Media Literacy | Media Competence | Media Education
Developing these skills by creating and producing own films
We
live in a world where media are omnipresent. Children spend already a
lot of time in watching television or using mobile devices in any
way.
The
Medienwerkstatt AG (literally: after school media group) is an
educational initiative and project to help children coping with
medial challenge:
“To
learn as much as they can make informed choices as media consumers
and gain maximum benefit from the diversity the media offer.“ (OSLO
challenge, 1999)
Media
Literacy is about being able to access media to fully exploit their
potential and to use them in a critical, active and creative manner and find their voice in a rapidly expanding community of young filmmakers.
Making
films is a little section picked out of today's media world but it
includes a couple of important key qualifications which can be
transferred to other fields:
- Content Creation
- Experience of Creativity
- Media Production Skills (photography, audio, editing, etc.)
Mentor's Statement
Lack
stimulates creativity. We don't have a professional studio at our
little school. But we have ideas and phantasy and tons of fun
creating trickfilms and animations.
Saying
with Pierre de Coubertin: "The important thing in life is not
the triumph but the struggle".
My job is to be the artist mentor for the kids fluent in creating fun and engage the basic conditions to explore media arts.
My job is to be the artist mentor for the kids fluent in creating fun and engage the basic conditions to explore media arts.
Kerstin
Heinlein, mentor of Medienwerkstatt AG
The Medienwerkstatt was honoured by the Ministry of Education of the federal state of Baden-Württemberg for its approach relating educational media and creativity.
The Medienwerkstatt was honoured by the Ministry of Education of the federal state of Baden-Württemberg for its approach relating educational media and creativity.
"In the Depth"
year
of production: 2015/2016
This
film was made by students aged 9 to 10 years in an after school
program of Elementary School Tennenbronn (Germany).
filmcrew:
Lilith
Jörg, Leonie Storz, Nele Hilser, Sophie Groß, Elena Schweizer,
Jenny Fleig,
Based on Darwin's established principle "survival of the fittest".
Grandfather's
tongs, the neighbor's saw, an ornamental purse, calipers and keys are
the protagonists and lead you into the depth and bizarre underwater
world.
Watch the film >> HERE or click on the image
Awards | Official Selections | Nominations
- 3. Winner at International Short Film Festival "Gib'mir Fünf" in Hamburg, Germany
- 1. Winnert at Auburn Film Festival for Children and Young Adults, Australia
- 1. Winner at Anglesey SeeMôr Film Festival, Holyhead, United Kingdom
- Nominated at Trick&Klick Trickfilm Contest of LFK Stuttgart, Germany
- Finalist at ISFC 2016, initiated by edelkrone, Czech Republic
- Finalist at San Diego International Kids' Film Festival, USA
- Finalist at International Children’s Television Festival “Dytiatko”, Ukraine
- Finalist at REC kids, International Filmfestival, Berlin, Germany
- Official Selection at Clipaward 2016, Internationales Low & No Budget Kurzfilmfestival at Mannheim Castle, Germany
- Official Selection at Los Angeles International Children's Film Festival, USA
- Official Selection at Young Animators International Film Fesival "YAiff", India
- Official Selection at Wordless International Short Film Festival, Sydney, Australia
- Official Selection at Anim!Arte, International Student Animation Festival, Brazil
- Finalist at Little Big Shots, International Film Festival for Kids, Australia
- Finalist at Bay Area International Children's Film Festival, Oakland, Canada
- Finalist at Mostra Internacional Cinema Educatiu mice, Valencia, Spain
- Semifinalist beim Arica Nativa Rural Film Festival, Chile
- Finalist at Gardencity International Filmfestival, Bangalore, India
- Screening at ComicCon International in San Diego, USA
- Finalist at Noe Valley Girls Film Festival, USA
Press (only in German)
Schwarzwälder Bote · "Medienwerkstatt sorgt für Aufsehen"
Südkurier · "Tennenbronner Grundschüler sind bei Kurzfilmfestival dabei"
Schwarzwälder Bote · "Mit Giganten der Tiefe ganz obenauf"
Südkurier · "Medien AG der Grundschule Tennenbronn erreicht dritten Platz"
NRWZ · "Giganten der Tiefe preisgekrönt"
NRWZ · "Trickfilm der Grundschule Tennenbronn international gefeiert"
Schramberg.de · "Medienwerkstatt der GS Tennenbronn auf Platz 1 in Australien und England"
Schwarzwälder Bote · "In der Tiefe" schießt in die Höhe"It's Little Things that Makes a Big Difference"
filmcrew:
Teresa Birkenstock, Julian Kuhlmey, Max Grießhaber, Lea Waller
A man who took a morning walk at the beach saw them and picked one after another up and threw them back into the water.
