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.

And, to the students who are viewing this (Danae, Grace, and Ryan), I had to cut out a little of Ryan’s driving and the scene in the house to get it to upload to You Tube. You all did a great job, and I am so thankful you were in the class! :)

After the filming was finished, two of my students were able to do their editing during our class time. We did have some technical difficulties to overcome, due to the fact that we found out the computers we had would not handle the video files, but found we could use two computers we had here at my house.  So, we would bring those in, and the students edited on those.  These computers were better, although I do think they were a little slow, but they worked.

My third student, a young man who had already edited videos before, finished up the year editing at his own home.  Our class uses Windows Movie Maker in the actual classroom, but this young man had an opportunity to use Adobe Premier because it was what he had been using at home.  I believe it was a great chance for the students to all see how differently each person not only edits, but also what portions of the storytelling does each individual find key to the point of the story.  (I will post the You Tube version, when I have it ready to upload from here, so you can watch for that link!)

For the school year, I believe it was another successful year.  The students enjoyed it overall, I thought, and we had some great input on the movies we watched.  I always like it when a student will bring up something in a film, a new thought I had not had about the storyline, writing, plot, music, etc.  It is a blessing to see these students engage in thoughtful, relevant conversation about film, and to see them learn about film and our culture.

That is it for this year-onto planning for next!  Thanks for stopping by!

We do have some technical issues to overcome with the importing the footage in such a way that we can edit in Windows Movie Maker, but we hope to overcome those this week.

Filming went well, and it was pretty funny during our fight scene to try to figure out the whole fake blood issue.  Two actors were fighting, and we were trying to see if we could make the blood fly onto the wall for an effect, but had a heck of a time figuring out what the natural trajectory of blood would be.  It made for some pretty funny conversations.