City Eye has a long history of working with schools and colleges and delivers interesting projects that help to establish filmmaking as an accessable skill in the school. Our work is always varied and stimulating and offers a wealth of skills to the young people involved. Filmmaking is an excellent discipline which gives students opportunities to express themselves creatively as well as encouraging thoughtful group work. The structure of filmmaking from the original creative idea through to the planning and onto the shooting and editing showcases a wide degree of learning that appeals to all learning styles and with projects that cover all the main disciplines from digital filmmaking, animation and documentary filmmaking, there is always something for everyone. Below are just two examples of projects we have run in Primary and Secondary Schools.
Sam and Beth's Robot Adventure
St Mark’s Junior School (Drama, Animation, Green Screen) This film was part of a bigger project to introduce new art forms into the school. It was written by a City Eye filmmaker and a teacher and was based around a robot topic that the class was studying at the time. The film was created to showcase the different possible ways a film could be made by using many different filmmaking styles. The film uses real life drama, animation and green screen and combines them all together to create a wonderful fantasy world using the teachers very own stapler as a star. The young people were responsible for shooting and animating the film. A City Eye filmmaker edited the film together at a later date. The film took 2 days to shoot. |
The Road Safety Film
Brookfield Community School (Documentary) Brookfield school approached City Eye to work with students to produce two documentaries which they wanted to send to local MP’s regarding the heavy traffic outside the school. The idea was that a visual letter made by students would have more of an impact. The project ran for 10 weeks as a 2-hour after-school club for 10 young people. City Eye Filmmakers taught the young people how to operate cameras, film interviews, plan their project and then edit a documentary. As well as being sent off to local MP’s the 2 films also received screenings around the school to highlight the dangers of the busy road outside the school. |
