Our Exciting Day

This morning Sean from Black Grace came to talk to us about being a dancer. He told us about how hard dancers have to work, and how much rehearsal they have to do so that their performances look amazing. We got to ask him lots of questions about working with Black Grace, what a normal day for him looks like, and about his favourite dancers. We discovered that we have things in common with Sean- we have choreographed our dances, we want to tell stories, and we have been doing lots of rehearsals! He even did a little bit of dancing which was incredible, we thought his body looked like liquid! It was fun listening to him.

Then, after morning tea, Andy came in to help us with the 'happy education' part of our dance/movie. For this bit, we want to tell the story of how education and learning are fun and full of joy, and how it is the right of every child to have an education. Andy filmed us running, jumping, laughing, dancing.....and leaping off tables. We had a ball and can't wait to show you all our dance on Tuesday 4th October at 9.30am in the Hall.

Lilith's Andy

This morning, Lilith's step dad Andy came in to talk to us about making ads, docuamentaries and music videos. He brought in two cameras, a very modern one that shoots digitally, and an older film camera for us to have a look at. The older camera was very heavy, and it would take three people to work it, the film and the lenses on a film set. Andy showed us some of the ads he has directed, and talked to us about how the story you want to tell is the most important thing of all to think about because if you have a good story, your audience will want to watch what you have made. This gave us lots to think about as we come up with the ideas for our movie and dance about children's right to education. He also talked about how you have to work hard as a team when you are making movies, and you need to communicate clearly with everyone around you. You also have to be super organised. We thought these things sounded very like Balmoral Habits!
Thanks for coming and talking to us Andy, we had fun and learnt lots.