A soldier’s war: Gallipoli

As a class you will be making a movie where each group will be responsible for a separate sequence within the movie. There are a range of programs and apps that you can use to make your film sequence. Make sure that you decide as a class the final format for each group’s film so that your class's film can be put together — the sequences could be collected in a shared folder on Google Drive or Office 365.

You may use a program or app of your own choice. Three possibilities are:

iMovie: read the tutorial¹ or watch a beginner’s guide²

Adobe Premiere Elements: use these getting started tutorials³
Windows Movie Maker: use the advice for this program⁴

The Class Movies Filmmaker Lounge⁵ offers suggestions and tips in a wide variety of areas including the use of cameras and iPads, filming interviews, lighting and background noise.

Online collaboration tools such as Google Docs or Office 365 Word might also be useful for group documentation, planning and script writing or storyboarding.

Find out more about your role in the movie.

The plan (.pdf 94kB) guidelines

Peak at Gallipoli known as The Sphynx — The environment

The environment (.pdf 98kB) guidelines

headlines reporting the Gallipoli landing — The landing

The landing (.pdf 164kB) guidelines

The leadership (.pdf 65kB) guidelines

Albert Jacka (.pdf 88kB) guidelines

Archie Barwick (.pdf 96kB) guidelines

Red Cross nursing poster — Treating the wounded

Treating the wounded (.pdf 90kB) guidelines

Australian soldiers in a captured Turkish trench — August Offensive

August offensive (.pdf 96kB) guidelines

The enemy (.pdf 91kB) guidelines

The reporter (.pdf 102kB) guidelines

Drip rifle supported by sandbags — Evacuation

Evacuation (.pdf 86kB) guidelines

Map of Gallipoli showing Day 1 objectives and actual positions. — Evaluation

Evaluation (.pdf 101kB) guidelines

Now that all twelve sequences are made, it’s time to put your film together and apply the finishing touches. Divide up your class so everyone has one of the following tasks:

This post-production sheet (.pdf 61kB) will help to organise the class into the different roles.

Once Gallipoli: the true story is made and you have watched it in class, what do you do next? Here are a few suggestions:

hold an ‘Oscars’ presentation with awards for the best sequences and other aspects of your class’s production
premiere your film to other Year 9 classes — or maybe have a competition between classes
incorporate your film into an Anzac Day or Remembrance Day ceremony
invite a representative of your nearest RSL to talk about the First World War and witness your film (or be a judge if multiple classes ae involved)
upload your movie on YouTube (consider copyright implications).

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