He waited for her to start, but of course she was starting with questions. Couldn't anyone start with what they were doing and let them do it? Why all the questions and answers and lectures. It was just so lame and boring. He knew he shouldn't have come, this was just annoying already.


Listening to the other answers he had to chuckle at a few even book boy had something good. Bacon, but now he was hungry. Thanks so unless the boy was going to fix the bacon he needed to just shut it. Putting up his own hand Bart grinned, "Ourselves, when we shake our bums dancing. Want to see how I get mine up and moving?" He'd demonstrate his awesome dance moves right here if she wanted.

There were SO many pictures. So many Bev had trouble looking at just one. The bean bag didn't make it any easier. She was comfortable and could sit and gaze at every picture and try to decipher the message they were trying to convey. If they had any.

Eyes glued on a cruppy picture, Bev jumped a little when the professor woman clapped her hands. Attention. Right. No more gazing. But....

Focus!

What else could they get up and moving? Erm. Anything that magic could. The ideas were endless. Of course, Bev didn't say that. The moving pictures should have eased her shyness -- serving as a distraction and all -- but it didn't work. Why? 'Cause she knew close to NOTHING about picture taking and it made her nervous.

Not knowing, she didn't like that.

Mo grinned broadly as the woman admired his camera. If he'd really thought about it, he would have brought all his cameras to show her, since she was doing the rather pleasing thing of caring about the stuff he cared about. A lot. "That's my walkabout camera, just for during school hours. I'm Marcus Branxton. I like your pictures. I like how you use light."

Like maybe he was going to take note of that trick and try it himself. Mo scuttled over to squeeze in next to Cat on her beanbag. Hey, girlfriend person.

What else can they get up and make move? Like... with magic, they can get almost anything to move. Food, water, people... even air. Mo sort of liked that little Slytherin's suggestion about 'ideas', since it was at least out of the box.

There was no where else out of the box to be, was there? "I think we can make most anything move, really. Even other artwork, like photographs." Which, you know, his classmates had already said. "Professor Romanos has these cool metal sculptures that move just like the animals they represent. Which is awesome, but a little unnerving too."

..... lady was touching her face. Excuse her, Alice's skin was FINE without proper lighting too, thank you. Cheekbones? Who cared about cheekbones? What was wrong with her eyes?

And then came the flash. Merlin. She hated being photographed.

"Shoot?" Pause. "Can we be photographers instead of subjects?" Because that wasn't really her thing. No thanks.

Was this woman okay in the head? Up and moving? "Er... brooms move. And bludgers. And quaffles if you throw them. I move, too." She did a wave of her arms just for the loon's benefit. What was the point of this, again?

Even as the students thought the answer over and began raising their hands the woman found it difficult to put the camera down. Their expressions were precious. The mixture of confusion and deep thought. How could she say no to a few shots of that?? She couldn't! Consequently she didn't and took perhaps another three shots before lowering the camera finally.



Was that it for everyone willing to take a try at this? If so she supposed she could move on, the answer she wanted was mentioned and that was the most important...or second most important, the first being how photogenic they all were.

"Right. As we've established there are several things that can be made to move, some through spell work such as the portraits and other little oddities and some through manual force, such as skateboards and our own bodies. Whatever the case, the end result of movement can be achieved. Someone mentioned earlier doing a seminar on moving portraits? Real quickly I need someone to remind us of the spell that gets them moving and someone else to tell us how we get the photos moving."

Then they could move into the activity!! The thought nearly had her bouncing!! Were they as excited as she was? Probably not, they still didn't know exactly what was in store BUT they would be!!! she hoped.

Sander didn't know much about to make pictures to move but he did know that it had something to do with the developing solution.

Raising his hand he said, "Ma'am I believe to make the people move in the photos you need a special type of developing solution. I've heard of the Devomotion Potion which is said can be used for that purpose. When processing the film, you run them through this potion.."

Oh! Gwen was right! Sort of. And the lady was taking more pictures. Not that Gwen minded, really. It was a bit odd to snap shots of people while speaking to them, but to each their own. She would just continue to smile just in case her wild camera was pointed at Gwen.

