LEARNING how to make a short film proved an enlightening experience for Canobolas Rural Technology High School students Hayden Peters and Terileigh Vincent.
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“We’ve learnt a lot, what each role is, how to edit, how to film,” Terileigh said.
“But most importantly, we’ve learnt that it’s really hard,” Hayden added.
Students at the school spent last week working with staff from Charles Sturt University (CSU) on a series of short films made using mobile phone technology.
The students were introduced to every step in the filmmaking process; from pitching and writing a script, to production and editing.
Two out of five scripts were filmed and were screened at the school yesterday.
As part of a bigger project, the films will be screened for school students in Japan to give an insight into the life of an Orange teenager.
Next year, Japanese students will make their own films to be screened here.
CSU hopes to involve another six schools from the region in the project.
“It’s so the students don’t just make films for their community, they make them for another nation,” said Jane Mills, an Associate Professor with CSU’s school of communication and creative industries.
“It’s about a global community.
“Ultimately, it’s kids like these that we want in our university.”
The films will be shown at a special screen literacy conference in Japan next July.
