Multimedia

The multimedia module aims to introduce students to communicating visually by creating projects in film, graphic design & presentations.

Our equipment includes a semi-professional HD video camera, handheld video camera, microphones, LED stage lighting and a sound mixing desk. The software we use includes iMovie, Adobe Photoshop & Microsoft PowerPoint.

What happens in the class?

Students work in teams of four throughout the year on a series of projects. Projects are based around real school events as much as possible. This allows the students to make an active contribution to school life as well as getting a large audience for their work.

Click on the diary on the right to see what each group in the class is working on this year. 

2016 Projects

2015 Projects

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The Fresh Film Festival is funded by the Arts Council as a competition for young Irish film makers. It's the main event for young Irish filmmakers and this year we had two entries which made it into the Dublin Heats on the 4th March 2015. These films were Paper Stars and Underneath it All. 35 students from St Colmcille's attended the Dublin Heats in the IFI, Temple Bar and the standard was extremely high this year. Paper Stars was one of the films chosen by the judges to go forward to the National Final in Limerick on the 25th March!
A boy is bullied in school for wearing make-up but no one stops to consider the story underneath it all. By Isabel Doyle, Ciara McPartland, Jennifer Murphy O'Shea and Mark Gilleran
A little girl has a dream about making paper stars. By Caoimhe Walsh, Jade Farrell, James Davey and Luke Houghton.

School Events 2015

Behind the scenes of St Colmcille's Community School's 2014 musical - Annie Get your Gun. By Avril Power, Jodie White, Orla O'Sullivan & Holly O'Connor.
A whole school assembly is a chance for the entire school to come together and celebrate the many achievements that have happened in the last term. Mr Bates's Transition Year Multimedia class were given the challenge of creating the December 2014 assembly and presenting it in a fun and entertaining way. 

2014 Projects

This video was inspired by the fantastic clip created by St Brendan's College in Mayo, "Time to say Mayo" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GWWBY...). We couldn't resist the challenge of creating a response for the Dubs from the students and teachers in St Colmcille's Community School in Dublin.
This year's school musical was Les Miserables. Our students followed the actors and set designers in the weeks before the production to capture what happens behind the scenes of this great event.
The Senior Boys Basketball team had a fantastic year, our TY sports captains followed the team over several weeks to capture their story.
Every year a selected group of transition year students in St. Colmcille's C.S complete the 'Foundation Level' GAA Coaching award in conjuction with Ballyboden St. Endas GAA Club. The video summarises all aspects of the course and also some of the work that Ballyboden carry out in the local area. 
Students make a short film to promote Random Acts of kindness in our everyday lives.
This year Fr Peter McVerry spoke at our christmas service about the challenge of homelessness that faces many people in our society. Students visited one of Fr McVerry's drop-in centres in the city centre and interviewed several people there in order to hear their stories and to highlight the incredible work that the Peter McVerry Trust is doing. 

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Assessment

A key challenge in Multimedia is learning how to work as a team in order to complete a challenging project, therefore while students receive individual marks for effort, they are marked as a team on their assignments. As many of the projects students work on in this module have external deadlines, students agree a set of goals for the end of each term that their team can be marked on. Details of the goals for each term are shown below.

Term 1 Assignment

Create a slide for each of the first world problems that your group was given. We're looking for:
  • High quality images
  • Clear contrast between text and background
  • An image that captures the essence of the first world problem
  • Good choice of where to put the text in the slide
  • Appropriate size, font and colour used for text

Resources - PowerPoint

Using the Rule of Thirds to make your presentations look better
Improve your slides with the CRAP guidelines

Inspirations - Film Making

Filmed in Ireland, on some of the world’s most violent coastlines, Dark Side of the Lens tells the story of Mikey Smith, a surf photographer.
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A young man contemplates his life and the effects drugs have had on it during the aftermath of party in his house. Created by Irish filmmaker Daragh Goan.
A powerful short story created by Irish filmmakera Anna Rodgers and Aoife Kelleher to inspire students to take a stand against homophobic bullying.

How to - Film Making

An entertaining look at how to make a TV news report by Charlie Brooker. Watch for the different type of shots he highlights.
Using the Rule of Thirds to frame your shot for both static and moving images.
Watch how the different types of shot are used to create the tension in this scene from The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
Learn about the different types of camera movements and how they can be used in your film.
How do you create an exciting fight scene?

Evaluation

At the end of the module students will complete an evaluation form identifying the strengths and weaknesses of the module.