Class 4D were set a task to make a short film using the subject of “Making a Difference” as the theme. The children in Mrs Dorling’s class came up with the main idea of “why we all drink lots of water in school”. They discussed why it was important to keep the brain hydrated and how they use the school water bottles to make sure that they always have drinking water available in class.
Mrs Dorling set a weekend homework task for the children. They had to find out fascinating facts about water and how it is important to human life.
Four children from the class were then chosen to write a film script based on the information from the class homework task. These children also learnt how to use the school video camera equipment and how to transfer the film to an iMac PC and edit the footage using iMovie software.
The children wrote their script using the whiteboard and saved it as a Smartboard file. They had to consider where they would film each section, what would they say, who would be in front of the camera and who would be the camera crew.
The children were also keen to make a short animation using the school water bottles. They filmed a short stop frame sequence using the digital camera and transferred this into Windows Movie Maker. This was then filmed from the screen using the digital video camera so that it could be transferred into iMovie for editing.
They also used Dance EJay software to create their own original music score. They thought about the topic and searched for sound clips that would represent the theme of water.
The children worked together at all times in a friendly co-operative way and were full of ideas on how they wanted to make their film. During the course of filming they were only supervised by adults when they had to move the equipment and props as some of it was heavy, especially the tripod.
The finished result is an extremely professional film and everyone has been impressed at their achievement. Well done to the film makers!
