The first activity we decided on was one called 'The Big Draw'. This is an animation/stop motion focused activity that Brad suggested and had done before, where you get several people to all draw on a large sheet of paper either with charcoal, pencils or markers, and take photographs continuously to create the illusion of movement. The way this is executed is that each person draws about an inch at a time, then steps out of the shot and a photograph is taken of the piece of paper. This is repeated every ten seconds, then all the photos are put together in a stop motion sequence to look like the drawing is growing on the paper. An example of this is show below:
We thought this would be a good activity since it would be fun, it would get everyone involved and it would give everyone something to take home with them at the end of the day. We thought we could have two cameras, one taking photos for the stop motion and the other continuously taking photos of everyone drawing to show the process and the progression of the animation.
To do this we would split them into three groups, then each group would do the activity for 45 minutes, continuing on from what the group before drew to create a final piece. Photos of process and final product would be given to them at the end of the day either on DVD or a bath spa USB stick if we are able to acquire some to give them in the goody bags.
The second activity we decided to do was a short film sequence, using either people in our class as the actors or the students themselves and basing it on the final duel scene in the western shoot-out film 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly' (seen below).
To do this we would split them into three groups, then each group would do the activity for 45 minutes, continuing on from what the group before drew to create a final piece. Photos of process and final product would be given to them at the end of the day either on DVD or a bath spa USB stick if we are able to acquire some to give them in the goody bags.
The second activity we decided to do was a short film sequence, using either people in our class as the actors or the students themselves and basing it on the final duel scene in the western shoot-out film 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly' (seen below).
We thought that a scene like this would be interesting for them to plan out and film, and would give them something else they could take home with them at the end of the day. With the variety of shots that are found in this one clip, such as establishing wide angle shots, medium close ups and extreme close ups of their eyes and expressions, we thought this would give them a good basis of making their own western shoot-out film sequence.
To do this this we thought we could have two sections: acting, directing and producing, and the technical side - cameras, lighting and sound. We would go through the basics with them but they would have to come up with their own ideas of style, action, etc, then do it all themselves. The final product of each group would be given at the end on same DVD/USB stick.
The third activity we decided to do was a Green Screen activity. We had three ideas for this and we need to decide on one of them:
First idea: Get costumes and have backgrounds to go with the costumes, then have them do the technical side of how to use a green screen and take turns being in the shot and doing the work behind it.
Second idea: Shoot an interview with someone, maybe Gemma Hunt (who the group who did the Aladdin pantomime have as a contact), then have them do the technical stuff ie camera, sound, lighting, etc.
Third idea: Do a weatherman/news report and see how it's done in the real world. They would take turns in front of the green screen and operating the equipment.
We decided we would send these ideas to everyone in the class and have everyone give in their input on what they think would work best.
The other thing we came up during our meeting was the angle for the event - one for the students, and one for the media coverage we're hoping to get to come to the event.
The angle for the students would be doing the event 'Apprentice' style - hav
ing them work against the clock to do each activity in the form a task they need to work together to complete, as it is on the popular BBC show 'The Apprentice' with Lord Alan Sugar (shown right). As part of this we would give them roles and maybe even have a board room-type thing for them at the end, although we wouldn't have any of them fired - we don't want them to leave the event with a complex!
The angle we would have for the event, which our marketing team came up with originally and which was defined and finalised in our team leaders meeting, is to have the event be put on in a way that would show that we are taking a different, positive approach to the university fees rising and are encouraging students to come to university despite rising fees. We want to show that it's still worth gaining a university degree, despite the current controversial issue of cutting university funding that many students are revolting about. We are hoping we can use this angle to perhaps get a local MP, hopefully Don Foster, to come and give an endorsement which we are sure would reel in the media coverage. We're going to confirm all of this on Friday with the rest of the class, but we feel confident about the planning of the event so far!
To do this this we thought we could have two sections: acting, directing and producing, and the technical side - cameras, lighting and sound. We would go through the basics with them but they would have to come up with their own ideas of style, action, etc, then do it all themselves. The final product of each group would be given at the end on same DVD/USB stick.
The third activity we decided to do was a Green Screen activity. We had three ideas for this and we need to decide on one of them:
First idea: Get costumes and have backgrounds to go with the costumes, then have them do the technical side of how to use a green screen and take turns being in the shot and doing the work behind it.
Second idea: Shoot an interview with someone, maybe Gemma Hunt (who the group who did the Aladdin pantomime have as a contact), then have them do the technical stuff ie camera, sound, lighting, etc.
Third idea: Do a weatherman/news report and see how it's done in the real world. They would take turns in front of the green screen and operating the equipment.
We decided we would send these ideas to everyone in the class and have everyone give in their input on what they think would work best.
The other thing we came up during our meeting was the angle for the event - one for the students, and one for the media coverage we're hoping to get to come to the event.
The angle for the students would be doing the event 'Apprentice' style - hav
ing them work against the clock to do each activity in the form a task they need to work together to complete, as it is on the popular BBC show 'The Apprentice' with Lord Alan Sugar (shown right). As part of this we would give them roles and maybe even have a board room-type thing for them at the end, although we wouldn't have any of them fired - we don't want them to leave the event with a complex!The angle we would have for the event, which our marketing team came up with originally and which was defined and finalised in our team leaders meeting, is to have the event be put on in a way that would show that we are taking a different, positive approach to the university fees rising and are encouraging students to come to university despite rising fees. We want to show that it's still worth gaining a university degree, despite the current controversial issue of cutting university funding that many students are revolting about. We are hoping we can use this angle to perhaps get a local MP, hopefully Don Foster, to come and give an endorsement which we are sure would reel in the media coverage. We're going to confirm all of this on Friday with the rest of the class, but we feel confident about the planning of the event so far!
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