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.