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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
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
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
What is Writing Action? Last week, on our Movie Class, we read the kids first approach to their stories. Their stories had a lot of the elements we had talked about before, such as a conflict, a somewhat clear story, and a beginning, middle and end. However, almost none of … Continue reading
After our last class, our little filmmakers came ready with their first drafts of their scripts, ready for a table read. Miss I’s was actually a rewrite, as she made some changes after the suggestions given to her last week. So today we have the kids reading scripts they’ve been … Continue reading
The First Script After last week’s exploration of why conflict is important in telling stories, today we had the first script written down. And this triggered the search for “If I had a super power… what would it be?” Little Miss I diligently wrote down her story for the class … Continue reading
What is the Story Conflict? We had our second Movie Class yesterday, and my little filmmakers explored what makes stories move forward and be interesting: The Story Conflict. Last week we talked about the Importance of Story. I had asked the kids to think over the week, as their homework, … Continue reading