So my dear friend, Paul Wood (a great guy to follow on Twitter
@paulrwood if you do that sort of thing- I'm terrible at it though I try), bought me a fabulous green screen kit. Awesome background and lights. Love it! So my I felt I needed to let my 8th grade classes be the first to use it. Initially I was going to come up with some wonderful cross curricular project and have them do their video on whatever that might have been. The more I thought about it the more I thought, nah, let them just have fun. And so the only parameters I gave them were that it had to be school appropriate and keep it under 2 minutes. So glad I went this route. They have had more fun coming up with their "story" and making the video. Even though I didn't tie in with anything subject matter they did accomplish more than they realize.
1- They had to come up with an idea, write the story, and write the script.
2- They had to rehearse it and make it all fit in a small space (the green screen area is only so big)
3- And they had to make it all work in 1-2 minutes.
I watched kids take charge of directing, supplying props, ideas, it was fun to watch. Hopefully in a week or so we will have time in between their finals to have a little movie time, eat some popcorn and enjoy the end of the school year.
Oh- guess I should have mentioned what we used! We used one iPad and the Doink Green Screen app. Great app. Super easy to use! Worth the small cost!
