Re: creativity

hi all,

thank you all so much for your insightful replies. there are definitely some patterns here:

1. teach the basic tech and let them go out and learn from their experiences.

2. have lots of brainstorming/discussion sessions where we can all share our creative ideas.

3. analyse different productions and ask, how can we do this differently.

4. get the groups to critique each other.

5. have lots of practical sessions.

6. run it like a production company with me as the client.

some excellent ideas to further creativity here. any other ideas ive missed?

i also really liked the film 'toast'. a very good idea to get the students to exclude all dialogue. ive been playing with the idea of getting them to make a silent film for a while and then go on to post dub and entire piece just so they can see the process and start from the very beginning of film making. any thoughts?

thanks

steve