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#Kids Researcher's Log: Aug. 26 (Wed), 27 (Thu
) #Workshop #SummerCamp2021

"Watch and Discuss Movies Workshop" (Elementary School Class) Held in Takeshiba!

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We held a workshop titled “How to Create Movie Posters” (co-hosted by uni), featuring guest speakers Mr. Shiota (a film producer) and Mottchan (a movie-loving YouTuber)!

https://www.canvas.ws/kenkyujo/report/202108260827-takeshiba.php


On the first day, we watched a movie and thought about our impressions, and on the second day, we made movie posters!



[Day 1]


■What do you think about when you watch a movie?


The workshop kicked off with the teacher sharing what he usually thinks about when watching movies!
Everyone was completely engrossed in his story, wondering what exactly he thinks about.
After he shared some things he wanted us to keep in mind while watching the movie, it was finally time to watch it.


■Viewing Time


We’ll actually watch a movie.
But instead of just watching it, we’ll spend the time filling out a questionnaire listing our favorite scenes and least favorite characters.
I wonder what everyone is paying attention to?
I wonder how much I’ll be able to write while watching?


■Presentation Time


We took turns sharing the movies we’d watched and what we’d written on our question sheets.
Some of us even had the same favorite scenes, and we couldn’t help but exclaim, “That was so good, wasn’t it?!”—and the conversation really took off.
Things that might have ended with just a quick thought if we’d watched them alone turned into lively discussions as we talked about our favorite and least favorite scenes—and our opinions often differed.
Watching the same thing, yet noticing different things. That’s another great part of it, isn’t it!



[Day 2]


■Movie Quiz!


We kicked off Day 2 with uni’s original movie quiz! “How many movies are released each year?” “What’s the longest movie in terms of running time?”…

Everyone’s reactions included things like, “Wow! I didn’t know that!” and “Why?!”
It’s all new information, and there’s so much to learn about movies.
It makes you want to share it with everyone!


■Posters from Japan and Overseas


Even for the same movie, the posters in Japan and overseas have different designs! 
・The Japanese posters have more text and images! 
・The overseas posters are simpler… 
When you compare them, it’s clear that a variety of people are involved in creating these posters.


■Let's Make a Poster!


After watching several short films, choose the one you’d like to feature on a poster and decide “who you’d recommend this film to.” The poster will include a “tagline,”“tagline,” “title,” “image,” and other information. For each one, I’ll create a “tagline” based on my impressions of the film—what it’s all about. I’ll work on the design while asking myself: “Should I include lots of images on the poster?” and “Am I creating this while imagining the people I want to see it?”


Sometimes they look at what their friends or teachers have made for inspiration.
It’s hard to create something while keeping the balance in mind! But you can also see kids who are bursting with enthusiasm to make a great poster.
Everyone works away quietly on their projects…


■Presentation Time


Even for the same movie poster, there are so many different ways to use and arrange the images!
Some kids are even combining them with images from other movies…!
Depending on who they want to recommend the movie to, the designs vary, resulting in posters that are full of personality.
“I want to put this up at school!” “I have to hand these out!”—some kids are already talking with their parents about heading out right away to promote their posters.


I wonder if everyone's posters are up somewhere right now?
I'm looking forward to it!