Product Overview
At the start of the school year, the ABC and Princess Pictures launched an unprecedented television experiment. After scouring the country and watching hundreds of auditions, they gave cameras to a diverse group of fourteen teenagers to film the most dramatic twelve months of their lives – Year 12. The resulting 'vlogumentary' series is packed with emotional, hilarity, heartbreak and suspense – what will their Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) numbers be? What will they go through to achieve these results?
Pioneering a new form of storytelling, there were no film crews, no producers on the ground, just fourteen teenagers self-documenting their stories straight to camera in their own way. The resulting footage captures the raw drama of their final year of school, and reminds us how pivotal Year 12 is, what the future looks like at eighteen, and shines a light now how this has changed over the years.
Inspired by the serious stress the ATAR is putting on kids, this series aims to create a national conversation about how well our education system prepares young people to enter further studies or the workforce.
In each episode the students talk about the issues they’re facing which include:
- the pressure of the impending ATAR exams – how they feel this will define their future
- parental, cultural and school pressures
- body image
- stress and anxiety
- and school and social life balance
The vlog diaries give the students an avenue to vent about these issues – their honest, candid, often humorous, and sometimes heartbreaking confessions will hit a nerve with all viewers.
