We have been busy putting the finishing touches to our Fís (film in schools) film using Green Screen technology. Spoiler Alert – its involves a granny on a quad-bike. A huge thank you to Tadhg (Muirís, Kelly Ann and Jack’s Dad) for bringing his quad bike to the school at very short notice.

We have been very busy filming our latest F.I.S.  (Films in Schools) using green Screen technology. There is no need for a “Spoiler Alert” we have been careful not to give the plot away with this post – you will just have to wait for the film release! As always it’s a huge pleasure to work with Victor Hayes of Dunmanway S.C.P. Victor takes the children’s ideas and creates a movie with no budget, using a standard camcorder, whatever props we can find, limited time but a huge film making talent and year after year produces the most wonderful movies.

The children have been really busy working on the script, story-boarding, learning lines and sourcing costumes for our latest F.I.S.  Film and now its finally time for LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION. This year we will be using a green screen for the first time. For these scenes our young actors will be acting without scenery and the Director will play a vital role. The children are really interested in how this technology works and can’t wait to see the finished footage. Many thanks to Victor Hayes from the Dunmanway S.C.P. for all his help with the film.

The FÍS Film Project  encourages creativity and imagination among children and their teachers in Irish primary schools. This highly successful film project explores film as a medium of expression in relation to the arts, and introduces children to many aspects of the film-making process.