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
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
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
A Movie Class for 6 year-old Kids A couple of weeks back I had the idea to teach my daughter and 3 other friends about making movies, so I talked to the respective moms and yesterday we had our first class. For the beginning class I wanted to stress to… Continue reading
The first time I heard of Centopia, was when Little Miss I and her carpool buddy Mr. J were chatting away on the back seat. She claimed that she really was from this place called Centopia, and her friend said he actually was from Mars. I asked Little Miss… Continue reading
If you follow my posts, you probably know Little Miss I (my 6 year-old daughter) got cast as the lead character for the Spanish version of a Russian cartoon called Masha and the Bear. Ever since she got the part, I decided to write about what I learned directing my… Continue reading
As per my previous post, today was supposed to be Little Miss I’s acting debut doing the lead voice for Masha and the Bear. However, last night she came down with a high fever and a headache, and woke up vomiting too. So, what to do when a child actress… Continue reading
As some of you might know, before being a mommy I was a writer-director for film and TV. I took a little break when my Tiny A came last year, after a complicated pregnancy, but now I’m back and directing my daughter! Right before Tiny A was born I did… Continue reading