 hrs/ $53) - rate subject to change according to participant age.
Together with cinematographer Liam Somerville and I, we can schedule these filming sessions to suit you. The amount of sessions per participant will be confirmed once participants are confirmed.

When the project is happening: 
From September - November 2025 filming will take place. Filming session scheduling will take place in early September in conversation with participants. Session timing will be flexible.

What will you get out of the project?
- Your name will be credited for your contributions to the project when the work is displayed, and in any accompanying publications
- You will be paid for your time participating in filming

Who is working on the project:
Lead Artist: Emmaline Zanelli
Producer: Alice McCool
Cinematographer and Editor: Liam Somerville
Writer: Dr Autumn Royal

How to get involved:

Click through to this form, answer a few questions, and either Emmaline or Alice will respond to you via your preffered contact method with more information.

If you have any questions at all, please don’t hesitate to email them through to emmalinezanelli@yahoo.com.au

Thankyou!