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Part 10

Three Act Story:

Distribution

 

Watch Your Films!

 

Today, the main event is to watch the films that you made this week. This is all about the learning, so whatever you worked on, we'll check it out and give you a lot of props for making a film. It's hard work, as we've seen. From development to post-production, you have to learn how to come up with an idea, create a structure for that idea, plan how you're going to shoot it, shoot it with always-changing conditions, and then edit it all together. That's a lot.

Also, here's a reminder of the feedback rules:

1. The filmmaker sets up their goals for the project.

It's important for the audience to know what the filmmaker is trying to achieve so that they can give good feedback that will help the filmmaker in that goal. Sometimes, audiences project their own goals and then the feedback process can go wrong.

2. Start with the positive.

You need to help encourage the filmmaker. You want to see the good in their work. It could be the potential for good or a good idea. It’s always about supporting the filmmaking.

3. Be specific.

Try to not just say, that’s good. But what about it is good. They need to know if they are going to replicate that.

 

4. Limit the improvements to the most important elements.

What step(s) can they take to make their work better? It’s not as helpful to give them a long list of areas they can improve, but try to cut to the most important area they can grow in.

5. Filmmakers choose the feedback that helps them.

It's up to you what you want to go with. It's your film!

 

Also, I would like to know if it's okay to share any of your films with Justin, our YouTube channel, and our 2022 Athenian Film Festival.

Distribution: Part 2

 

We've talked about some of the ways to get your films to an audience. We talked about YouTube channels, we talked about our Middle School Film Festival, and we talked about the All American High School Film Festival.

Today, we'll continue exploring some of the ways to get your film out there. I want to revisit our own Film Festival because I think it's helpful to think like a jury at a film festival. If you were a judge, how would you pick the winners of a film festival?

Activity: Pick the Winners of the Intermediate Category of the Athenian Film Festival

 

This will be similar to the activity we did before where you all picked the winner of the Middle School category. The difference is that the films we'll watch this time are all made by high school students in our beginning/intermediate category.

Here are the awards you have to give out:

 

  • Best Acting

  • Best Directing

  • Best Writing

  • Best Editing

  • Best Overall

And here are the films we're going to watch:

 

  • Perception of Identity

  • The Woods

  • Rock Paper Scissors

  • The Fight

  • Catching Eyes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Even More Film Festivals

 

Below is a short documentary about two Athenian success stories. The first story is about three Athenian 9th graders who made their first film about gun violence and it got into one of the biggest film festivals for high school students in the world. The other is an Athenian student who got into three different film festivals. One of the film festivals was local so he was able to attend and won a cash prize.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How to Set Up an Account on Film Freeway to Submit Your Films

 

After we watch these films, I want you to be knowledgeable on how to set up a Film Freeway account. It's free and some of the festivals are free too so there's no reason to not submit--with your parents' permission.

 

Here are the steps:

  1. Go to Film Freeway (the link is below) and click "sign up."

  2. Click sign up by email.

  3. Fill in your name and email and password.

  4. Make sure you have your password written down somewhere you remember.

  5. Now you have a film freeway festival membership.

 

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