the classroom interpretation of the book “The Dot & the Line” Tumblr (3.0; @schoolfilm)http://schoolfilm.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l0xmoryFqQ1qb85tzo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l0xmoryFqQ1qb85tzo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l0xmoryFqQ1qb85tzo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l0xmoryFqQ1qb85tzo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l0xmoryFqQ1qb85tzo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l0xmoryFqQ1qb85tzo7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l0xmoryFqQ1qb85tzo8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Our 8th graders started on the final process: post-production editing. We have several computer stations with the collection of footage shot throughout all of our classes thus far, ready to be put together by students in these classes. Everyone will complete their edits next week. Other groups also chose to work on title screen animation. We had many who were getting quite creative, not only with the camera but also how they arranged letters/props on screen.</p>http://schoolfilm.tumblr.com/post/523864774http://schoolfilm.tumblr.com/post/523864774Thu, 15 Apr 2010 15:12:26 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l0xm012hxG1qb85tzo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l0xm012hxG1qb85tzo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l0xm012hxG1qb85tzo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l0xm012hxG1qb85tzo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l0xm012hxG1qb85tzo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l0xm012hxG1qb85tzo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l0xm012hxG1qb85tzo7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l0xm012hxG1qb85tzo8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>We got back to work this week after our time off from spring break. Some of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade classes got their first hands on experience with the cameras. We also continued making our title screens, in which students animated letters and captured each movement through the computer connected to the camera.</p>http://schoolfilm.tumblr.com/post/523841398http://schoolfilm.tumblr.com/post/523841398Thu, 15 Apr 2010 14:57:37 -0400<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/M4nPidHcsvc?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>A few of the title screens, all done by students in class last week.</p>http://schoolfilm.tumblr.com/post/465785214http://schoolfilm.tumblr.com/post/465785214Mon, 22 Mar 2010 11:24:37 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kzou47KltZ1qb85tzo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kzou47KltZ1qb85tzo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kzou47KltZ1qb85tzo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kzou47KltZ1qb85tzo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kzou47KltZ1qb85tzo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Here is a look at some of the first recordings of the live-action portion of the film. Little did we know we have some great actors in each of the classes. Check out those Dot, Line, and Squiggle costumes!</p>http://schoolfilm.tumblr.com/post/465722196http://schoolfilm.tumblr.com/post/465722196Mon, 22 Mar 2010 10:40:55 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kzotztqBUd1qb85tzo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kzotztqBUd1qb85tzo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kzotztqBUd1qb85tzo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kzotztqBUd1qb85tzo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kzotztqBUd1qb85tzo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kzotztqBUd1qb85tzo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kzotztqBUd1qb85tzo7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kzotztqBUd1qb85tzo8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Some photos from our classes last week. We worked on some of the audio recording that will be used in the narrative portion of our film. Students were able to speak on screen, as well as take part in the recording, learning to use the combination of camera and sound recording equipment.</p>http://schoolfilm.tumblr.com/post/465718457http://schoolfilm.tumblr.com/post/465718457Mon, 22 Mar 2010 10:38:16 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz309mORPM1qb85tzo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz309mORPM1qb85tzo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz309mORPM1qb85tzo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz309mORPM1qb85tzo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz309mORPM1qb85tzo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz309mORPM1qb85tzo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz309mORPM1qb85tzo7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Our Kindergarten classes have been working on sound effects, coming up with their own sounds for the Dot, Line, and Squiggle, as well as a few general background loops</p>http://schoolfilm.tumblr.com/post/439466880http://schoolfilm.tumblr.com/post/439466880Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:46:34 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz2w517FWX1qb85tzo1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz2w517FWX1qb85tzo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz2w517FWX1qb85tzo3_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz2w517FWX1qb85tzo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>We have also started sound recording. Above, students read lines that will be the narrative to the film.</p>http://schoolfilm.tumblr.com/post/439348473http://schoolfilm.tumblr.com/post/439348473Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:17:00 -0500<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/L69uO8_9pgM?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>A look at what went into making the squiggle costume.</p>http://schoolfilm.tumblr.com/post/439181713http://schoolfilm.tumblr.com/post/439181713Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:10:55 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz2q6u5hed1qb85tzo1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz2q6u5hed1qb85tzo2_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz2q6u5hed1qb85tzo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz2q6u5hed1qb85tzo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz2q6u5hed1qb85tzo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz2q6u5hed1qb85tzo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz2q6u5hed1qb85tzo7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz2q6u5hed1qb85tzo8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>We began the second week of our film project with classes today. In every class, there has been a variety of things going on, just as would be happening on a real film set. Production is in full swing, as each class have been getting 1-2 shots per period. If we remember from the presentation last week, it takes a whole day to get roughly 30 seconds of footage. Since we’re only doing production class by class, each group is looking to get 3-5 seconds of shots in the final movie. If you also recall, we are using the <a title="Stop Motion Animation">Stop-Motion Animation</a> technique. We take about 50 pictures per shot, and then play it back in about 2 seconds. I’ve heard responses such as “amazing” and “its like magic” after seeing the images put together.