Not so fast....

So before my sanity completely goes out the damn window and I seriously lay hands on one of these kids, something has come up to keep my focus: IM SHOOTING A MOVIE....

Well several actually. My 9g grade class and I are discussing films and how they are made in our textbook. I figured while we were learnin about this, we might as well bring it to life. I told the first class about it, and they seemed pretty calm about the idea. But the second half of the class was all excited. At the beginning of class they asked if they could play a game, so I agreed we could if there was time at the end of class. Well I announced we would make a short film and they didnt even want to play the game anymore. They immediately started thinkin of ideas for their short film

Cannes here we come....

So just to raise the stakes, each half of the class is broken into 2 groups (a groups of 6 and a group of 7, 2 short films for each half of the class, and 4 short films for the whole class of 26). Im gonna solicit a group of judges to determine which film from each class is the best and the winning teams get a pizza party. Today's class was geared around making it all happen. Coming up with what type of movie they will make, what the movie will be about, the characters, the plot. I actually got some really funny scenarios

1. A Western-2 guys are playin poker when 2 girls walk in. The bartender serves them a drink. The two poker players begin to argue over which girl looks the best and they have a shoot-out. There is a sheriff and a waitress somewhere in this short film also.....

2. A Comedy-a story about 2 friends and their kids. One friend has twins (sara and mara) and a daughter, and the other friend has one daughter who believes she is a clown. The sister of the twins has a b-day party and one of the twins makes the clown upset. The clown switches the twins into the others body.........

3. A Horror-a guy and girl are picnicking when 2 monsters attack them. The monsters kidnap and imprison her after they kill the guy. Her friends decide to rescue her and kill the monsters.......

4. A Suspense-a guy is cheating on his wife with his only love. His wife hires private investigators to prove her suspicions correct. After gainging proof, the investigators call the wife to confront the husband and his lover at a restaurant. Things go terribly wrong when the wife picks up a knife and kills the lover, causing the husband to kill the wife and investigators in a fit of rage.

How exciting do these films sound??? We are gonna get props (costumes, fake blood, etc) and Im gonna film this. There is some kid who does work with small clips and movies, hopefully the films look legit.

Ok, Im VERY excited!!!