DAY 4

Finishing touches

All our groups felt pressure on the final day, there was lots to do including selecting music, adding voice-overs and extra sound effects whilst trying to get films down to the 3 minute requirement (not always successfully).

At this point many of the groups allocated different tasks to their members, Examples included searching for suitable stills to add, choosing the best music to use.

As the day flew past a sense of urgency descended as the groups realised the deadline for the group screening was soon approaching.

The screening

At last all the movies had been edited and saved and archived back on to Mini DV tape. The films were then played back through the video projector on to the Interactive Whiteboard, (also ideal for showing to use video editing software to the groups).

All settled they were spellbound by seeing their work projected and with hi-fi quality sound. (But this would be nothing compared to the Oscar evening when they would see their films in a real 'cinema' environment with ear blasting sound in the company of their families, relations and guardians. They evaluated the

All too soon the workshops ended! Parents, family and guardians waxed lyrical on how excited and thrilled the children had been all week. This was reflected in lots of chocs and cards for the leaders!