Olympic Flowers
Using food dye to tint a flower different colours.
Badminton Junior School
Duration: 2:18
Views: 92
We thought this was going to be easier than it really was. We had a lot of difficulty in finding a blue solution to colour the petals. Blue food dye was too light and the blue ink we first used didn’t work because it wasn’t water soluble. Finding single stem flowers was also a problem. Multiple blooms on a stem didn’t work so eventually we ended up buying a bouquet just to remove one single flower! We learned a lot through trial and error which made the whole experience engaging and very scientific for us.
[Effects, graphics, and music from Digital Blue software]
Hey, I remember doing this in school, too! It didn’t work terribly well for me, either — so credit to the team for sticking with it. It’s frustrating when things don’t go to plan, and must be even more annoying if you’re trying to make a film at the same time. So full marks for perseverance.
I particularly like the still photo close-ups. Video cameras often don’t focus very well on close objects, so using a stills camera to show detail much more clearly was a terrific idea.
Anyone else try this with any better results?
— Jonathan
I'm writing this in Vietnam, and I'm laughing my guts off at the part where you dream of being famous. Great acting guys, and really interesting storyline!
Minh Thu, 26 May 2009
How about a career in acting!
The Bakers, 08 Feb 2009
Well done, thought the experiment must have been well researched to work properly and the effects were very good.
Katy, 02 Feb 2009
Great work - hope your idea of Olympic flowers comes true - excellent idea !!
Carole Tasovac, Sydney Australia, 02 Feb 2009
Great stuff ! Well done.
Delia, 01 Feb 2009
Weel done and obviously everyone enjoyed making it
Grahame Leslie, 31 Jan 2009
Very Good. I always understood that blue was a difficult colour to achieve with flowers.
D. Leslie, 31 Jan 2009
Why did we not do something as exiting (waiting for the flowers to turn blue?!)as this in school (at least the filming must have been fun). Well done girls. Liked the dancing part best (apart from the boring faces, good acting).
K as in Kraut, 29 Jan 2009
I thought it was really funny and informative.
Kitty, 29 Jan 2009
This film is great! Interesting subject matter, fine acting and a very useful messge. Well done all of you - particularly Maddy Burton who maybe should consider going to space now she is obviously very good at science.
Nicky, 29 Jan 2009
Really enjoyed this ...what an interesting concept. Fab and Well Done
Hope you make lots of money in 2012 selling flowers in the Olympic Games and become famous!!
Thelma, 28 Jan 2009
I thought it was great.
It made understanding science a bit more exciting and I found the film really funny!
I thought the music was cool!
Clemmy Venn, 28 Jan 2009
Just brilliant. Fun and informative
Kat, 28 Jan 2009
Wow - just fab. I learn't something
Katherine, 28 Jan 2009
cool
minnie, 23 Jan 2009
i love it so much it is fabbbbbbbbbbbbbb
maddy, 23 Jan 2009
I used blue and black ink and it DIDN'T work at all.
The acting is great! Very cute film.
Posh Norbert, 21 Jan 2009