Can he really help? And what difference does it make? A film made by children (aged 8-9 years) about the stance to accomplish with little things a big difference.
Based on an essay of Manoj Parik (Japan)Watch the film ("It's Little Things that Makes a Big Difference") >> HERE or click on the image!
Awards | Official Selections | Nominations
- 1. winner at Reel Spirit, Kansas City Film Fest, USA
- 2. winner at Goldene Gans Film Festival, Stuttgart, Germany
- Official selection at Bundes-Schülerfilm und Deutschen Nachwuchsfilmpreis, Hannover, Germany
- Finalist at San Diego International Kids' Film Festival, San Diego, USA
- Finalist at International Children Television Festival "Dytiatko", Ukraine
- Finalist at REC for kids FilmFestival, Berlin, Germany
- Finalist at Golden Snail Filmfestival, Vranje, Serbia
- Official selection at Newark IFF Youth Festival, USA
- Finalist at ENIMATION little elephant, Slovenia
Press (only in German)
- NRWZ: 1. Platz in den USA und zwei Nominierungen in Hamburg
Schwarzwälder Bote: Junge Filmprofis aus Tennenbronn - NRWZ · Film der Grundschule Tennenbronn beim Filmfestival in Stuttgart nominiert
- Schwarzwälder Bote · Ein Meer aus Taft und Frischhaltefolie
- Südkurier · Tennenbronner Grundschüler mit Animationsfilm bei Stuttgarter Filmwettbewerb
Laudatio | Golden Goose Film Festival:
"Can we make a difference with our limited power, helping to save lives and preserve the creation? The lovingly designed stop motion film which captivates with the successful play of sharpness and blur as well as the elaborate design of the set and of it's smooth storytelling. It's about the salvation of starfish."
"4"
year of production: 2016/2017.
filmcrew:
Teresa Hilser, Samuel Saurer, Theo Pfaff, Nils Dinger, Sofia Kunz
-
Who needs whom? Does mankind need nature? Does nature need mankind?
The crew of young filmmaker (aged 9 years old) traced an exciting comparison based on the idea of the four elements. This film is a mixture of stop motion and nature film sequences.Watch the film ("4") >> HERE or click on the image!
Awards | Official Selections | Nominations
- Finalist at Internationalen KurzfilmFestival "Gib'mir Fünf", Hamburg, Germany
- Finalist at San Diego International Kids' Film Festival, San Diego, USA
- Finalist at International Children Television Festival "Dytiatko", Ukraine
- Finalist at REC for kids FilmFestival, Berlin, Germany
- Finalist at Golden Snail Filmfestival, Vranje, Serbia
- Official selection at Newark IFF Youth Festival, USA
Press (only in German)
- NRWZ: 4 – Tennenbronner Kurzfilm bei Filmfestival
- NRWZ: Tennenbronner unter den besten Neun
- Südkurier: Tennenbronner Viertklässler schaffen es erneut ins Kurzfilm-Finale in Hamburg
- Südkurier: Tennenbronner Film-Abenteuer im hohen Norden
- Schwarzwälder Bote: Daumen drücken für die Filmemacher
- Schwarzwälder Bote: Tennenbronner landen auf Platz neun
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