Monday, July 23, 2007
ACCEPTED!
Our workshop proposals have been accepted - or at least I've heard about 3 of the 4. The only one that I haven't heard about is the Drama presentation. Has anyone of you heard anything?? I have cc'd the presenters the email I sent to the FAAPI committee asking for an extension of the deadline to turn in our 2nd draft or extended papers, which now is July 31! I hope we get it - and if we don't... I'm afraid I'm going to have to ask each team of presenters to take the initiative. I'm overloaded with work right now and it's just impossible for my mind to wander in this direction... Sorry! Anyway, let's not cross bridges yet and hope that they'll give us the extension. All in all, this is good news!!! :)
Monday, July 16, 2007
Second Day at Filming
4th of July:
There’s terrifying fog today and is really ‘fine’ to film other exciting Tom’s adventures in the cemetery. The groups in charge of filming these scenes belong to my class of Global Studies. They are really involved not only during preparations before filming but also while shooting. They have already rehearsed the scenes and have got some props. Also, they have learned their scripts and have tried to act professionally. I’m really glad because of their commitment to work and to film two scenes took us less than fifty minutes. The rest of the class collaborated in anything they needed and they clapped at their classmates' performance after finishing shooting the scenes.
There’s terrifying fog today and is really ‘fine’ to film other exciting Tom’s adventures in the cemetery. The groups in charge of filming these scenes belong to my class of Global Studies. They are really involved not only during preparations before filming but also while shooting. They have already rehearsed the scenes and have got some props. Also, they have learned their scripts and have tried to act professionally. I’m really glad because of their commitment to work and to film two scenes took us less than fifty minutes. The rest of the class collaborated in anything they needed and they clapped at their classmates' performance after finishing shooting the scenes.
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
First Day at Filming
29th of June:
Today is the first day at filming. We have already divided the groups and they have been given the scenes to act out. Some groups have prepared their costumes and scenery but others aren’t ready for filming so we have to reorganize and assign new activities. One of them is to help the groups that are going to film today with the props. At the beginning there is disorder during the arrangements and it's difficult to control those students who aren’t filming but as soon as we begin the rehearsals of the first scene there is plenty collaboration from the majority. When we start filming the first scene, the students who are not acting watch their classmates acting out the scene and get involved in the class (after all it's a language class!) and remained reasonably quiet. They watch and enjoy the process of filming and some funny situations that happen to the performers while acting. So, there are lots of stops during the shooting. Well, remember colleagues, we are dealing with twelve-year-old actors.
After more than a month of planning and reshaping our project, at last we can shoot three scenes of the film project. Then those students who weren’t so much involved in the first day of filming, they are now showing much more interest than before, asking me constantly “When are we going to film?” or “Do we film today?” and showing enthusiasms as well as excitement. I think one of the objectives of this project has been accomplished: commitment to work, collaboration and having fun while learning a second language. See you later when I tell about our second day at filming.
Today is the first day at filming. We have already divided the groups and they have been given the scenes to act out. Some groups have prepared their costumes and scenery but others aren’t ready for filming so we have to reorganize and assign new activities. One of them is to help the groups that are going to film today with the props. At the beginning there is disorder during the arrangements and it's difficult to control those students who aren’t filming but as soon as we begin the rehearsals of the first scene there is plenty collaboration from the majority. When we start filming the first scene, the students who are not acting watch their classmates acting out the scene and get involved in the class (after all it's a language class!) and remained reasonably quiet. They watch and enjoy the process of filming and some funny situations that happen to the performers while acting. So, there are lots of stops during the shooting. Well, remember colleagues, we are dealing with twelve-year-old actors.
After more than a month of planning and reshaping our project, at last we can shoot three scenes of the film project. Then those students who weren’t so much involved in the first day of filming, they are now showing much more interest than before, asking me constantly “When are we going to film?” or “Do we film today?” and showing enthusiasms as well as excitement. I think one of the objectives of this project has been accomplished: commitment to work, collaboration and having fun while learning a second language. See you later when I tell about our second day at filming.
Monday, July 9, 2007
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