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Mr. Law from Columbus, IN is requesting computers & tablets through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Making Movies in the Heartland

Help me give my students the ability to create movies! They are stars in my world!

FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Law's classroom raised $3,379

This project is fully funded

My Students

My students are very talented. They have become great actors, actresses, and improvisers. They take challenges thrown at them and not only do they accomplish what is asked, but also take the challenges above and beyond! Performing has become part of their education.

My Project

Improvising, writing, and filmmaking. Sounds impossible for elementary students to do. Not my students. My students in grades 1-6 worked through the process of how to take an idea, develop it, and turn it into a movie with amazing success.

I introduced students to silent movies this school year.

We watched silent movie actors such as Charlie Chaplin, Harold Lloyd, and Buster Keaton. We talked about how music was important to engage an audience since there were no words, only title cards. We also discussed how reactions and using facial expressions were incredibly important in this artform.

Students then began an improvisation game where students would give a silent movie title. Then silent movie music was played.

A student began creating a character and a scene based on the title and music. Other students were added throughout to make a "movie."

Students then brainstormed titles. They narrowed the title down to one. They began to develop a script by giving a beginning (establishing shot), a middle (all of the action), and an end (summation aka walking into the sunset). This plan was used to establish locations around the school to make the scenes. Students decided which character or which scene they would participate.

The silent movies were shot with an Iphone 11ProMax. It was edited with IMovie on the Iphone, which was very difficult to edit 16 different movies.

I would like to take our "filmmaking" to the next level by developing scripts and short films to help emphasize the writing goals our school has set for the next school year.

The silent movies were very successful and each student got to see their ideas come to life. The MacBook Pro would help keep them upping up their creativity by using an excep

Mr. Law Mount Healthy Elementary School Grades 3-5

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Columbus, IN View local requests

Half of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Apple MacBook Pro with Touch Bar - 16' - Core i9 - 16 GB RAM - 1 TB SSD - US • Best Buy Education $2,799.99 1 $2,799.99

Materials cost

$2,799.99

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$42.00

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$2,871.99

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$506.82

Total project goal

$3,378.81

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $3,378.81

6 Donors

-$2,868.62

Donations toward project cost

-$2,827.37

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$41.25

Matching donations from our partners

-$52.50

Match offers toward project cost

-$44.62

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$7.88

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$457.70

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 $0.00

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