Our last meeting of term!

Hello!
So Wednesday was our last meeting of term (very sad I know) and on Friday we started the film making process! Below are the notes that Mr Cappleman made in our last meeting :

Aims of the video:

1. To raise awareness amoungst all year groups of the new recycling system and specifically what can go in each bin.
2. To positively & humorously encourage students to use the new bins to increase our whole school recycling rates.
3. To positively & humorously encourage students to engage with the broader reasons for recycling as opposed to sending rubbish to landfill.

Possible Scenes:

1. Interviews with:

• The Head Cleaner or/& Site Manager to hear about their jobs in relation to recycling, what makes life difficult & what would make it easier;
• Someone external about what happens to our waste
• The Headteacher (can't remember why, maybe about why recycling is important). Although it might make the video look too official...
• Mr Cappleman (reserve)
  

Could you interview any students on their thoughts about why recycling is important?

2. Stop animation of a coke can that is thrown onto the floor that cries when it sees a passing plane and says something like 'I could have been a plane like cousin Trev if only I was recycled!' I'd love to see a foot then squashing the can for comedy value (like those old Monty Python animations - have you seen them?).

3. A meeting of Cherwell Earth debating how bad it is that we throw 78% to landfill (well that's the old statistic now thankfully). There was a dream sequence after that I didn't quite catch. I wonder if that might tell them the history of the bins, the doughnut sale (happy students eating Krispy Kremes?) & how they were installed (fast motion someone installing a couple of bins) around the school?

4. Stop animation of what goes where, that focuses particularly on the sorts of rubbish the students have in the classrooms & canteens. Look at this hyperlink to the Oxford chart detailing what can be placed in the bins.

http://www.oxford.gov.uk/PageRender/decER/Whatgoesintoeachcontainer.htm

Good music put over some scenes? Any suggestions?

Will people meet up again before the end of term to work on the film? Feel free to use the comments below to arrange it. We should probably also start thinking about how to get the new year 12s involved next year... any ideas?

Have a nice summer and remember to keep recycling!

:D

Hello Fellow Cherwell Earthians!
Sorry this is so late, I've been extremely busy!
So last week, we discussed our film in more detail, and decided on our main aims.
Firstly, to persuade people that they should use our brilliant new recycling system, and secondly, to teach them how.
We decided that we would need to find a song to put in the background, and also that it would be more successful if students didn't feel patronised by the film. Key points of discussion were whether it should be a 'music video' or a video accompanied by a song.
The Film group were planning on meeting up to get started - any suggestions for when people are available?
See you all on Wednesday (which may well be our last meeting this term, as it is Activities Day next Wednesday, so lots of people might be out of school)!
:D