Making things right - Before Sunrise

We want to make things right about using the pictures from the movie Before Sunrise without permission so we have written this letter.  It would have been quicker to e-mail it but there are no e-mail addresses on Kealan's website.  We will let you know when we get and answer.  

Dear Kealan,

Our class of 7-9 year olds in New Zealand have really been inspired by your movie ‘Before Sunrise’ which we found on The Literacy Shed.

We worked very hard on writing the story of your movie with lots of description.  This is the link to our own movies and stories. 

http://our-writing-rocks.blogspot.co.nz

http://springstonteamendeavour.blogspot.co.nz

We feel terribly bad because we know we have used your pictures without permission and we know that is not the right thing to do.  Could we please have permission to keep these pictures on our class blog?  If you want us to we will take them down and understand why but we would be disappointed. 

We hope that you keep making these amazing animations because lots of school children are inspired by them and can do some great writing using your ideas. 

Thank you

On behalf of the Room 6 Kids

Estee, Lucy and Tate

Before Sunrise Movie - Estee

Estee has finished her movie about The Shadow from our Term 1 writing.  I love the way she uses great expression to read her story in the movie.  Please write her a constructive comment about her writing and the movie.

Before Sunrise - Tate

A clock-face shines in the dark night.  Tiles make pointy rooves like gingerbread houses.  An angel warrior statue in the centre of town stands sill and tall.

Hiding in the darkness is a shadow.  He has moon white eyes and grey skin.  He is unhappy and wants to find a place where he belongs so he steps out into the world.

After a long time walking he sees dark buildings like shadows in the night.  The moon lights up his drooping eyes and the stars sparkle like glass.  All of a sudden he sees a  stream of golden light shoot out of a window, like a treasure glowing.  

The Shadow creeps carefully through the dark town and up to the glow.  After climbing a giant set of stairs, he walks into  the room.  He gasped!  There are tall crooked stacks of books in a golden glow.  The shadow sees the glow is brighter.  It is a golden candle.  She fluttered her eyes and sparkles fell.

Suddenly the candle became extinguished. The shadow went on his knees at the candle base and sat there lonely as a cloud. The black smoke came from the candle and twisted against the wall, emerging as a girl shadow.

The shadow was nervous but got up and met the new shadow girl. He knew they had a connection.

Before Sunrise

In a dark village filled with gingerbread houses full of sleeping people his a lonely shadow.  His face is  shaped like a fish and his eyes are bright and sparkling white.  He looks skinny and boney.   

He decided to leave the shadows and search for something better.  Suddenly a glow shines in the moonlight like an orange sun.  He was creeping and climbing, jumping to get to the library.  He finally got into the library and was so surprised.   All around him were towers of golden books.  In the corner, on the table  stood a glowing candle fluttering her sparkling lashes.  Suddenly the candle went out and he was so heart broken.  The Shadow bent down and hugged the dark candle. 

The smoke of the candle turned into a shadow like him.  He was so astonished that he doesn’t have to play with the bad people.  He can play with the good shadow.

By Lachie

Shadow Man Story

The sky is a black old shadow.  It was  5:00 clock  and there was not a sound to be heard. The stars reflect the tops of the building’s roves like little diamonds.

In the darkness hides a lonely shadow.  His neck is long skinny like a pencil. The moon is bright like an oval and the shadow’s misty eyes light up as the sky turns black.

After a long time walking with shivering legs, he sees the golden window of gleaming light gleamed of light.  He decided to go in and had to climb the tower of mystery.

His eyes gleamed as his mouth dropped as he was looking amazed.   The tall stacks of books  surrounded him like  treasure.

The Shadow’s heart pounded fast as the candle’s eye fluttered with glitter and gold diamonds.   

She turned her head to the window with shyness and love.  The candle blows out.  How could this happen?  It was so bad that the Shadow’s heart pounded fast with fear.

He fell to the ground and cuddled the candle.  The smoke twisted and turned into a girl shadow.  He now had a friend.

Before Sunrise

In the glowing dark the clock stands tall and the Shadow  wondered why he was always in the gloomy darkness.  He stepped to the world of light.   

