I know that i'm late in posting about this, but better late than never! In class we were put into groups and told to create a movie about a topic from a 4th grade textbook. This movie had to be between 1-5 minutes long and geared towards students at that age. Our group chose to do the Revolutionary War (and name ourselves the Revolution Ladies to go along with the theme) which would talk about the Stamp Act, Boston Tea Party, The Revolutionary War, and ending with the Declaration of Independence. Before we started creating the movie, we had to produce a commercial that was 30 or 60 seconds, but we decided to go with 30 seconds. The commercial obviously had to capture the attention of the children and make them wanting to see our movie. Here's what we came up with! Enjoy!
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As you can see we chose to go with certain approach. Our group actually saw this in an actual movie trailer and decided to use its concept. The commercial was kept simple and to the point so students would stay entertained and left wanting more. We chose one specific word to put ahead of the corresponding pictures because it is just a commercial and no one wants to feel as if they are reading subtitles. Also this helped introduced what was going to happen in the movie without giving away everything. That specific track of music was picked because it set the tone for our movie especially with words like 'revolt' and 'war' showcased. The Taylor Swift song at the end actually had a meaning in that, the movie was about a war where America was fighting for independence because they were stuck under British rule. The song "We are Never Getting Back Together" is saying exactly that; that America is fighting for its independence and never going back under British rule. It was a fun way to end the commercial and give students something to keep in their head for the rest of the day.
I hope our commercial left you wanting to see our movie! I'll put it up in my next post :)!
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