Surviving the Chaos- Film a Class Movie

End of May, Beginning of June...

AHHHHHHH! It is the end of the year disaster...er... mess...er....chaos! Yeah, that's it. Chaos. It is a time when state (school) testing is over and students minds are already on their swimming pools, friends, and late nights!

There is a cure for this that I use with my 6th grade students. In the last month of school, we divide into groups and film class "movies". Depending on your students, you could even let them edit them, themselves. I use Power Director and spend a few hours (okay LOTS of hours) editing them together. I also throw in random pictures I have taken over the year (see below) as a slide show between videos. 

This year, our year end "movie" was over and hour long with the different pictures, videos of holiday performances, dance festivals, and tons of pictures of school events. The students LOVE it every year AND they have to WRITE the script, PRACTICE reading it, and then ACT it out. It takes about two weeks if I let them have 30-45 minutes a day. The best part is that they bring all the props and everything else they need. Don't have a video camera?

Good, they are a pain to get the footage off. I use our regular camera from home and just use the video function. 

I know that you will enjoy this project once you get going. If you can't record them, you could always do LIVE productions of each group.

Ideas to use:

-Infomercial

-Commercial

-Spoof on a Popular Movie/TV Show

-News Report

-Tips for Next Year

-Play/One Act

-Class Memories

Thanks and I wish you great success as you bring your year in for a landing-

WAHOO!

-Mr. Hughes

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