THe META APPROACH to FILMMAKING: MAKING THE FILMMAKER the hero
Adam, your resident IB film teacher, looks at how approaching filmmaking as solving a problem can help kids understand the value of research and trial and error on the road to becoming better filmmakers.
REVISITING A SCRIPT: FOCUS on CONFLICT & CHARACTER
Consider this: most films that you see focus on two characters talking up on the screen.
Sometimes, they’re doing something, but most times, two or more characters are sitting down (maybe they are eating or drinking) and talking -- we call that a talking heads scene because the audience is literally watching two huge heads (on the screen) have a conversation