November 1st: leading my first full day course at Inverary Conference Centre.
A nervous start to the month! This was the first day course I have lead for Argyll and Bute authority but all went very well. It was aimed at beginners, and they seemed to be much more confident in their use of a DV camera by the end of the day. Fortunately the weather was excellent, so they were able to go outdoors to film the various sights of Inverary.
I was keen to put the course into a teaching context, so the final activity was for each of the teachers to work in groups and plan out their filming sequence by using a storyboard and organising a shotlist. I used the same methods when I challenged my P7 class to dramatise a parable by using the storyboard technique. I find it really enthuses children and the idea of having work that they have produced filmed seems to raise the standard of their work. Filming is also a fun activity that can be used in all areas of the curriculum.
Overall, the feedback was very good, and I am hoping the budding camera people will return for my iMovie course, which I think is more fun than the filming itself!
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Andrew
// Nov 6, 2006 at 5:41 am
Glad to hear it went well. All too often we approach training courses without adequately preparing the groundwork – that is why a ‘Using a DV Camera’ course is a great idea in my opinion. Sure, we all want to get our hands dirty editing footage, but of we are working with children we need to make sure they know how to get good footage and plan their film well before they get to the ‘digital editing room’.
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