How to make the photos move! That was what Gwen was here to find out! She looked around, waiting anxiously for the answer. Wait, anxiety was not attractive in pictures. She relaxed her face and leaned back on one hand, brushing her hair out of her face. Not that she was posing, she was just deliberately arranging herself to look like she would in a relaxed candid. That was okay, wasn't it?

Oichi was surprised how fast the seminar progressed once it started. They were already on the third question of the seminar. No matter, Oichi knew this answer from a book she picked up. Oichi raised her hand and said, "I believe the spell incantation for animating pictures is alacer. ".

Group mates? Ew. Alice didn't do people.

Or most people, anyway.

"What that girl said." Alacer. Yep. "The wand movement for it is something like a triangle in the air crossed with a five-pointed star. Except it doesn't work on portraits. Can you use the spell for photos and the solution for portraits?"

And she was only here to learn the potion way, just FYI. 'Cause spells she could learn on her own.

So could they do that?

Adi knew there was a Potion that got the pictures to move not a Spell. Was it the potion that Sander had said? He wasn't sure. And as he had noting proper to say in response to the woman's question, he remained silent and listened to the others.

There was going to be an activity for this lesson, right? That's what that tent was for? When could they get started? Adi wanted to get up and do something and not just sit here feeling more sluggish as time wears on.

Kace was spacing out during her first question but he remembered what it was. What things could he name that moved. He smirked and like Bart's answer. He was a smart alek for saying that. Then he heard her move onto moving portraits? Hold the phone....when did that come up? He must have REALLY dazes. Anyways.....

He heard the other students mention potions. He nodded with them since he had no idea how portraits could move. I mean that is why he was here right? He listened and doodled in the process. He was wondering if they were getting to make photographs that would be cool.

Toby GRINNED at the fact that his suggestion was well met and at the snapshot and EVERYTHING. Very enthusiastic, this kid was. Yup. And it made him all the more likely to continue answering questions.

Um. Except this one. Tobias hadn't been around for that particular seminar, so he kept quiet.

However, this lady's bouncing had HIM mirroring the bouncing and altogether exuding energy. His beanbag made that annoying beanbag-noise that always seems to happen when someone who fidgets too much sits in one. But Tobias was too absorbed in paying his full (yes, FULL) attention to the awesome lady and the seminar to notice.

Blink. Blink.

The professor woman snapped a picture of her. Mellow. That was fine. Perfectly fine. Bev knew she was a looker what with her kaleidoscope-like eyes - even if she tried playing it down - but...it was fine. Though, the woman probably captured the girl blinking at her like an owl on alert.

However, the woman seemed nice. Bev liked smiles. She watched as the woman interacted with the other students and then moved on to another question. She was excitable, wasn't she?

A spell that gets the portraits moving?!?!

Bev hasn't ever actually thought about it. There were dozens and dozens at her grandmother's estate. Other than taunting and poking them, she didn't consider the thought of how they moved. Simple magic had been her first thought. Just like breathing.

Interesting.

Benjy tilted his head at her reply. "Have you ever tried taking a photo from being on the skateboard itself, and everything moving past you?" That'd have some cool results, right? Capture the feeling of speed. Of freedom. Of the wind in your hair.

Oh, and she used his example! He gave her a small grin at that. Though it did make him wonder briefly if he'd rather be out on his board than here, something that was reiterated at the woman's next question.

A spell to photos and portraits moving? Benjy deadpanned. If he knew that, he wouldn't be here, would he? DUH. So he fidgeted around on his beanbag a bit, trying to get more comfy.

Uh.

They just moved?

Lucas made a face, thinking back to his house and all the Quidditch posters he had on his walls. He hadn't charmed them to fly around and score.. they just did it. But he did know, from his vague knowledge of the differences between the Muggle world his parents insisted on vacationing in that there was some sort of solution, or rather potion that made the pictures magical.

"Don't the camera's have to be magical before the picture is taken?" Otherwise, as far as he knew, the potion wouldn't work. The whole process had to be with magic. ...Right?

