Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Pre-Production: Planning, Planning, Planning!





After learning and practising all of the filmmaking skills necessary to make a short documentary, the class set about planning their own films.  This included researching, preparing interview questions and storyboarding.

Monday, May 18, 2009

Through the Lens







Today we expanded our interviewing skills and stepped outside in our documentary film crews - Director/Interviewer, Camera Operator and Interviewee.  Everyone did extremely well working in teams to film their interviews.

Monday, May 11, 2009

Interviews in Documentary Filmmaking


Students learnt the art of interviewing and practiced in class.  They learnt an important documentary filmmaking skill and got to know each other a little better at the same time.

Sunday, May 10, 2009

Exploring Culture & Identity



Everyone in the class put markers on the world map to show the countries that they have a connection to - there were more than 15 countries represented!

We all learnt a lot about the different cultures represented in the class.

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Our first class...


In this lesson we covered storytelling; culture and identity through film; and students did some brainstorming to come up with ideas for their own films.