Students wear their flair
From there, their individual classes undertook specific projects.
One year 9 class had to create a mask specifically about the centre of the Earth, based on their interpretation of the film.
‘‘That’s the exciting part. We don’t want to tell them what to do,’’ Clarke said.
They all started off with the same masks and were free to create from there.
The year 9 visual imaging pupils were not making masks, but were instead building dragon lanterns.
These were constructed using fibreglass and tissue paper, with sticks attached to move the heads around.
‘‘It’s a lot of work, but it’s really motivating for the kids.
‘‘It’s a great example of thinking outside the square, exploring colour, texture,’’ Clarke said.
The school was bringing in outside lighting and audio experts to help take the show to the next level, which also helped motivated the pupils.
‘‘We’re making it a really big show and knowing they have to perform is great motivation,’’ Clarke said.
This year there would also be UV lights and animation elements.
Year 9 pupil Alia Robinson, 13, said her mask creation had changed as went gone along.
It had originally started as a black hole, but then changed to a stick that had been around for 100 years.
She was looking forward to the Thursday night performance as it gave pupils the chance to see what everyone else had been working on.
Breanna Stead, 13, created a bird mask.
‘‘At first it was quite hard, because I didn’t know how it would look with the head and the wings on it.’’
Tickets for Earthed are available at the Palmerston North Girls’ High School arts office and accounts office, or at the door.
The show will be held at the school’s Huia Centre at 5.30pm and 7.30pm on Thursday.