Motivated beyond the school gate
An enthusiastic group of year 2 students set up their Australia Day opening scene on the set of their battle of the artz entry. Weeks of writing, drawing and thinking in small chunks pays off. Even though it’s Saturday, good planning and great support from parents ensures a quick finish.
Filming outside in new environments encourages quick thinking, adaptation and problem solving from the team.
Student’s ideas come to life using Keying Adobe Premiere and Adobe After Effects
During the CaSpa Battle of the Artz films, some Year 2 students imagined some scenes in many varied places. Simple Green screen effects can help the students imagine their dreams, A balance of real life sets and chromakey can work effecively. This is a great exercise for Mathematics as well.
Simple storyboards and “blocking” scenes proves an effective strategy for supporting students during film making
Roger Wise and Iris McGill from the Caspa team have an effective system of walking students through their scenes during pre-production. Here Roger records the photos or short movie of the planned scene. Once filming day arrives, there is an instant effective recall by students. Limiting storyboards to 6 scenes also aids concise storytelling Here he works with my year 2 class during the battle of the artz preparation recently.
Year 2 students design scenes and control production on the set
As part of the caspa battle of the artz, students use iPads and borrowed lighting on set in the Principals office. I have been encouraging them to look at each scene as a work of art, in dialogue, framing of shots and colour. They are using the language of film and media comfortably after a few weeks. Here students reconstruct an historical scene for their documentary on Anzac Day.
Simple storyboards and “blocking” scenes proves an effective strategy for supporting students during film making
Roger Wise and Iris McGill from the Caspa team have an effective system of walking students through their scenes during pre-production. Here Roger records the photos or short movie of the planned scene. Once filming day arrives, there is an instant effective recall by students. Limiting storyboards to 6 scenes also aids concise storytelling Here he works with my year 2 class during the battle of the artz preparation recently.
Teaching phonics in context as part of the Battle of the Artz competition
Year 2 students record their voice over for their puppet show narrative as part of the Caspa - ‘Battle of the Artz”. It is a great awareness exercise recording audio. It is easy to drop letter sounds when we speak. Voice overs are a great way for coaching. Use iPads for literacy block for peer to peer recording and coaching.
CaSpa Bootcamp unleashes the power of Ipads for film making in the Early Years Classroom
8 iPads ready to go with garage band and iMovie. 34 students in year 2 are learning film making literacy as they study cultural celebrations.
8 movies being made for entry into caspa film competition “Battle of the Artz”. Great caspa bootcamp on film making in the classroom recently.
http://www.caspaonline.com.au/annual-program/wider-program-initiatives/battle-of-the-artz-2/
