Production and Re-editing...
"When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than any talent for abstract, positive thinking.”
(Albert Einstein)
Wow! What a fun experience it has been so far, I really enjoyed working as a group in making this film. I have already thought about ways I could incorporate this into my classroom and believe or not I cannot wait to make use of this experience in my classroom several times in many different ways. During this workshop, we had the opportunity to focus on the final touches for our film where my group collaboratively worked together in editing the film. Although this was quite challenging and new to us, while editing we were able to understand the elements of Media Arts deeper and made a richer connection of film making with the curriculum. This entailed my group and I, by developing and realising the concept through looking at digital moving pictures, applying language and sound to capture the critical moment. The ideas that we wanted to include changed throughout filming where we discovered room for improvement such as background, setting, and lighting. Luckily as a group, we were fortunate enough to incorporate all our ideas together and compose, edit our film on the fairy tale Cinderella.
One aspect I loved about today’s workshop was the fact that working together really helped me to work through the editing process in making the film. I loved how we were given the opportunity to be creative with our puppets, voices, editing and so on. As I would do the same in my classroom when working with primary aged students. This leads to my belief where it is crucial for children to learn about, understand and participate in the processes of the film making, editing, composing and final touch ups. Not only do students feel their ideas, input and collaboration and student motivation is appreciated but it also enlightens students imagination on the process of technology with media and its links with other Key Learning Areas. The filming and editing process are forms of communication and help children develop their ability to control this communication and create a dialogue with their peers (Anderson, M. & Jefferson, M., 2009).
Anderson, M. & Jefferson, M. (2009). Teaching the screen: Film education for generation next. Allen & Unwin: Sydney.