The village was fast asleep.  There is a sound of evil laughing as the clock keeps ticking out of the darkness. The clock and the statue fountain are guarding the village. 

The Shadow’s eyes got lit up by the moon. The clouds are dancing around up and down around the bright sky.

He moves smoothly and gracefully but his lonely eyes drift down.

Suddenly he sees a gold light stream across the roof and wonders what could be in there.  He creeps towards the building.  

He looks around and sees lots of books piled in towers.  In the corner there is a glowing light that stopped his heart. Suddenly  the candle gets blown out the shadow’s eyes come out in a shock and he is horrified. 

The smoke of the candle dances around.   She turns into a shadow and she feels confused.  He is happy once again because she is a live! 

Before Sunrise

                                                                                                                                                                                                           

In a dark room there were lots of ghosts.  They were all bad except for one.  He did not like them because they ruined their house so he went out to discover things in the new world.

The  good ghost walks through the village. He sees gingerbread houses with shiny pebbles like stars on their rooves.  In the middle of the village stood an angel warrior.  It was watching to protect the sleeping people.

After a long time walking past the sheep wool moon, the ghost sees a golden light coming from an old window.  He decides to take a look.  Inside he and finds big building with books standing in huge piles.  

In the corner the ghost sees a waving candle.  He wants to touch it but he’s to scared.   Suddenly the candle gets blown out.  The ghost hugs at the candle stick, feeling very sad.  The smoke from the candle turned into a girl ghost.  

The fantastic shadow

The shadow is friendly and great and lives in a dark street in the village.    The other shadows are mean and loud.  Why was he on his own with no nice friends?  He was wondering what to do? 

The shadow steps into the dark village to search for a friend.  His eyes are lit up by the moon as he sees the clock face as it glows through the village.  The stars are shining on the roofs of the gingerbread houses like twinkling diamonds.  

After a while he saw the light streaming in the darkness from a window.  He tiptoed across the village and he climbed the stairs. The books are surrounding him.  He finds the light that was shining.

The candle is flickering and the shadow burnt his hand.  Suddenly his heart stopped with darkness when she was blown away.  The flames turned into dust and then into a shadow.  She wondered what she was then he picked her up.  She was a shadow too.

By Jack B

Before Sunrise Movie - Phelix

Before Sunrise Movie - Jess

Before Sunrise

The shadow was sick of sitting down and being bored so he got up and crept through the village looking for a place where he would belong.

He saw the clock face in the centre of the village.  It was shining at five O'clock at night.  The old cottages are like two story gingerbread houses and the moon glowed like a giant torch.

The shadow saw something glowing like the sun out of a little house. It was as bright as gold, so he started to investigate.  He crept over to the cabin and sneaked through the door. He got a surprise.  All around him were mountains of books in really big piles.  

Then a big light caught his eye.  It was a candle! The candle glowed liked the sun and was like gold.  The shadow was shy because the candle started fluttering at him, but the candle was shy too. 

Suddenly a man blew out the candle and the shadow was extremely horrified.  

The candle smoke started dancing like a black ribbon.  It gently fell and turned into a shadow like him.

By Zac 8 years old

Before Sunrise

In a scary dark world there was a lonely shadow.  His eyes glow in the moonlight light. He has a twirl at the top of his head.The strange creature is skinny and moves slowly.  He has black lips and they don't say much.

The shadow was sitting on a chair.  He sighed. He was not like the other shadows.  He did not belong.  

He was lonely but he knew there was more to life.  Bravely he stepped out into the dark night to begin his journey.

As he walked the Shadow saw that the tops of the roofs were like they were made from ginger bread. 

Suddenly he sees some golden light that is shining out of a library.  He had to find out what it was.

After climbing up the giant steps, finally he got inside.  He looked around and gasped.  There were stacks of dusty books of all sorts everywhere.   

Something caught his eye.  On the table was a candle.  She looked alive and turned with a shy rosy blush.   Her eyes twinkled like golden stars in the moonlight.

