Teachers' notes - One Small Step
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ArtisanCam Performance helps teachers deliver a creative curriculum at Key Stage 2 and 3
ArtisanCam Performance/One Small Step took place in Newcastle in 2009 funded by Newcastle City Council and supported by Northern Stage. The project was delivered by Artistsatwork.org the producers of the award winning ArtisanCam website for schools.
The project involved Year 6 pupils watching original archive video clips of the space race, producing their own short plays inspired by significant moments, such as the first man on the moon or the launch of Sputnik. These plays were filmed in front of a greenscreen and edited. The young people then watched the professional performance by Oxford Playhouse and reviewed that production to camera.
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If you want to
have a go at this activity in your school these notes will
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Archive video clips of the space race
There are seven archive video clips on the ArtisanCam Performance
One Small Step page. Some are original footage from NASA,
others are newsreel footage from the time. They cover the
period from 1957 and the launch of Sputnik, to the first steps
of Neil Armstrong on the moon in 1969. Please note, the clip
of Yuri Gagarin's first flight into space has been re-edited
with a dance audio track.
The clips of the Oxford Playhouse
production One Small Step
One Small Step is a play written by David Hastings and performed
by Oxford Playhouse which is a brilliantly inventive exploration
of the space race. The play is performed by two actors who
use household items and an old slide projector to re-enact
the significant moments of the period. The play runs for 50
minutes and was filmed during a performance at Northen Stage
in Newcastle 2009.
The review clips
These reviews are by young people from schools in Newcastle
and they talk about the play as well as their experiences
of producing their own short plays about the space race inspired
by the archive video clips.
The your performance clips
These video clips are of performances by young people from
schools in Newcastle inspired by watching the archive video
clips of the space race on ArtisanCam Performance. They were
filmed in front of a greenscreen at Northern Stage.
You can produce your own performances, with or without greenscreen
and send them to ArtisanCam Performance for inclusion on the
site. To submit video simply click on the Upload icon. Please
make all video clips shorter than 2 minutes and less than
3Mb file size. You can also contact us with enquires by using
that email and we will do our best to answer your questions.
Some background information about the Space Race.
The space race was exactly what it sounds like! A race between
the Russians And the Americans The Russians got into space
first by launching the “Sputnik” Satellite A Satellite is
something that goes around something else. Once out in space,
the Sputnik went round and round the earth taking photographs
of it. What NASA and the Russian Space Programme really wanted
to do was put a Man on the Moon. Not the in the moon but a
ON the moon!!!! • They were in competition to do this from
1957 until 1969 • In 1969 something very special happened!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Buzz Aldrin & Neal Armstrong Became the first men to walk
on the moon!
Some background information about the play.
Synopsis. One Small Step.
Two young space enthusiasts voyage up to their Granddad's
attic and discover under dusty old cloths: Vinyl Record Player,
slide projector, beach balls, cardboard boxes and a host of
many other abandoned items. Using their imaginations and the
surrounding deserted props; recreate the most dangerous and
spectacular mission in human history. Both as characters and
narrators take our minds eye through the exciting but deadly
adventure in the race to be the first to the moon.
