Y4 Short film

Jun 052023
 

This term, we are going to create a short film in groups about an aspect of one of your topics from this year:

  • Farm to fork
  • Shang dynasty
  • Romans
  • Shackleton / Antarctica

We will write a script, collect images, film using greenscreening, narrate, edit, add titles and effects.

Week 1 LF Plan a short film

  • In groups, decide on a topic and aspects you want to include.
  • Create a rough sketch/storyboard of your film
  • Start writing the script
  • Find and save the images that you want

Week 2 LF Finish script and practise

Week 3 LF Film with a greenscreen, add backgrounds

Week 4 LF Put images and videos together, narrate

Week 5 LF Edit and add effects

Y4 LF Animate a story

Jun 032019
 
  1. Watch
    1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPpkaldk84Y
    2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDWk0BCeblQ
    3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7Gp7PUOFtA
  2. Choose a story or poem to animate; get into groups
    1. http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/geography/story/main.html
    2. http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/life/story/main.html
    3. http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/menu.html
  3. Storyboard
    1. If whole class, share write,
  4. Make characters, background
    1. Make copies of characters, settings for different groups
  5. Animate with iCanAnimate
    1. Experiment with movement/tools
  6. Put together in iMovie
    1. Edit
    2. Add music
    3. Credits
  7. Publish, publicise, promote

 

Y6 Create a greeenscreen for Internation Week

Nov 122018
 

Your idea

  • Content – what information are you going to give?  What style? Interview, conversation, Q+A…?
  • Image – what scene will you be infront of?
  • Keep it short, clear

Preparation

  • Image – in Safari, find your image – select marked for reuse.  Save it to the camera roll.
  • Greenscreen app
    • Start new project
    • Top + = camera
    • Second + = image, from camera roll – choose the one you saved
    • Record

 

Y5: How do we continue with our radio program?

Jul 072017
 

Plan, rehearse, record…plan, rehearse, record…

  • Continue to plan, rehearse and record short sections.

Music

  • Use one of the iMovie music track or receive one of the ones I will send.

Retrieve your files from Google Drive

  1. Open the Google Drive app and login
  2. Find your videos
  3. Click on three dots, send a copy, save video
  4. It’s now in your videos to use in iMovie

Backup to Google Drive

  1. Open the Google Drive app
  2. Login
  3.  Click the + at the bottom right – Upload – Photos and Videos
  4. Select your videos
  5. LOGOUT – click three lines (top left) – click username – Manage accounts – MANAGE – REMOVE all accounts

Saving your finished iMovie

  1. Click “Done”
  2. Share button (square with up arrow)
  3. Save video – medium
  4. Then upload to Google Drive