Suddenly the candle was blown out.  The Shadow was very sad and cuddled the base of the candle.  Her smoke came up and fluttered in the air then she turned in to a person just like him.  Finally he saw her and they kissed.

Estee

Before Sunrise

The village is dark because it is 5 o'clock at night.  There are no-one to be seen. The clock is shining brightly.  Something is happening. The buildings are creaking. The reflection of the moon on the roof is like shooting stars. 

Around the doors of the cottages there are carved patterns like worms digging holes in the dirt. But hiding in the darkness are shadows.  The little shadows are naughty so the nice one left.  He climbed up the pipe into the night.  

After a long time walking he saw a glow of golden light shining brightly through the window. He crept into the library, up the giant steps.  He was amazed to see piles of books surrounding him.  His eye was caught by a bright light. It was a candle.  She blushed pink and fluttered her eyelashes with golden sparkles.

The librarian suddenly blew out the candle.  The Shadow’s heart pounded and he fell to his knees, wrapping his arms around her dark base.   A black charcoal colour smoke swerved back and forwards behind him.  It made a picture against the wall like a spider web.  Eventually it turned into a shadow.  He now had a friend.

By George 9 years old

Before Sunrise

The shadow wished if he could have a better life in the town.  The tower stands tall and looks gloomy. The tower is strange and it looks like pale black mountains.  The Shadow steps out into the night and calmly flies through the dark alleyways.

After walking a long time, the Shadow sees a bright shimmering light coming from a window.  His eyes get light and start to glow. The Shadow’s neck gets longer as the night sky gets blue.  He walks in to a bright light of the library.  As the Shadow wanders through towers of books, his eyes turn black with surprise.

The shadow saw a candle.  She turned around in shyness and it looked like golden diamonds as she fluttered her eyelashes. He put out his hand and it got burnt.  

Suddenly the man blew the candle out and the Shadow fell to the ground and he hugged her.  While he was sad and lonely, her smoke came out the back and made a girl shadow.   

By Chloe 7 years old

Before Sunrise

The tower is gloomy and old.  It looks spooky as the clock face shimmers like the soft sky.  Glowing roof tiles light up the night sky with flying stars. 

The water is running down into glowing shimmering white stuff as it lights up the night sky.  The water goes all fluffy after the night glows on the roof. The mountains get covered in soft shimmering moonlight sky. Why does he have to be stuck in the gloom without a friend? 

The shadow climbs up the drain pipe to escape out to the open world.  He sees a river of golden light surprisingly come out of a window. He thinks it looks warm and cheerful.  After creeping through an alleyway he struggles but manages to climb the stone steps.  Suddenly, he finds himself in a library!He gasped because there are mountains of books in the room.  

Then, finally, he sees the golden glow! It’s a candle and he falls in love.  Her fluttering eye lashes makes the shadow fall in love even more. He reaches out his hand and pulls away. Finally he gets the courage to touch her but he gets burnt. He walks home sadly and fearfully. Back in the library the man swiftly blows out the candle. The Shadow raced back to the library with his heart thumping.

When he got there, he collapsed and wrapped his arms around the candle.  Behind his back, a black mist climbs the wall.  It turns into a bigger mist then, it falls and he sees it turn into a girl just like him! 

They instantly fall in love and live happily ever after.

Maggie 8 years old

Before Sunrise

The village is dark because it is 5 o'clock at night.  There is no-one to be seen. 

The clock is shining brightly.  Something is happening. The buildings are creaking. The reflection of the moon on the roof is like shooting stars.  Around the doors there are carved patterns like worms digging holes in the dirt.

The glinting moon lights up the eyes so they look like silver drops.  The sparkling stars

beam across the sky as the clouds puff gently.   The moon is painted with swirls of koru.

A tuft pops up like a light saber out of the Shadow's head.  His legs are like twigs when they limp along and his arms droop along in the air. He moves in the shadows silently and sadly. Where is he going? What is he looking for?

A sudden glow pops out of the dark.  It is the only light of the village.  After he climbs the stairs he’s at  the light.  By what he could see he was astonished.  All around him were stacks of books like towers.

