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Title: Need some help with after school moviemaking class
Post by: rexbaylon on September 03, 2012, 02:00:54 pm

Hey,

For my after school conversation class I'm planning to do a 10 class moviemaking activity, where  I will teach students simple terms like genre and story structure, divide them into groups and then help each group make their short film. Anyway, my question is: could someone direct me to a short film(s) which easily illustrate the 3 act structure, i.e. Set-Up, Confist, and then Resolution, and also wouldn't be boring to a class full of girls

Title: Re: Need some help with after school moviemaking class
Post by: Coppertone06 on October 19, 2012, 09:25:39 am

I didn't have the same task as you but I did have to make a movie with my students.

Here is the link to our video. Each group had to make a short skit. My students are really low level so some of their scripts are really simple but have a story line. I've added subtitles too, just have to press the CC button. Not sure if you still need this or maybe you could possibly use it in the future.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaxBNWJq_6I&feature=plcp

Title: Re: Need some help with after school moviemaking class
Post by: the map on November 19, 2012, 12:40:53 pm

I am currently doing the exact same thing with my afterschool class.  After teaching basic story structure, I showed them "Pigeon: Impossible."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEjUAnPc2VA

It's nice that it doesn't rely on dialog, so that even low level students can identify the story structure elements.