Visual Language- Moving Images (Using language, symbols and texts)

Last week we explored moving images. We watched a movie called 'Mulan'. The plot goes like this...To save her father from death in the army, a Chinese maiden secretly goes in his place and becomes one of China's greatest heroes in the process. We enjoyed this movie not only because it was a great story, but because it provided us with a great deal of knowledge of China, especially the ancient history. We explored the theme of traditional roles of male and female in ancient China. We also learned about the Huns and developed more 'Wonderings'. We will be exploring these very soon. During the last third of the movie we looked at the different types of shots, then completed a cut and paste activity where we had to match the shot name to the photo. Over the next week we are going to use 'Movie Maker' to produce our own movies around a China theme. We will also use music from China to go with our movies.