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Project Myrtis

Basic aims of the project
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To get familiar with the art of cinema and the
basic techniques of film narration
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To learn how to write a script
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To create short films (3 stages: pre-production,
production, post-production)

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To develop their imagination and to find out
ways of creative self expression
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To cultivate their sense of aesthetic
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To use ICT creatively
Basic aims of the project

Ancient History was used as a source of
artistic inspiration and creativity.

In��Greek��mythology,��Myrtis��or��Myrtida
was��a��lyrical��poet��by��Anthidos��of��Boeotia.��

Myrtis, a girl of ancient Athens came to life
the 21st century.

 Myrtis was an 11-year-old girl from
Athens who died during the
Peloponnesian War and buried in a mass
grave that also contained 150 other people.
 The girl lived the siege of Athens as well
as the subsequent pestilence and it is
estimated that she probably died of
typhoid fever.

 After 3 years of study, Greek and foreign
scientists were able to reconstruct a model
of her face, since her skull was found in
excellent condition in the mass grave of
Keramikos in 1995.
 In 2010 scientists have successfully made a
digital model of her and present it to the
public.

Stages of film making
•Pre-production
•Production
•Post-production

The students conducted research about the
following issues of every day life in Ancient
Athens:
Social classes in Ancient Athens- Rights &
Obligations
Education of boys & girls
Toys - Games
Costumes – Hairstyle - Toilette
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The teacher��guided the student’s research
and supported them in the qualification of
their material.��
Nutrition - Recipes
Currency - Measures
Professions - Jobs
Feasts - Birthday
Peloponnesian war
and the effects on people’s lives.
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 The students used the technique of
brainstorming to provide an identity to
Myrtis.
 They imagined her as the daughter of
Diokles and Danae who is forced to
help her father in agora to sell his
merchandise as a fisherman (there were
not any boys in the family).
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 The action time of the story is the day of
the birthday of Myrtis, one year before the
outbreak of the Peloponnesian war.
 That very day we watch her making the
preparations about her birthday
neglecting her tragic end.
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The students decided to film three scenes in
Ancient Athens:
at Ancient Agora, where Myrtis helps her
father to sell his merchandise,
at Gyneconite, where she plays with her
friends several games,
at the kitchen of her home where the
preparations of her birthday was held.
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• Then the students wrote the scenes about
the modern period of time.
• These scenes were the bridge between
today and yesterday, the present and the
past.
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Visit at Cinema Museum
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 At the Cinema Museum the students
filmed the scenes in Ancient Athens with
the guidance of the museum educator.
 That experience made them to realize the
value of cooperation in the achievement of
their goals.
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Guidance of a museum educator in order to
film the scenes in Ancient Athens
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Post production
 The post production process began after
all the footage had been captured.��
 Editing is actually one of most
interesting part of the film making
process.��

Mr Papagrigorakis visited our school
and had a discussion with the students.
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Visit of the creator of Myrtis at our
class
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Methods
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Use of experiential methods like
brainstorming or role play.
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Use of ICT, and more specifically of Web
2.0 tools, in order to communicate their
ideas, to write collaboratively and to
express themselves artistically.

Implementation tools: Web 2.0
The project used the educational platform
of Edmodo. An e-class had been created
in order to enhance communication
among the teams to promote the
exchange of ideas, to qualify the
reliability of the sources.

The students used online text
editing software (e.g., Google
docs), video editing software
(e.g., Moviemaker), Adobe
Premiere) & audio editing
software (e.g., Audacity).

 Formative assessment
 Final assessment
Evaluation of the project

What next?
 A proposal for collaboration…
An open invitation for an eTwinning project!
 Students from all of Europe meet Myrtis in
order to:
discover their past
discuss about their present
dream about their future

Presentation: Nancy Papachristou

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