Mrs. Davis-Hayes and I started this week feeling reasonably comfortable with how things were going. Then most of the scenes we shot turned out to be test shoots–great problem solving with little usable footage. Next Friday is our final deadline to finish recording video for the final episodes and the sheer volume of work is daunting. The students’ enthusiasm and hard work keep us pushing.
On Thursday morning, a former student visited the building for Honor Society Induction. I worked with her when she was in third-sixth grade. Now 16 or 17, she works at the Boys and Girls Club across the street. Before the event, she told me how much the students talk about the project and how excited they are…I hope she’ll accept my invitation to write up her thoughts for this blog.
Puppeteers at work! Watching from stage right, I was struck by Chase’s deep concentration, as if he’s listening to his puppet.
This is Fallon. She’s filling in for Talia, operating the Catfish puppet for FunWaterWashAbis.
I turned around from a test shot for Planet Scrum to see this classic warrior group film image headed my way. We coudn’t have choreographed it any better.
Alicia “Bentline,” helping Kacie prepare for a partial dress rehearsal of Magnetopolis
Upon stepping outside, we learned that Magnatives make cool shadows.
It took some doing for Exavia to master this arm position for his role as guard, but he nailed it. BTW, that’s a chocolate Darth Vader on his shirt.
Mr. Wishart gets into the action, demonstrating turtle movement direction for his fourth grade students.
Devin and Chris use craft techniques of their own devising on tee shirt based costumes for Jawsmasher, an alligator, and the Odors of Decay.
STEAM Trek 