A2 project - representing the school

We are getting ready for A2 next year and to do this we have been given a project to complete. We have to come up with two short films, one which promotes the school to prospective parents, and another which ask for extra funds from prospective sponsors/investor. Each film has to be 2-3 minutes long.

It is important to show during the film to prospective parents all the positive areas of the school and how their children would be in good hands and are in a safe and friendly environment.

However, in the film to prospective sponsors/investors, we need to highlight what areas of the school could do with some improvement, such as litter and poor facilities, and try and convince them to invest in the school.

Before filming and editing these films, we need to think of a plan and come up with ideas as a group on what we can do.

The first film we are going to produce is the one which promotes the school to prospective parents. As a group we have already come up with a few ideas on what we can do.

One of the ideas was to use the schools standing as a sport college during the film. We thought of perhaps filming p.e lessons, such as cricket and rounders, to show that students have a good time at therfield. However, this narrows are filming ability as there are other areas such as food tech and science that need to be filmed.

Luke came up with the idea of showing a point of view shot of a student going into therfield for the first time, showing that students are usually scared and intimidated by a bid school and not sure what to expect, and then show how people at Therfield are nice and help and the lessons are enjoyable and make school less frightening. This was a good idea, the only major downfall being that it limits the amounts of shots we can use.

We have already filmed some footage from music, getting a yr 9 boy to play the drums for us, which can show what kids can do at therfield and the fun that they can have. Our group are now about to talk to doctor pop about a science experiment.