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Two Sons 2010

Jenny — Sun, 09 May 2010 23:37:34 +0000

Here is our class project for this year! Remember to watch our other productions, posted here at the site.

Chose the story, and have already completed filming

Jenny — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 16:37:07 +0000

The students first chose a story that we found was not really adaptable to the limitations of our filming. They wanted to do a story that had a lot of wars and the like. I am not opposed to filming a war movie, it was simply a matter of being on a very small budget and limited in our cast members.

So, the students chose a parable: the one about the Two Sons, one who went to the field after saying “no” and the other one who said he would go to the field and then never went. The filming was very short for this year, and the students already began editing last Monday.

I have been pleased with their work overall-I am pleasantly surprised to find they really enjoy editing and are skilled at it. It is satisfying to me as a teacher to see students jump right in, and enjoy the work while learning.

I will post the movie here when it is complete. It is not as complex as our other films have been, but it is good for beginners.

Mid-winter and working on a story

Jenny — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:36:48 +0000

We have been working on getting a story together. Once again, we have turned to the Bible to find a story to recreate. I work hard to communicate to my students, each year, that we do not have to make a “Christian” movie, per sey. We can certainly look towards having a solid story on our own, that will reflect principles that will cause others to consider where do solid principles come from. However, I am finding that with only a few students (and only two, at that) coming up with a story is very difficult. I am thinking of changing the order of things a bit next year, and incorporating more story creation earlier in the year.

That being said, the girls wanted to do a story based on the story of the judge Deborah. We have not been successful in this endeavor, despite a fair amount of work going into it. They recently asked me if we could change over to the parable of the two sons-one who obeyed, and one who did not. It is going to be a bit of a crunch, time wise, to get this done, but I think we can do it. It is a simpler story, and should go well.

More later!

Two students this year

Jenny — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:03:04 +0000

This year, I have two students to teach in the film class, and I am finding it a challenge. They are both good students, who are eager to learn, yet with two it is not easy to figure out how to write and produce a film. We are working on it, and will see how that goes.

In other news, we have only one computer this year. This is mostly because the ones we used last year are only 40GB, and we found they were too limited for film projects. So, the girls in my class shared the computer for their first editing projects with photos and music. I was pleasantly surprised to find out that because they had to communicate together to edit, they were able to get to know one another a bit more. I think that will help when the time comes for the movie. :)

Looking forward to this next school year!

Jenny — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 18:20:11 +0000

We will be having three students in the class for the 2009-2010 school year, and I am looking forward to starting up in another week or so.

I am going to be looking into what we can do about our computers-we had several technical difficulties last year, despite our attempts to get the computers to edit faster. I know the Lord is able to fill this need for us, as He did see us through last year. We will not be editing for a bit, so I hope to resolve this before late October.

As for last years movies, they did turn out well (especially considering the computers were slow), and I hope to post them online.

Here’s to this next year! :)