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Eye Filmmuseum

Expedition Cinema

Step back in time with your students and discover, through a playful guided tour, how the earliest films first came to life. During this mission full of challenges and hands-on experiments, pupils collect clues together to unlock a hidden film.

Girl uses a film projector

© Corinne de Korver

A playful journey through film history

During this lively tour, your students enter the world of the very first filmmakers. They will explore, in an engaging and interactive way, how cinema began and evolved into the films they know today. Through fun assignments, experiments, and the use of real film techniques, they gather clues to eventually reveal a hidden film.
Will your class manage to complete the mission? If so, a unique film experience from the early years of cinema awaits them.

What pupils do during their mission

  • Play with sound, music and sound effects
  • Act and move in a classic slapstick style
  • Try out green screen techniques and other simple special effects
  • Handle and experiment with devices from the early days of cinema
  • Watch a selection of early and contemporary films from Eye’s collection

What pupils discover and learn

  • The differences between early films and cinema today
  • How sound, colour, special effects and acting brought films to life
  • How still images are transformed into moving pictures
  • How to create simple film tricks themselves

For whom

This interactive tour is suitable for pupils aged 8–12
Tip: also available in combination with a workshop or film screening.

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Three children check out an optical illusion that is part of the permanent exhibition in Eye Filmmuseum

© Martin Hogeboom

Four kids move in front of the Green Screen installation
© Corinne de Korver

Information

Duration

1 hour

Price

€ 75 per 15 pupils

Number of participants

Maximum 30 pupils at the same time

Number of supervisors

Bring one supervisor per 15 students. When booking, we always agree the final number with you. Access for supervisors is free

For whom

Group 5 to 8

Core goals

Artistic Orientation: 54, 55 & 56

Dutch Sign Language

The tour can be booked in Dutch Sign Language (NGT). Our deaf museum teachers have been trained through the Museums in Gebaren project

Book programme

Please book at least four weeks in advance of the desired date.
If you have any questions, please contact educatie@eyefilm.nl

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Students watching at Film Catcher in Eye

© Jordi Wallenburg

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