Tabletop Moviemaking

Students and teachers alike live in a media saturated world, and there is an increasing urgency to equip them with the necessary skills to author original content across these new digital forms. As new technological devices and computers become cheaper and more powerful, teachers are in a critical position to help students use these new tools to author their own original content. Yet, traditional video making is a lengthy process that takes too much valuable time and energy from a teacher. Tabletop Moviemaking is a method that creates short animated movies using a production process where movies are produced in minutes instead of months. This simplified process is ideally suited for the classroom because it allows the teacher more time to focus on the writing process and cross curricular integration, while also placing students in the author’s chair for these new media platforms.

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Workshop Outcomes

Teachers will:
  • Experience the entire production process of Tabletop Moviemaking, from writing to building to shooting to editing, to producing a short animated movie.
  • Learn how to use video cameras and computers to shoot and edit an original movie.
  • Learn best practices for implementing the method in their own contexts through a process of case study and reflection.
  • Develop a planning document that helps them bring Tabletop Moviemaking into their own classroom for a successful first implementation. 

Workshop Format

One-half day professional development session with on-line follow up support

Cost and Arrangements                                                       

The cost of the workshop is $250 per person plus classroom Moviemaking materials. To schedule this workshop, please contact Bruce Kaneb at bkaneb@nd.edu or 617-660-7518.

Click here to download a PDF of the Tabletop Moviemaking brochure.

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