Session 2 - Planning Our Campaign

Ice-breaker
We started the session with an icebreaker to get the group thinking and on their feet. For the ice-breaker we all had to put a piece of paper on our heads and draw around it, then pass it on to the next person to add eyes, then the next for the nose and so on until we all had a complete face. On the drawing we ended up with we had to write our name on it and then tell everyone about how the picture represents us an individuals.

Group activity - brain storming
We split  into two groups, to discuss our ideas for locations for our film and build up a storyline.

We brain stormed our ideas for locations and we came up with a wide selection of locations of where we might want to film within our school.

Some of the locations that we came up with were:
- The playground
- In a classroom
- Near the outdoor ping pong tables
- The corridors in the school
- At the school gates
- The alley way near the school

Once we had completed our location brain storming, we worked on developing one of the ideas that we had come up with for our storyline. This was so that we had one main idea for our final film.

Presenting our ideas:
Both of our groups presented their ideas to each other. One of the groups filmed the other group, using flip cameras whilst the other group shared their ideas. This was so that they had a record of our ideas on film and so that we could practice different shots.

Once both of our groups had discussed our ideas, as a whole group we reviewed and discussed them. We took aspects of each storyline and merged them together to make a really great story for the film. We decided on our main message and on which locations would be best for our storyline. We then decided on who wanted to do which role in the film.

Interview skills:
We practiced a few interview skills by working in pairs to film and interview each other about our experiences of bullying. This was a really interesting activity as we got to practice shooting video using different shots.

We all decided that it will be more convenient for us all to meet after school on Wednesdays instead of Thursdays.

Evaluating:
We finished the session by getting the group to fill in evaluation forms.