Completing my film

I have finally finished my film, using final cut pro i managed to put all of my film into sequence and add film transitions, effects and music. I had a few problems with the music, firstly it took me a long time to find a piece of music that was royalty free and that was long enough. In the end i ended up using music from the college media library and using ins and outs to cut and chop the music to fit my film, this was a problem because it was a short clip and i didn't get it to run through as smoothly as i wanted because of all of the layers. overall however i think my film will be moderately successful and i hope that it meets the brief sufficiently.

Film!

Last week i started to film my project i decided to use three people from my course and film them building fun things out of scrap. I filmed the whole project on one camera that just kept rolling and was one long shot; i also used a second camera to film several different shots up close and individual. I think the filming process went well because i only filmed 12 minutes of footage and got everything done without any problems. the next step for my project is to edit the film, i have used final cut pro to organize the film sequence so far and i next need to add music and effects to complete m y film.

New Ideas

originally when working for the scrap store we were meant to be taking the scrap to a school to complete our projects and make films about why we need more scrap with the children. However, communications with the school failed and they puled out therefore we are changing the plan and carrying on with our filming ideas but instead using people off of our course to help make and create our ideas. We then have to edit and complete our films and have them finished before another meeting with the scrapstore.

Another Scrapstore Visit

Today we went with college in the mini van to the scrapstore in Bristol. We gathered all of the scrap we need for the school visit, however, communications with the primary school have stopped as people are very busy so i may have to rethink about this part of my project.

We have thought instead about doing our projects but building the outcomes our selves thinking about what the children would have built and then show them to lecturers as if we went along with the original plan. Instead of going to a primary school and using children I am going to use students from my group and carry on with my idea using them.

On the visit to the scrap store I got al of the scrap i need to continue with my new idea .

Building more bridges

Today i have done more research about building bridges and structures, i spent the morning trying to find out which were the best ways to connect different parts of the bridges together. I tried using string and weaving card board together which was effective but when working with younger children this would probably take too long and they may find this difficult.

However, i found that tape was a lot more effective as its easy for the children to use and would take less time, it is also great for securing the bottoms of the structures. I have attached a picture of a bridge i made which i thought i may try but with using masking tape instead of string when i go to work with the children at the school.

Final idea

last week i started to plan my final idea, i am still going with my original idea of teaching through play using steiner school ideas, however, i am now instead of just building bridges going to get the children to build structures to either hold one of them or to hold a weighted object. I have allready collected a few items from the scrap store and now just need to go back and get a bit more then devise a short lesson plan then i will be ready to go to the school and work on my project.

My idea

Last week I came up with the idea i wanted to use when i work with the children and the scrapstore. am going to research Steiner schools and take into account the ways that they teach and use the scrap to teach the children through play. I came p with the idea that i would help the children build bridges out of scrap and place weights on top of them to show how different structures with different strengths can take different weights.

i have included a copy of my original planning ideas and a mind map of ideas for this project.