Mitchell Long

Planning Details:

Every year, each house has an annual House Chapel Service, and this year, my Head of House wanted us to make a short film of a skit, rather than doing a live drama skit during the service. Unfortunately, we didn’t have much time to do it (only a few days) in which we could only film in twenty-minute mentor periods. Since that was our timeline, it didn’t give us much time to plan anything. We did decide, however, that it was going to be based on the story of the prodigal son.

 

CAS Learning Outcomes:

Learning outcome 1: Identify own strengths and develop areas for growth

I did English film last year so I have some experience in making films, but I don’t pretend to be a film-making aficionado. So although I’ve done it in the past, making films is certainly a skill that I can improve.

 

Learning outcome 2: Demonstrate that challenges have been undertaken, developing new skills in the process

The challenge in this CAS experience came in making the film within our timeline. We only had, in total, probably 2 hours to organise the boys, alter the story of the prodigal son to be a script, and then film. This meant that the activity certainly improved my time management, as well as my people skills.

 

Learning outcome 3: Demonstrate how to initiate and plan a CAS experience

Outside being told that we had to create a film, the whole task was organised by students and student led. We had to organise the year 8 boys who were acting in it, film it, and then edit it before getting it to the chaplain to play on the night of our Chapel Service.

 

Learning outcome 4: Show commitment to and perseverance in CAS experiences

It’s hard to show commitment to a CAS experience that’s only a few days long, but I attended all the filming sessions we had, helped to overcome some difficulties we faced, and then edited the film.

 

Learning outcome 5: Demonstrate the skills and recognize the benefits of working collaboratively

In order for the film to be a success in any regard, the year 11 boys organising the task would all have to work together and divide tasks to get them done. Given the timeline, we ended up having to film at two separate times, which meant that we had to work collaboratively to complete the film.

 

Learning outcome 6: Demonstrate engagement with issues of global significance

This outcome is not relevant to this experience.

 

Learning outcome 7: Recognize and consider the ethics of choices and actions

This outcome is not relevant to this experience.