Our Aesop's Fable Productions

During Term Two Room 8 formed movie companies.  Each company was commissioned to turn an Aesop's Fable into a script and then present it as a short film.  As discussed in an earlier posting we used High Five short stories as motivation for our presentations.  Our first company to complete their work was 'ROCK KIDS PRODUCTIONS LIMITED'. They presented 'The Shepherd and the Wolf.  The second company was 'BLUE DOLPHIN PRODUCTIONS' who presented 'The Lion and the Mouse'. 

Learning Intentions:

Our main goal was to communicate the moral of the fable to our audience clearly.  We wanted to achieve this by having a script that made sense and then using our filming and acting skills effectively.  We were trying to make good use of voice, expression, actions and sound effects to support our message.  

We would love to hear what you think about our short movie.  

Two Scared Boys

I've been working on a fable with the moral 'A strong man stands up for himself, but a stronger man stands up for others'.  The story is about two boys (Mike and Mitchell). One day their soccer ball got kicked over the fence, but they were too scared to get the ball.  Listen to my podcast to hear what happens.      By Kyle.

 

Learning Intention:

Kyle has been learning to communicate a message to his audience.  Do you think he has shared his moral well through the story?  He was also practising using expression in his storytelling. How do you think he went?

Belling the Cat - A Room 8 Production

Room 8 has been reading and writing fables this term.  We will soon be filming our own original fables, but as a practice we have worked together and created a retelling of Aesop's Fable, 'Belling the Cat'.  We have made a few small creative changes to the script.  

Our Learning Intention:

We are learning that writing and visual language has a message for its audience.  Have we clearly communicated the moral of this story?  'Easier Said than Done"

We would love you to leave your comments, letting us know what you think and how we could improve our work for when we produce our own short movies.

Our inspiration has come from High 5 and their stories.  We have been watching their retelling and looking for ideas that we can use in ours.