Clip Club welcomes John Potter and film makers Xube Ltd
At the beginning of April the Clip Clubbers, John (Mr. P) and I were very pleased to welcome some professional film makers – Jeremy Henderson and Richard Woolfenden – from a local film company called Xube (pronounced with a Z) and a researcher from The London Knowledge lab called John Potter. They wanted to get some inside information about young people’s film making and film making with ipads in particular. They are going to be working with schools in Leytonstone in a few weeks, making a couple of short films with 2 groups of 20 children (Year 5 & Year 8).
We all talked for about 40 minutes and then the visitors watched the clubbers taking some shots of the Clone walking down the stairs, for the film sequel. The children were asked about how they go about planning, shooting and editing, and the time it takes to get things done; how they make decisions; how it is to be working in a team; how they have been inspired by other short films and clips and how much the experience has affected their normal viewing habits.
We received a very nice email from John Potter about how much they had appreciated talking to the group (copied below). They were impressed by the clubbers’ detailed knowledge about film language, the process of film making and their overall enthusiasm. Mr. P and I are really very proud of how they performed and what they’ve achieved. Well done guys and thanks!
And here are some photos that Gman took of that day’s shoot – the stairs from different angles:
John’s email to our Head Teacher, Ms. John said:
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I completely echo John’s comments above. We were bowled over by Clip Club and your genoristy in sharing your experiences and top tips. We are very excited about the film workshops we are going to be running in May at Buxton School and really hope we can share our progress and films with you. Many thanks Clip-clubbers.
It’s also great to see professional film makers getting involved in primary school productions! Can’t wait for the young film makers at Buxton school to impress you, as they undoubtedly will.
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