Short Film: ‘Te Moana’

Lights, camera, action! Hard on the heels of the Walt Disney animated movie ‘Moana’, Tai Wānanga launched the premiere of our short film ‘Te Moana’ at the Hoyts movie theatre.

This teacher lead PBL was centred around creating a short film with sea food conservation as its main theme. Tai Wānanga recognises project based learning as the best tool for the development of skills and competencies.

Cast and film crew at Raglan beach, Hamilton

PBL is multidisciplinary and requires connectivity. The ‘Te Moana’ experience provided students with in depth learning, in real-life authentic task settings. The teamwork and collaboration created an exciting end product.

Camera and sound crew preparing for action

Project Overview

1. Create a short film focussed on sea food conservation.
2. All junior students were grouped according to strengths and interests. The teams and roles were; Marketing and creative, camera operators, sound technicians, technical crew, musicians, director of photography, behind the scenes, producer and editor.
3. On completion a premiere showing was organised at Hoyts movie theatre.