Tuesday 28 May 2013



Lights, Camera, Action!!! Today for Talent Development we did some practice filming for the MADE awards. We practiced going smoothly, from side to side. Norton and I were partners so we had to work together to film Travis and Charlie  doing an interview with ten easy questions. Then we had to swap over so Travis and Charlie filmed Norton and I while we did an interview. After that we imported our footage to i-Movie and then we will edit it next week. I can't wait to crack on into our real filming for our advertisement of...Bella The Bully Proof Kid.

Tuesday 14 May 2013

EXT and INT???

Do you know what a screenplay is? I didn't but now I do. Let me tell you about it. It's a very detailed piece of planning and we've been working on ours for the MADE awards for about an hour!  A screenplay is the writing of a movie.  It helps to detail where the scene is going to be filmed, what action is going to happen, and what is being said between characters.  We looked at a copy of "The Lion King" and we watched the opening scene and looked at the screenplay while watching - everything matched! We started on our screenplay for Bella the Bully-Proof Kid.  Here is a wee bit of it:


Title - “Bella the Bully-Proof Kid”
By - Norton, Rhylee, Charlie and Travis

Norton=  Luna
Charlie=Billy
Travis=BJ

SCENE 1

EXT Waihopai School

Three children are standing in a circle out in a school playground.  BJ looks mad, BILLY and LUNA looked terrified!  BJ is pushing at BILLY and LUNA.  The screen fades away as the title comes onto the screen. “ARE YOU BEING BULLIED?” 

I don't want to give our story away, but we are making good progress!  Do you know what "EXT" means? It means the location for filming that scene is outside.  If it said "INT" that would mean it was being filmed inside!

Tuesday 7 May 2013

Bella the Bully Proof Kid.

"What is your commercial going to be about?'' My brain started to think hard. I had lots of great ideas but as I was just about to blabber the best one out and then... crack my brain went blank. Beside me I had my workbook, my lifesaver. I pulled it up to me and saw THE BULLY PROOF KID. 'Yes' I thought. Then Katie sent us to do a picture plan. 'I want to be the bully proof kid' I said. 'I want to be a school student' said Norton. 'Same' said Charlie. That meant that Travis has to play the part of the bully!  I'm the bully proof kid. Katie asked me what my name should be and I said Bob, but she said 'Thats a boys name.' 'Then how about Bobbina?' 'That's a bit random!' she said. 'How about Bella?' 'Perfect' she said. So I'm Bella the Bully Proof Kid.  We are planning out how our commercial will go, so I will keep you posted!