As part of the project: “Perquè hi ha anònimes” we, Massagrans, have been working on a film titled: Listening to the starts. Its plot walks around the life of an astronomer called Jocelyn Bell Burnell.
We hope you like it!
Today taking the oppourtunity that Tintins had to practice for the “Cantata” and therefore Meritxell had to be there, we have shoot sceene 8 and 13.
It was thrilling after all that work to be taking part of it. Some of us where directing, some of use were narrating and some were taking photos to be included in the blog.
Scene by scene it seems we are imporving our skills when shooting. The sound is every time better as well as the attrezzo and details. One group even play with light in order to simulate nightime and make it more authentic.
Today two parents came to the class to help us assembleing the six bird houses we have been projecting.
In the process we have been marking where the holes should be drilled. After measuring and marking them, one of the parents help us marking them with a small hole hammering the wood with an edgy piece of steel.
Later on, we saw how one of the parents drilled the wood and soon after srewed the boards in order the build the bird house.
There are still a couple of thigs to be done. We still have to screw the hinge in order to be able to open the birds house. The other remaining process is to drill a hole which is going to be the entrance.
The experience was worthy.
Today we have went to Can Papasseit to a theatre play in English. The classic Beauty and the Beast adapted in a version set nowadays in London and Hollywood.
All groups in Primary education from Rovellons to Massagrans enjoyed the show. Some of them loved the songs, some of them the jokes and some others, the whole show.
When it was almost at the end, four students had the opportunity to get on stage. It was an exciting moment.
In the Jocelyn’s adaptation project, we have finished the text and we are preparing the scenes. The directing team are about to finish the preparation and at this point we need to know who is going to be acting in each scene as well as who is it going to be narrating.
Today we have been doing a casting in order to decide who is going to take part in each scene taking into account who are the directors.
Next Friday we are going to have a look at each video and take the decisions in group.
Today we have been talking around the intrastory in the film “Whale rider”. We related the topic of this film to our project as well as identifying the roles of the main characters. We identified the universal values of the movie in order to do it.
Later, we have learned how to do a Haka. Watching a tutorial we have learned the main ideas of that Haka and then we have learned and practiced the movements while singing.
Since we are working on a film about Jocelyn Bell Brunell, a screenwriter named Feran Folch visited us. He explained some of the key factors about storytelling. How to catch the attention, how comunication is related to connect with the audience.
All Massagrans seemed really interested. Many questions had been asked. His visit originated a new activity about universal topis. Now we are going to try to identify these topics in our favourite films.
Lately we have been talking about how some women had been contributing with something relevant. However they were left apart by society. Since we are working about this topic but in some other classes they are having conversations about scientists as well as the outer space, we have decided to start a mini project in which we are going to explain the story of Jocelyn Bell Brunell, a scientist who discovered the pulsars. However shed hadn’t been reacognized.
Today we have been rewriting our own version of the story. Our objective is to create a film about the story.
