Wombat Public School may be the nursery of some future filmmakers.
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Nine students from Year 3 to Year 6 combined with the help of teacher Hamish Walton to create a film named Game Wrecker which sends a message to stop bullying.
The three and a half minute movie written, filmed, edited and starred in by the students was submitted to the statewide public school's Film By The Coast competition showcasing students' visual literacy and filmmaking talents.
Wombat Public School received an invitation to this week's Film By The Coast festival which premiered 28 of close to 70 movies.
Following the screening, they received an encouragement award which recognised only the top five movies in the state.
Teacher Hamish Walton explained the amount of work that went into the project.
"I thought it would be a great way to engage the students with a cross curriculum unit incorporating aspects of drama, english and art," he said.
"The script was student driven with minimal input from myself. We mapped the initial idea and followed a narrative story graph as practiced in class.
"From start to finish the film took around a term and a half and was all shot at Wombat.
"We discussed and mind mapped each scene to ensure none of our allotted three and a half minutes was wasted. It was fully filmed and edited by myself and the students. It was shot on an iPad."
Parents helped provide costumes and various props.
The school was notified at the start of this Term that they'd made the festival screening held at Thirroul's Anitas Theatre on Tuesday, which they attended.
Wombat Public School principal Renae Fairey is hugely proud of the students.
"They wrote it, they filmed it, came up with the characters, effects, they owned it. We're immensely proud of their efforts and they are thrilled with the very pleasing result," school principal Renae Fairey she said.
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