</p>http://schoolfilm.tumblr.com/post/439180279http://schoolfilm.tumblr.com/post/439180279Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:09:00 -0500<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/mSaKoIWoHwo?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>POV shot of the Line walking through wallway</p>http://schoolfilm.tumblr.com/post/425349602http://schoolfilm.tumblr.com/post/425349602Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:45:11 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyqhkiy9k61qb85tzo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyqhkiy9k61qb85tzo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyqhkiy9k61qb85tzo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyqhkiy9k61qb85tzo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyqhkiy9k61qb85tzo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyqhkiy9k61qb85tzo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>All students have been able to have a hand at working the camera.</p>http://schoolfilm.tumblr.com/post/425199718http://schoolfilm.tumblr.com/post/425199718Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:31:29 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyqhguzKb91qb85tzo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyqhguzKb91qb85tzo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyqhguzKb91qb85tzo3_500.jpg"/><br/> Students doing some acting<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyqhguzKb91qb85tzo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyqhguzKb91qb85tzo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyqhguzKb91qb85tzo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Day 02 of production: Classes today continued making our props, as well as some classes beginning actual production. Everyone yesterday did such a good job that our storyboards are almost complete.</p> <p>The 4th and 1st graders worked on getting POV shots. POV stands for “Point of View,” and is a type of shot used sometimes in the movies. Our “Point of View” today was from the eyes of the Line, who is traveling down the halls of the school, passing students as they walk to class. We used a push “dolly,” which is a piece of film equipment used to move the camera through space.</p>http://schoolfilm.tumblr.com/post/425195470http://schoolfilm.tumblr.com/post/425195470Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:29:18 -0500<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/mSaKoIWoHwo?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>POV shot of Line walking through hallway</p>http://schoolfilm.tumblr.com/post/425363631http://schoolfilm.tumblr.com/post/425363631Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:00:00 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyof14jrpD1qb85tzo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyof14jrpD1qb85tzo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyof14jrpD1qb85tzo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyof14jrpD1qb85tzo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyof14jrpD1qb85tzo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyof14jrpD1qb85tzo7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyof14jrpD1qb85tzo8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyof14jrpD1qb85tzo9_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyof14jrpD1qb85tzo10_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyof14jrpD1qb85tzo11_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>more photos from today..</p>http://schoolfilm.tumblr.com/post/422774919http://schoolfilm.tumblr.com/post/422774919Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:41:28 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyo8dijRsW1qb85tzo1_500.jpg"/><br/> Adaptation from book to paper<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyo8dijRsW1qb85tzo2_500.jpg"/><br/> Storyboarding<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyo8dijRsW1qb85tzo3_500.jpg"/><br/> Storyboarding<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyo8dijRsW1qb85tzo4_500.jpg"/><br/> Matching images with text<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyo8dijRsW1qb85tzo5_500.jpg"/><br/> Group storyboarding<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyo8dijRsW1qb85tzo6_500.jpg"/><br/> Group storyboarding<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyo8dijRsW1qb85tzo7_500.jpg"/><br/> Creating the Dot<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyo8dijRsW1qb85tzo8_500.jpg"/><br/> Painting the Dot<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyo8dijRsW1qb85tzo9_500.jpg"/><br/> Painting the Dot<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyo8dijRsW1qb85tzo10_500.jpg"/><br/> Filming Behind the Scenes<br/><br/> <p>Today was the start of our filmmaking process here at Franklin Twp School. We started with pre-production in some of the 4th, 5th, 6th and Kindergarten classes. Since they were the first classes in this process, they were in charge of coming up with the script and storyboard of the film. Some of the classes also started making our props, which are actually our “characters” in the Dot and the Line.</p>http://schoolfilm.tumblr.com/post/422530926http://schoolfilm.tumblr.com/post/422530926Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:17:42 -0500<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/pWPjjoOFIu8?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>We played this short video in some of the classes today. It is a good look at how important storyboarding and scripting is in the filmmaking process.</p>http://schoolfilm.tumblr.com/post/422788904http://schoolfilm.tumblr.com/post/422788904Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:00:00 -0500<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/puOoij88K1c?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><i>Behind the Scenes of “Fantastic Mr. Fox”</i></p> <p>This is a great example of a film that uses the Stop Motion Animation technique, the same technique we will use in the production of our film. Note how many different jobs there are on set and how many people it takes to create just one simple shot.</p>http://schoolfilm.tumblr.com/post/407972427http://schoolfilm.tumblr.com/post/407972427Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:02:00 -0500<iframe width="400" height="323" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/OGh97__-uLA?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>One interpretation of <i>The Dot & the Line</i></p>http://schoolfilm.tumblr.com/post/405419596http://schoolfilm.tumblr.com/post/405419596Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:32:00 -0500