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Working with Year 13 students from Dartmouth High School to produce a web-site for their A2 Media Studies coursework.

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Writing stories can be difficult and getting the pace and descriptions is a common difficulty. Students from George Salter High School used the storyboarding software Kar2ouche to create a storyboard about an attack by a creature. The students had been reading Jaws and looked at how to the book and the film built up the tension, some cases leading to a false alarm and others leading to a real attack.

The students had to create a storyboard to set the scene, then build up the tension to a false alarm and then build up the tension to a real attack. The students had seen the following storyboard and finished story as stimulus. They then created their own storyboard and then used it to help create a piece of original writing.

Storyboard Example in Kar2ouche

Story based on the Storyboard

Students from Alexandra took part in a stop-frame animation project. They had to plan, script and storyboard their story and build their sets. At the CLC they then had to make their models and begin the painstaking process of animation using iStopMotion. Once they had their animations recorded they then used Garageband to record their sound track.

Click on the link below to see an example.

bugsbunny.mp4

Working with Alexandra High School we have been creating some pieces of music in GarageBand which are inspired by their Klimpt style patterns.  Once this is done the then the music produced is swapped between students and now new artwork is created using Photoshop which is now being inspired by the freshly created music and other students work.

You may have heard the term Web 2.0 and wondered what on Earth it is. Well Web 2.0 is all about the shift from being a read only consumer driven web to one where we can contribute and publish as well as consume. Web 2.0 is not just one thing. Its not something you install on your computer, nor will it actually make the Internet work quicker. What Web 2.0 is though is a series of websites which allow you to easily publish to the Internet everything from text to images to sounds and even video. We can now be creators of content and share our work with people around the world. These technologies can often be quite social, enabling us not only to publish work but to get feedback from other people who have experienced our work.Well where are these technologies and how do I use them and importantly how much are they going to cost me? To start at the last part of the question, most of these are free. Where there is a cost it is usually quite cheap for the amateur.

OK lets get started.

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At the end of Space Camp, everyone created an evaluation or review of what they did, enjoyed and learned over the course of the week. This is Sarah’s audio contribution and Ashley’s flash contribution.

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 Sarah King's Review [5:25m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

This is a video podcast on Saturn from Space Camp 2006. It was created by Sam, from Wood Green High School, College of Sport.

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 Saturn Podcast [1:33m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

This is a video podcast on Neptune from Space Camp 2006. It was created by Lucy & Raveena, from Wood Green High School, College of Sport.

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 Neptune Podcast [1:25m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

This is a video podcast on Mars from Space Camp 2006. It was created by Liam & Matt from Wood Green High School, College of Sport.

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 Mars (video) Podcast [0:53m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

This is a video podcast on Jupiter from Space Camp 2006. It was created by Tom and Karl, from Wood Green High School, College of Sport.

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 Jupiter Podcast [1:13m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download