Story Boards and Movie Making

Today we learnt how to write a story for a movie using storyboards.  We looked at a sample of one that someone quickly sketched to begin to plan their movie.  Then we looked at one that more detail had been added to both in pictures and words.  We also talked about how Disney and Pixar use storyboards in their movie making process.

We talked about how we would create our first storyboard that had place for three pictures. We talked about the first box being about the two characters in our movie.  The second box was for the setting that we would create using items from around the room or outside.  The third box was for the problem or conflict in our movie. 

Once we knew the task, we were randomly put into groups to come up with our storyboard.  We also had to assign our roles - who would be the camera person, who would be the sound person, who would be the puppeteers. 

When we were finished making our movies and they had been uploaded and viewed as a class, we took some time to reflect on what made a good movie and what we could have done better.  

These are our reflections about our movies:

• team work - we have to work together as a team
• make sure that the volume on the microphone is correct
• put the actor in the middle of the screen
• careful with camera work because of the case getting in the way
• make it the right length - not too short and not too long
• don’t get your fingers in the way of the camera
• the movie doesn’t have to be perfect
• have a storyboard to plan
• have a good setting
• sometimes there were other people's voices in the movie
• sometimes people were in our movie in the background
• in another movie we would like to choose our own characters, settings and groups

And here are our movies!  Enjoy!

The Jungle Adventure by Tobey, MacKenzie, Jack and James

https://youtu.be/_C_oZOVRysE 

The Great Dino Chase by Tony, James, Daniel and Liam
https://youtu.be/RlNq-ImnE9s


The Missing Giraffe by Amelia, Chloe, Emily, Parinaz and Judy
https://youtu.be/vPI0rgBKz3k


The Transforming Ball by Charlotte, Maria, Jordan and Ben
https://youtu.be/OOWMN6qjd7M


The Angry Elephant by Jade, Brad, Blake and Michelle
https://youtu.be/coZeqjvjUjg


The Lion That Never Gave Up by Juliet, Chelsea, Oscar and Andy
https://youtu.be/BtjemK2YjSo