In a passing conversation with a fellow homeschool dad 2 weeks back, my husband found out about mini films that kids can make. This particular dad was telling Mark his kids made a short movie about Teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders. Mark loves old Teddy and his crazy way he lived large, so he had to see this film. Mark pretty much invited us over to their place for dinner and homemade films.
After serving us great enchiladas, they showed us some of their homemade films with scripts, costumes, sound effects and all. We were hooked.
This weekend past we got ourselves all the necessary equipment – up to date camcorder, better computer with a DVD burner, flat screen monitor (OK, that was not totally necessary to make movies, but it looks cool), Pinnacle Studio software and writable DVD’s.
I am the tech in our house, so I spent Saturday night putting it all together. When the rest of them had gone to bed, Matthew and I shot our first film, starring Matthew! I edited it until the wee hours. Sunday evening the whole family made another movie about a dragon (played by our dog) who steals the princesses (Lily & Laura) and a prince (Matthew) who goes to save his sisters.
Was it worth it? OHHHH yesss. What a way to record the kids! I got to edit out all the boring back of heads shots and crying. We made a story line for interest and the music and sound effects tie it all together.
So the Cole home is not only a school, art studio, law office, Bible study center but now it is a film studio!
