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The Importance of Playing Shows in Other Languages on Netflix A few months ago, I became aware that you could play shows on Netflix in other languages. I discovered this as I love watching international movies and series with subtitles. One day I realized there was an option for the … Continue reading
The Last Review As the school year comes to a close, we’re finally preparing in Movie Class to shoot the Kids’ movies! This class we reviewed their rewritten scripts, made a few changes in dialogue and action, getting things ready to move forward with the actual production of their work. … Continue reading
What is Constructive Criticism We kicked off our latest Movie Class by watching what the kids had done last time, seeing their pictures with dialogue. I wanted them to watch their films carefully, but also pay close attention to their friends’ movies too. I wanted to teach them how important … Continue reading
What is Scratch? Scratch is an online programming language and online community for kids developed by MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). It started at the Longlife Kindergarten media lab at MIT, a group whose goal is sowing the seeds for a more creative society. With Scratch, Kids can create their … Continue reading
The Leica Reel This week we recorded the voices of the kids doing table readings of their scripts. We then proceeded to combine their photo stories with voices, so they could make a sort of Leica Reel, which is being able to see the pictures while hearing the voices. After … Continue reading
Finally taking the Camera Last Tuesday, the kids finally got to hold the camera! Once they were done with their Storyboards, I wanted them to take pictures with toys and make their photo stories based on the drawings they had made. It was the best way to let them see … Continue reading
I know I come late to the party, as the movie opened more than 10 days ago, but I just went to see the New Cinderella with my 6 year-old daughter (better known as Miss I) last Saturday. Regardless on my not being particularly timely with this review, I wanted … Continue reading
Last Sunday I finally had the chance to go see Tomm Moore’s Song of the Sea, the Irish hand-drawn animation who was nominated for the 2015 Academy Awards for Best Animated film. Tomm Moore is also known as the director of The Secret of Kells , an animated film about … Continue reading
What is a Storyboard? This past Movie Class, I told the kids they were ready for the next step: storyboarding. Once they had their scripts finished with action and dialogue, we moved on to the visualizing of the film, and working out the details of their stories. In order to … Continue reading
This week in movie class, I only had two kids, because our third guy was sick. After last week’s class on Writing Action, JS and Miss I brought their scripts, now with actions included. As I knew I was only going to have two kids, I decided to do something … Continue reading
