Meet the Idioms: "Mad as a Hatter"
Channel: CuriosityFilms
Date: 2013-02-25

This film was created by the Foulks Ranch Film Academy's Saul Epstein, Ben Weir, and a team of students for the 2013 Student Educational Video Awards as part of a language arts research project. 

The objectives were: 

1) To research the etymology of a common idiom
2) To write a research essay on the topic using multiple, verifiable sources
3) To develop an understanding of copyright, public domain, and the tenets of "Fair Use"
4) To become familiar with search engines such as CreativeCommons.org to obtain CC licensed works and/or works in the public domain.
5) To integrate visual storytelling with the written word
6) To discover the power of 3rd party archival film and photos in filmmaking
7) To learn how to use technology such as filmmaking software such as Final Cut Pro X, audio editing software such as Audacity, desk top computers, HD video cameras, set lights, boom microphones to create a professional looking film production.