Course: Teaching Literacy Through Film

When introducing Shoebox Set Design to learners, you will need to decide on an area of focus. This could be: An original narrative created using the story mountain planning pdf. …

Making a shoebox set is very straightforward. You’ll need a shoebox, as well as a range of art and craft equipment. You can begin to plan simple narrative films using …

At Into Film, we work with a wide number of filmmakers to deliver filmmaking projects in schools. The many schools with whom we’ve worked tell us that filmmaking actively engages …

If you would like to continue learning, Into Film can offer additional supportive face-to-face literacy, filmmaking and animation training for any educator working in the UK with young people aged …

In the previous step we heard John Peto speak about the rich opportunities that filmmaking offers as a tool for assessment and showcasing student work. Film offers a great alternative …

In this, our final section of the course we’d like to talk about filmmaking as a tool for assessment. We have talked about film planning and scriptwriting as fantastic tools …

Film is an incredibly powerful tool for storytelling and by creating their own scripts your learners are developing advanced narrative capabilities. A story planning template acts as a thought provoking …

A great way to begin creating a synopsis, or summary of a film, is to use the Plot Point Sentence Starters Template attached below to deconstruct a favourite film.  What might …

In this step we’re going to look at ways in which loglines (also known as taglines) and synopses can be used to hone children’s writing. Creating loglines and synopses can …

It’s important when working with film to give some consideration to intellectual property. Intellectual property governs ownership of creative works such as inventions, literary or artistic works, such as films. …

In our next step you will be asked to create a Record and Playback film of your own. Before we do so, we’d like to take you through our five …

You’ll probably recognise this Record & Playback film from Step 4.3. In this example the brief given to the pupils was to ‘interview a character of your choice in the …

This Record and Playback was created to a brief requiring the production of a short film to help a class understand the difference between similes and metaphors. Again you can …

Your pupils can create simple Record and Playback films that can be shared with other members of your class or even school community. Films that can act as a research …

In the previous video you will have heard Into Film staff and Simon Pile from Anson Primary in Brent discussing the benefits of filmmaking in the curriculum. For many teachers, …