Guidelines

This is a great opportunity for you to engage in a creative process, and put your digital skills into action! It’s also a chance to showcase your talent and have your work assessed by industry professionals.

Visit Auckland Museum to select something on display.  Also choose one of the questions below on which to base your 3 minute movie.  You may wish to explore a character, a place, a cultural event, a scientific theory or a work of art – in fact anything that sparks your imagination and curiosity.  Judges will be looking for movies which tell fascinating stories about Museum taonga, artefacts and exhibits and how they relate to the lives of real people, or issues of concern.  Find out more »

Inquiry Questions

1. Technologies and materials change, but our needs often stay the same. Which object from the Museum’s collection do you feel best illustrates this?
2. The last Gallipoli ANZAC, Doug Dibley, passed away at the age of 102 in 1997. One of his final comments on the war was “No one wins in the end. The Great War took the best of our young men”. Consider this statement to reflect why ANZAC remembrance still resonates with so many New Zealanders.
3. New Zealand was an isolated island nation for centuries, but the arrival of different people brought changes to both our natural environment and our cultural identity. Explore what impact the arrival of people, and the things they brought, has had on Aotearoa New Zealand.
4. For centuries roses have ignited the senses of artists and poets around the world, inspiring them to create works of passion, love, purity, sadness and spite. How is it, that one flower is able to stir such a variety of emotions?
5. Whaia e koe kite iti kahurangi, ki te tuohu koe, me maunga teitei. Seek the treasure you value most dearly: if you bow your head, let it be to a lofty mountain. How can great aspirations change and inspire a person?

Filming Hotunui

The Museum and descendants of Hotunui welcome research and filming of the magnificent wharenui that stands in the Maori Court. However, permission must be requested before uploading any images of Hotunui to Voicethread or any other website. If Hotunui features in your movie, please email Nicola Railton, Maori Partnership & Development Coordinator, to help you gain the necessary permissions. Thank you.

Software & Digital Tools

You can use any software program you like but here's a few you might like to check out and some useful websites with helpful hints for movie-making.

Flick School

Learn everything about multimedia.  This wiki is created to show you how to document using video, photography, and audio.

Windows Movie Makers

The perfect forum for beginners and loads of info for more advanced users.  You will find Windows Movie Maker tips, tutorials, forums and more.

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