Art in 3-d for elementary classes

How great is this? I just had a tutorial about simple movie-making in my pajamas (had to go out and buy the pajamas, but I needed some anyway…) and learned a lot. But mostly I learned that it is possible to do it with what we have. I was reminded about the rule of thirds, about the effect of the point of view, about close-ups as opposed to pan shots, and found out a little about microphones and lighting. Mathew Needleman made use of students about the age of the ones I teach, which made it all seem even more like something we can do. We made short videos of reports by sixth graders when they completed their Archology projects. It probably would have been better to video some of the building! Next time, thanks to this little class, we will have movies worth watching.