A GROUP of Dudley Public School students have had their 15 minutes of fame. Well, it was more like four minutes.
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The students starred in the school's entry in Hunter Water's Water Catchers short film competition, which aims to help primary school children understand the value of water.
The school has been listed as a finalist, alongside last year's winners Floraville Public School.
Dudley Public School's story is about an alien who visits Earth after his home planet has run out of water.
A young girl shares with the alien a school project she is working on about how water gets to the tap.
The alien returns home with this knowledge and is able to help his fellow species.
Year 5 and 6 students collaborated on the story in class, then split up in to groups to write the script and storyboard.
One group of four students - Tristan Clinton-Muehr, Meghann Burton, Noah Law and Bailee Pappas - acted out the scenes in the film, which was shot by a professional crew on location.
Assistant principal Jason Horadam said the students loved the hands-on experience.
"They were on such a high when they returned to class," he said.
The school's film will be posted online, alongside other finalists' entries, on thewatercatchers.com.au on November 9 for the public to vote.
Each entry will be screened at a gala night at Tower Cinemas in December.
The winning school takes home $5000 to establish a water sustainability project.
