This is going to be our most #IMAGINATIVE round of films yet! Last year we were inspired by Shakespeare, super heroes, and fairy tales. The 2017/18 films captured the heart of our #INSPIRE project. This year we are going to spark our audience's #IMAGINATION even further! So, what movies are our Drama Kids making THIS year? LOWER PRIMARY It's no secret that we have taken major inspiration this year from the head "imagineer" himself - Walt Disney! Well, this was all in preparation for our Disney-inspired Project Silver Screen films! #IMAGINE if Disney characters were just like us... what if they went to school? What if they made potions in science class? What if Disney villains were sent to detention!? Is your imagination spinning? Ours too! We are so excited to dig into this scripts with our students! We love Disney movies, because the characters are so recognizable and familiar amongst our Lower Primary students. Our students already have a good grasp on these characters' traits, personalities, and backstories. So, when we throw these characters into a completely NEW setting, and when we challenge our students to make the characters their own - the results are positively #IMAGINATIVE! Our goal is to have our Drama Kids see these famous characters in a new perspective, find some empathy for the "bad guys", and add their own unique flair to the characters we thought we knew. Watch our Lower Primary kiddos bring Disney characters to life in: "ENCHANTED ELEMENTARY" A Drama Kids Original Picture! UPPER PRIMARY While our Lower Primary explores Disney characters in a new perspective, our Upper Primary students will view school through a new lens as well! Instead of #IMAGINING how famous film characters would act in a school setting, they will #IMAGINE what school would be like in a blockbuster movie! What if going on a field trip to a museum was like exploring a temple with Indiana Jones? What if every gym class had a training montage? What if students had the technology to build Iron Man for the science fair? What if all of this really WAS possible... if you just used your #IMAGINATION! These films will be some of the most challenging scripts we've give to our Upper Primary students to date - but after 5 years of walking the red carpet, we think they're ready! The movies will challenge our students to be flexible, and to think outside of the box. The genres of each film will change, the tone is ever evolving, and many of the characters switch personalities throughout the scene! Does it sound like a big undertaking? It is! But the results are going to be AMAZING! #IMAGINE if school was a blockbuster movie with our Upper Primary kids in: 5 Star Imagination: A Drama Kids Original Picture ACTING ACADEMY By now many of you have seen our Acting Academies pitch their movie ideas to YOU! This is something we have never done before - we are truly exposing our tweens and teens to all aspects of the movie-making experience this year. They've learned that it takes more than a star-studded cast to make a movie a success. It takes a true DREAM team - made up of writers, directors, producers, editors, and many hours off-camera to make a vision a reality. It's one thing to come up with an idea - but our Acting Academy is realizing it takes a lot of work to make that idea a reality. Of course, if you believe in what you do, work can also be a whole lot of fun - and there is no shortage of fun in our classrooms! We've let our students take the lead on their movies this year. With only a few set rules, they can let their imaginations run wild and create a movie they are proud of. Each group's story will focus on a single moment in life - but it's up to our students to figure out what that moment and problem is. Their films could be anything from a serious drama to a hilarious comedic situation. Our hope is that each finished movie will be a work of art that every student involved can be proud of, and we can't wait to see them at our movie premiere nights! See our Acting Academies shine, as well as our Lower and Upper Primary classes in January! Stay tuned!
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