project myrtis
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With camera in hand...
Project Myrtis
Basic aims of the project
To get familiar with the art of cinema and the basic techniques of film narration
To learn how to write a script
To create short films (3 stages: pre-production, production, post-production)
To develop their imagination and to find out ways of creative self expression
To cultivate their sense of aesthetic
To use ICT creatively
Basic aims of the project
Ancient History was used as a source of artistic inspiration and creativity.
The question
In Greek mythology, Myrtis or Myrtida was a lyrical poet by Anthidos of Boeotia.
Myrtis, a girl of ancient Athens came to life the 21st century.
Myrtis was an 11-year-old girl from Athens who died during the Peloponnesian War and buried in a mass grave that also contained 150 other people.
The girl lived the siege of Athens as well as the subsequent pestilence and it is estimated that she probably died of typhoid fever.
After 3 years of study, Greek and foreign scientists were able to reconstruct a model of her face, since her skull was found in excellent condition in the mass grave of Keramikos in 1995.
In 2010 scientists have successfully made a digital model of her and present it to the public.
Stages of film making
•Pre-production
•Production
•Post-production
The students conducted research about the following issues of every day life in Ancient Athens:
Social classes in Ancient Athens- Rights & Obligations Education of boys & girlsToys - GamesCostumes – Hairstyle - Toilette
Preproduction
The teacher guided the student’s research and supported them in the qualification of their material.
Nutrition - RecipesCurrency - Measures Professions - JobsFeasts - BirthdayPeloponnesian war
and the effects on people’s lives.
Preproduction
The students used the technique of brainstorming to provide an identity to Myrtis.
They imagined her as the daughter of Diokles and Danae who is forced to help her father in agora to sell his merchandise as a fisherman (there were not any boys in the family).
Preproduction
The action time of the story is the day of the birthday of Myrtis, one year before the outbreak of the Peloponnesian war.
That very day we watch her making the preparations about her birthday neglecting her tragic end.
Preproduction
The students decided to film three scenes in Ancient Athens:
at Ancient Agora, where Myrtis helps her father to sell his merchandise,
at Gyneconite, where she plays with her friends several games,
at the kitchen of her home where the preparations of her birthday was held.
Preproduction
• Then the students wrote the scenes about the modern period of time.
• These scenes were the bridge between today and yesterday, the present and the past.
Preproduction
RehearsalsPreproduction
Preproduction
Visit at Cinema MuseumProduction
At the Cinema Museum the students filmed the scenes in Ancient Athens with the guidance of the museum educator.
That experience made them to realize the value of cooperation in the achievement of their goals.
Production
Guidance of a museum educator in order to film the scenes in Ancient Athens
Production
Production
Post production
The post production process began after all the footage had been captured.
Editing is actually one of most interesting part of the film making process.
Mr Papagrigorakis visited our school and had a discussion with the students.
Post production
Visit of the creator of Myrtis at our class
Post production
Methods
o Use of experiential methods like brainstorming or role play.
o Use of ICT, and more specifically of Web 2.0 tools, in order to communicate their ideas, to write collaboratively and to express themselves artistically.
Implementation tools: Web 2.0
The project used the educational platform of Edmodo. An e-class had been created in order to enhance communication among the teams to promote the exchange of ideas, to qualify the reliability of the sources.
The students used online text editing software (e.g., Google docs), video editing software (e.g., Moviemaker), Adobe Premiere) & audio editing software (e.g., Audacity).
Formative assessment
Final assessment
Evaluation of the project
What next?
A proposal for collaboration… An open invitation for an eTwinning project!
Students from all of Europe meet Myrtis in order to:
discover their past
discuss about their present
dream about their future
