NEW+Futureshots+Sustainability+competition

Tuesday 26th October

1. Future Shots is a filmmaking challenge for all young people aged 25 and under living in Victoria. With over $9000 in cash and prizes to be won, the challenge is to make a film of just three minutes or less, of any type or genre, that addresses one of the world's most important issues of today: **SUSTAINABILITY. **

This means exploring, interpreting then committing to film the story you want to tell about sustainability. You can make a drama, documentary, animation, music video, advertisement, just as long as the theme of sustainability is addressed. Make a film using themes of either **Water-Smart Cities**, **Waste-Free Victoria** and **Smart Energy** use.

[|Future Shots]

2. We will explore what the purpose of a Persuasive text is and what tools filmmakers use to educate others and to persude their audience to change their behaviour. Watch the commercial and discuss the issues raised below. Write about your "thinking" in your digital literacy book.

** BLACK BALLOONS COMMERCIAL ** ** [|Black Balloons - Moving Images - Digital Literacy Framework - Department of Education and Early Childhood Development] ** ** Think About ** As you watch this advertisement, think about why the film maker has used black balloons. Are they supposed to be real balloons? Why are they black? In what ways is this advertisement trying to influence our thinking? ** Create / Respond ** Re-view the advertisement as many times as you need to and complete the following tasks.  Write down what you think is the ‘message’ that is being communicated.  Decide how the following elements help to get that message across to the viewer: the storyline, the soundtrack, camera shots and angles, colour, soundtrack and special effects.  In a small group, compare your responses to the previous two activities and come to an agreement about how effective the advertisement has been in communicating a point of view  If you changed one of the identified persuasive methods how might it affect the advertisement message? For example, changing the colour of the balloons from black to red, or changing the soundtrack to more upbeat music. ** Reflect ** This advertisement wants viewers to believe that we can make a difference and help the environment by changing the way we use appliances. Why is it more effective to present this message in the way the film maker has done here than to just have a person on screen telling us we can make a difference?

Finish the above thinking in your digital literacy books for homework if it is not done in class.

Thursday, 28th October

A. Work in groups of 4. Each person will have a job. (Note taker, Problem solver, Time Keeper, Reporter) We will discuss what a good team member does so you can be your best to help your group.
 * Moving images can tell a story
 * Moving images can represent/ express an opinion
 * Moving images can persuade an audience
 * Moving images can be informative

B. View Sam and Uni's persuasive text, Keynote presentations about endangered species and endangered habitats. Or watch the plastic bag, deforestation and sad environmental movies.



This is a sad environmental movie you can watch: http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1106434/sad_environmental_commercial/

This is an anti littering ad: http://www.kabc.wa.gov.au/mambots/content/plugin_jw_allvideos/jw_allvideos_player.swf?file=http://www.kabc.wa.gov.au/images/stories/videos/canimation-kalumburu.flv&showdigits=true&autostart=false

This ad is against plastic bags: http://campaign.commoncontinuum.com/plasticbags/?p=31

This ad is about deforestation: http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/greenpeace-australia-ad

Think about the purpose of these ads.

Choose either Sam, Uni's, Dangers of Plastic bags or the Black Balloons ads and answer the following questions on a poster sheet. You will have 25 minutes to answer the questions in full sentences. Remember to explain WHY you think what you think. You do not need to write the questions, just number the answers. For example: Why has this digital project been made? 1. This digital project has been made to....... 2. The ad has been made to.......... because..........

Purpose focus questions:  Write the title of the ad at the top of your sheet. 
 * 1) Why has this digital project been made? This digital project been made to...............
 * 2) Is it to persuade, inform, or entertain? The ad has been made to.......... because..........
 * 3) What do you like or dislike about this? What do you feel or think about this?
 * 4) What might someone else like or dislike about this? What might someone else feel or think about this?
 * 5) What do you learn from this?
 * 6) Can this digital content be interpreted in different ways?
 * 7) Who do you think is the target audience for this digital content?
 * 8) Would this digital content be suitable for different cultural groups or audiences?

__**Wednesday 3rd November**__ Work in your groups of 4. Choose a SUSTAINABILITY topic to make a film about. Choose themes of either Water-Smart Cities, Waste-Free Victoria and Smart Energy use. Use a movie planner to record your thinking/draft. This must be done before you begin filming or creating your digital work. Write your script. Choose your images. Choose your music or compose your own.