Yesterday was another late day, but it was worth it. We had our second annual Waller Mill Film Festival. I spent a good part of the day putting the finishing touches on various video projects and posting them to YouTube, then to safeshare.tv, then to Edline. A lot of decorating took place, but 99% of the credit for that goes to my team. As I was busy finishing up the videos, they were making like elves. We had a matinee at 2:00. We all met in the cafeteria where I welcomed the students and showed 4 or 5 short videos. One of these videos was a sampling of work from our FFA (future Filmmakers of America) club. Then, classes went back to their classrooms and viewed their own and other classes' videos.
The evening was the extravaganza. By 5:30, we were all dressed up and ready to welcome our guests. Families began to arrive with tickets in hand. A long line formed, and it didn't take long for there to br SRO in the cafeteria. My welcome to the audience was more planned than the matinee.
One of my favorite moments was a clever setup. I planned with a teacher to have him Skype me in the middle of my welcome. We changed his profile name to Brad Pitt and replaced his picture with Brad's. We had a whole schtick arranged.
I showed the same short videos from earlier and then the audience left to visit classrooms and view their children's films. It was so inspiring to walk the halls and see such big audiences for the students' films. To view our films, go to http://www.edline.net/pages/WMES/Links/New_Edline_folder__Postman_06_
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