The Shadow limps along to see a candle in the corner of the room.  He touches the candle but the candle burns him so he goes back to the night.  While he’s gone the candle gets blown out.  The shadow sprints to the base the shadow collapses  sadness.

Swirling smoke emerges to the air from the candle.  Astonished the shadow sees that the candle smoke has turned into his kind.

Mr Shadow

Why did he have to be different to the others? Thrusting his head in the air, the Shadow decided that the search was on.  He knew that he wasn’t like the other shadows and he needed to find a better place to be. He stepped out into the darkness.

His eyes were drooping down as he walked really smooth and slow.  He didn't  think he should be there.  His long skinny body moved silently through the dark village. It is a mystery where he is supposed to be.

Suddenly, out of the night sky, a warm and cheerful light glowed. He thought this might be what he was looking for. 

The big stones were hard to climb over but when he got up there were big tall towers of books in the room.  His bright face gasped when he saw the library.  He thought it was a place he should keep a secret.

Slowly the candle moves in shyness into her shoulder.  She flutters her eyes like fairy dust. Suddenly out of the darkness a man came and blew out the candle.  Mr Shadow came back and lay collapsed next to the candle. 

Smoke was dancing from the candle and then it fell like a ballerina.  She had became a shadow like him.  When he looked at her, he fell in love.   They became the best of friends.    

By Bella 9 years old

The shadow finds a friend

A stream of light shines out of the window that breaks the dark shadows.

The shadow struggles up huge steps.  He doesn’t give up.  He creeps through the moonlight towards the light.  

Giant piles of books are standing tall making him gasp with surprise.

He saw that the light  was shining through the window that was lighting up the room.  Her face was glowing like the sun.  She was very shy.  This is what he was looking for.

The candle goes out and he hugs the candle but she turned into a shadow too.

By Josh D 9 Years old

Before Sunrise

The shadow was worried that if he stayed, he’d turn bad like them!  He decided to step out into the dark world.

The Shadow  looks like an alien with shiny white eyes. As he stands above the city, the crater painted moon matched his eyes.  After a loge time walking, the Shadow’s eye  was caught by a glowing light out of a little window. He wants to go and have a look at what is making the light.

He went sneaking through the dark streets.  He climbed huge steps into the building.  His face gasped in shock.  There were many books in tall towers.  He had to keep it a secret because it was a treasure to him. 

In front of the moon was a shimmering candle.  Her face blushed pink as the shadow crept closer.  She looked away and shimmered her eyes.  The Shadow was in love.

The Shadow saw the old man blow out the living candle and his heart raced and pounded.    He hugged the dark candle with a tear in his eyes.  The smoke danced dramatically above his head and a new shadow was born.  He look up in amazement.  She was still alive.

By Josh G  9 Years

The Shadow gets a friend

A glowing clock-face shines out of the shadows.  The ticking wakes the silent village.  It ticks through the night as the clouds move slowly.  The village looks like it is made from giant gingerbread houses with pointy roofs that are iced with sparkles like stars.

In the centre of the courtyard silently stands the soldier angel waiting for danger.

Hiding in the darkness are a group of hunched naughty shadows, all except for one.  His eyes light up from the shimmering moon.  His face looks depressed hiding in the dark shadows as he watches the

others.  

Surely there is something more to life than this thinks the shadow as he steps out into the night.

After many hours walking he stops and stares at the glimmering light as it shines its way through the window.  The alien loses energy as he climbs step by step. He walked in the room and glazed at the golden books as the books shimmered over him. A noise made him run and bumped into the most amazing thing, a candle. Her eyes flutter as she flirts. Golden sparkles run down her eyes. The alien leans to touch her but he gets burnt. He turns around and leaves thinking, “Why, Why? I thought you were the one!” runs along then stares pipe and stairs at the window. 

The man wakes up and blows out the candle. The alien runs back thinking, “I hope it’s not to late.” He finally gets there.  She does a shimmering dance in the air and...becomes one of them. They are now together.

by Jess 8 years old