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The Steel City Globe film awards are the premier showcase for Sheffield schools to demonstrate their creative use of digital media.
Our Partner Schools teachers can benefit from the following free support:
Film Making for Primary Schools – Some Practical Activities
Wednesday 3rd February 2010 4:00-5:30pm
Simple activities using Microsoft Movie Maker and low-cost hand-held digital video cameras to get students started with film making.
Taking Animation Further
Thursday 4th February 2010 4:00-5:30pm
How to create better animations and films through media literacy activities and better storyboarding techniques. Suitable for Primary and Secondary School staff with some experience of animation or film making, however little!
Free loan equipment
We have film and animation making kit available to loan for partnership schools including Digital Blue cameras and Digital Video cameras.
April 1st 2010 is the closing date for the Steel City Globe film awards.
Primary Schools can enter films of up to two minutes in length and Secondary Schools up to three minutes.
Film Making for Secondary Schools
Here are the resources for the ‘Film Making for Secondary Schools’ twilight on 12th January. The twilight aims to equip you with the skills and some ideas for using digital video cameras with students and editing the movies using Microsoft Windows Movie Maker.
When using Flip Mino cameras with Movie Maker for the first time you need to install some codec files. Here’s how.
A flip chart for use in class showing some of the common camera shots and some activities to reinforce them.
Handout on using Movie Maker to edit your films.
Adding sound effects or narration
handout on how to add your own music or sound eddects to your movies.
From the Media Education Wales web site.
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Free Training: Take Your School To The ‘Oscars’
The Steel City Globe film awards are the premier showcase for Sheffield schools to demonstrate their creative use of digital media to support teaching and learning. In the last three years, 250 short films have been submitted and students have celebrated their work at the glittering wards’ ceremonies attended by stars of showbusiness and film.
We are offering staff development training in January and February to help your school enter films for the 2009 Steel City Globe Awards. April 24th 2009 is the closing date for submitting films for the competition. Primary Schools can enter films of up to two minutes in length and Secondary Schools can enter films of up to three minutes.
How to produce an animation
Monday 26th January 2009 4pm-6pm
Introduction to creating animations with students using Digital
Blue cameras and software.
Suitable for beginners with no or little experience.
Developing Media Literacy
through Animation
Monday 2nd February 2009 4pm-6pm
How to create better animations and films through media literacy
activities and better storyboarding techniques
Suitable for those with some experience of animation or film
making, however little!
Digital Storytelling
Tuesday 10th February 2009 4pm-6pm
How to use free tools such as Microsoft Photostory 3 and
Voicethread to create digital stories combining photos and sound.
Suitable for beginners or those with some experience of
animation or film making.
Training sessions are free for all teaching staff in the Sheffield West partnership of schools.
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