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Tuesday 27 March 2012

Move Over Spielberg!

Sure you can't beat this beautiful weather with a big stick - and I for one absolutely refuse to subscribe to the pessimistic 'this is our summer so you may enjoy it while it lasts' viewpoint. In general though, theres no doubt that most people are in a better mood, we're smiling a little more easily, and i dont know about you but a glass of wine on a school night never looked this tempting in January!
Best of all, The kids have all but abandoned playing in cardboard boxes indoors and have rediscovered the garden. This is when country living comes into its own- I've barely seen them except at meal times for days and the reason for this I soon discovered was that they have been shooting their own mini movie! Using Cormac's basic camera he got for Christmas, they filmed each other over a few days, and then got stuck into post production using video editing software, adding music and special effects. Working together, there was minimal bickering - although admittedly Rory was initially edited out for going AWOL on the project, and Luke possibly didn't understand the 'movie making' concept, but still! Anyway, here it is...and is that a proud mummy moment I feel coming on....?


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  1. For those who are curious, the software used was Power Director 8 and the camera was a basic Pentax digital compact.
    Power Director is great, easy to get the hang of and loads of very professional functions. The children did this from start to finish with no help whatsoever.

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  2. Loved it!! My kids want to go and live at yours now!

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    1. Everywhere looks better in the sunshine methinks!!

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  3. Brilliant!!!!! What great memories they can add to the collection xx N

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  4. Well I just loved it!!! Great team work going on there and it made me laugh a lot! Looking forward to the next one!

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  5. Class Ems!! What clever little chickens you have!! The backwards slide action was def the best!! When's the sequel?! Mary xxx

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  6. What a gorgeous bunch! That's VERY cool! (Am I allowed to say 'cool' at 39?)

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    1. Totally!! I'd draw the line at 'awesome' though! Thanks Sarah!!

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  7. Jennifer Boyle13 May 2012 at 17:28

    No way...awesome is totally acceptable in California....that WAS awesome! I can't believe it took me this long to watch that, I loved it! Highlights have to be Mr Strong (Jude) lifting the bouncy castle, Anna's own Miss Strong pose after climbing the trike and Cormac not being able to do the trapeze thing for laughing...oh and all the backward action. Ok, off to try and remove 'awesome' from my vocabulary, i consider myself told!

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