The final challenge of this project is the production and promotion of your own short film. But before that, you need to surf different websites and overcome several missions that will help you gain knowledge and acquire strategies.

Collaborative work is highlighted in this project, which means you will mainly acquire knowledge by working in pairs or small groups. Likewise, you will also work individually on interactive activities to which you will access by clicking on the website links provided.

Do not forget that your teacher can help you whenever necessary on your way towards the big final challenge.

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 It is advisable that you read some general information about this resource before you start working so that you learn about the objectives that you will need to achieve and the tools and applications with which you will fulfil your tasks or missions. You will also know about some aspects on the evaluation of your work and how to use Your learning diary. Click on the titles below for detailed information.

Your Work

The missions that you will have done at the end of this project are:

• The creation and presentation of a film billboard.
• A Google map based on film locations.
• A timeline based on real facts recreated in films.
• The preparation of dialogues for several scenes in a short film.
• The final challenge which consists of the edition of a short film and its promotion at a film festival and on the Internet.

Tools and Apps

• To create, design and edit your work, you will be able to use the following apps, among others.
• Cacoo, an online tool with which you will create word maps to work on key vocabulary.
• Canva, which will enable you to design and create your own charts and posters.
• StoryboardThat. You will use this online app to prepare the drafts for your presentations. 
• Google Slides, to create slide presentations.
• Google maps, to create a location map based on films.
• Sutori. This enables you to create digital timelines.
• Audacity, A voice based learning tool.
• Wevideo, the tool with which you will create and edit your big final challenge: a short film,which will be published on a YouTube channel. If you prefer, you can find other video-editing tools at the edtechteacher.org site.
• Kdenlive. Video editor
• Magisto movie. Video editor for mobile phones.

Promoting your work

Notice that you will be performing several missions and we are sure that, by the end of this resource, you will be proud of your great work, which you can prepare, publish or share with the help of the online tools and apps listed below.

• To publish, you will use Weebly site. An email account is required to create your own site where you will be posting all your missions. Within this site, you will create a blog entitled 'Your learning diary' in which you will be including relevant information concerning your learning process.

• To share your work with other people, you will use Pinterest, a digital board where you can publish your tasks and share them with your classmates.

Throughout the project, your teacher may award you with a badge from Open Badges in case of excellent performance.

Assessment

Your progress on this project will be assessed according to the following criteria:

• Teacher's evaluation: your teacher will use the assessment rubrics to evaluate your work on the missions and the final challenge.
  • ''Rubric for assessing a digital poster' (download in editable odt format, download in pdf).
  • 'Rubric for assessing a presentation' (download in editable odt format, download in pdf).
  • 'Rubric to assess a digital map' (download in editable odt format, download in pdf).
  • 'Rubric for assessing a timeline' (download in editable odt format, download in pdf).
  • 'Rubric to assess a classroom video' (download in editable odt format, download in pdf).
  • 'Rubric for assessing your digital site'  (download in editable odt format, download in pdf). This refers to your Weebly site where you will publish all your work of this and other projects.
• Peer evaluation: you will assess other partners by creating your own assessment sheet with the items that you consider as appropriate or by using the assessment rubrics listed above. 
• You will self-evaluate the final outcome using the document 'Rubric to assess the project Becoming a cinema director' (download in editable odt format, download in pdf). This rubric brings together the main criteria for assessing your missions and challenge.
• Teacher's observation in class will be based on your degree of participation in the project and how well you perform all the missions. 

As you can see, you will get entirely involved in this project by acquiring, creating and sharing contents as well as assessing both, your own andyour classmates' learning progres.

Learning diary

You will learn more meaningfully if you reflect on your work progress throughout this project. In your Weebly site, you will create a blog entitled "Becoming a cinema director", which will be Your Learning Diary. Here, you will answer several questions and will become aware of your efficient work and of the difficulties that you find in each mission and in the final challenge.

Final remarks.Your work on this resource will help you develop your linguistic competence as you will be presented some language aspects that you will practise in several reading, listening, writing and speaking activities. Here, you will also have the chance to develop your autonomy in your learning process and to work in a collaborative way with your classmates. Besides, you can broaden your digital competence with the online tools and apps suggested to carry out your work.