Uhm. Yeah, sure. Astrid just listened. She really just wanted to get to the point, you know? She wanted to head towards the photography or the activity part of the seminar because those parts were usually much more interesting than questions. Really. She didn't wanna damage her brain because she was thinking too much. Like, sorry but... no. So yeah.

Blablablabla.

OH ASTRID KNEW THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION! YES SHE DID. Astrid enthusiastically raised her hand up. "You can animate or make photographs move by using a Devomotion Potion or a Developing solution on it. They work on Muggle photographs, yeah?" She grinned at the lady. Hehe. So... activity time, shall we? Pretty pleaseeeee?

These students really meant business with this quick thing. Good, they could keep on schedule then. There was a small glance at her watch to reassure herself they weren't behind on time.



"Okay!" Lizzie clapped her hands together again to get their attention once more. No one had said much about getting the portraits moving but it wasn't terribly crucial given they weren't the main focus of this seminar to begin with. It wasn't a big problem and she wouldn't turn it into one. Instead, with a smile on her face, she went into a bit more info giving. "Now despite the photos being able to move and their life-like appearance, it's important to remember the pictures are in no way sentient and are simply a recording, if you will, of a past event occuring in what can be classified as a loop." So they were on the same page here. She didn't want anyone trying to talk to their photos once this was all done. St. Mungos would not be getting richer on her account.

"Interestingly enough, the portraits are not sentient either even with all the conversations some of you have with them." She'd attended here long enough to know there were a few of them that did. "After being enchanted they are 'taught' to act like their subject. It's especially the case with past Headmasters who are taught to speak and behave like their subjects so even after they're gone the next will have some guidance."

But enough with all this boring stuff, they were most likely more eager to get to the activity, even she would have been more excited to get one with it.

With a new spark in her eyes, Lizzie glanced around at them. "Time to get to it. I'll need you all to get into groups as small as two and as large as you can fit inside the camera's range--but please, keep them reasonable, too many house elves spoil the pumpkin juice." Large groups could be fun but they didn't need to overdo it. "I'll need someone from each group to come up here and get the items needed from the box. Cameras...costumes...props, anything you might need to get yourself a decent shoot." Which was what they were having! WOOOO!!

"I'll also need volunteers to work with me? Those who don't end up in a group for whatever reason." Whether that be because they WANTED to work with HER instead or simply couldn't fit behind the camera. Lizzie wasn't picky, she wanted to participate too!! Then with a few waves and flicks of her wand she began conjuring up the basic necessities for a photoshoot, setting up little photoshoot stations around the large room each with it's own settings...to give them some variety. "Get to it!"

OOC: Photoshoot time guys, have your charries grouping up, getting what they need from the box and having a spree with the cameras in the box provided by Ms. Courwell. Have fun! We'll move into developing them in the tent later.

For Tessa, Alex, Adi and Lux
 

Sander breathed a sigh of relief when the instructor confirmed that his answer was correct. He listened as she replied to the answers before giving her own explanation.

....then it was practical time. Partners?? Sander looked around. Who could he ask? He smiled. The people sitting right next to him. "Hey Tessa, Alex, Adi, Lux would you like to form a group with me? I think the tent will be able to hold all of us." he told them as he gauged everyone's height and size.

anyone or will volunteer!
 

So she thought his shaking his bum was a good idea. See some of these people got Bart. His mind left the seminar to think about what epic moves he was going to use when it was turn to volunteer. He didn't hear the rest of the class talking nor did he hear any other questions. Thinking about if he should dance to the fox song or just shake shake shake your bootie. Hmm he just wasn't sure.


Brown eyes looked up as he heard her say about getting groups. Looking around well he knew some but not the others and he just wasn't sure who to work with. Hmm he thought it over for a second and got up. "I'll work with someone." He figured he'd throw it out there.

He started up to the front of the room to look at the props when he heard about volunteers. "I'll do it!! I'll be your volunteer!" That sounded fun unless someone wanted to work with him. "Now how goofy are we allowed to go with this?" because he could do goofy!