Student-led filmmaking and creating an exhibition review
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Audience
Primary school, Secondary school, Teachers -
Learning stage
Stage 3, Stage 4, Stage 5 -
Learning area
Creative Arts, English, History, Pasifika, Science, Technology -
Type
Learning resources, Self-led
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Inspire your students to review an exhibition using note-taking, writing, photographs, or filmmaking! This type of self-directed learning experience fosters creative and collaborative skills giving students the opportunity to share ideas and opinions, and make decisions for their review.
Sharing their end 'product' is empowering and filmmaking is an ideal way to engage students that might not normally be as involved or interested in Key Learning Areas, specifically Science and History at the Australian Museum. Additionally, researching for an exhibition review ignites a new interest in Museums, a deeper understanding of the expertise that go into the development and creation of an exhibition, and are an opportunity for students to share their own viewpoints.
Elderslie High School film review of the Wild Planet exhibition
Following a competition, this exhibition film review was created by students from Elderslie High School. Through a process of researching an exhibition and creating a review students are likely to find out some of the following:
- Interesting facts about the history of the Australian Museum and its renovations.
- The expertise and sometimes quirky stories involved in the creation of an exhibition.
- Through this review specifically, that science related specimens and facts found in Wild Planet are much more interesting than previously anticipated.
- That their research skills, creative decisions and opinions matter.
- That their own storytelling and/or filmmaking skills are of high quality.
