Martin Brandt-Pedersen
Martin Brandt-Pedersen works at the Danish Film Institute as a consultant in film education and educational manager for Filmcentralen/Education, a learning platform and a streaming service for schools
Location Copenhagen - Denmark
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"But is it complete?" Definitely not! - says one of the authors :-) Some good points are added in these comments.
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I get your point about films that are good for education are not necessarily the same as those that are good for teaching film. However when we at the Danish Film Institute choose films for thematic educational materials we also look at the way the film is told (form, style, composition, aesthetics etc.). And we focus not only on thematic content (WHAT is...
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Opens up a floor of discussion - I like that!
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I agree that fragments of films can be useful in the classroom. But if possible I would normally prefer to let students have the full movie experience as the starting part of educational use. Watching the film as a whole as it was intended by the filmmaker.
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Good point. Films should also be seen in the the cultural context of the era or historic period they are made. And in the context og genres.
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Great point that films should not necessarily be understood completely. Impressive film experiences are often those where we afterwards still go and roam or speculate what actually happened or why. That goes for film in education as well :-)
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A general comment. It is important to say that for Filmcentralen we did not start with the big plan. We started rather small scale and little by little we added relevant partnerships and the plan developed and increased slowly - and it still does with new partnerships. So starting with a local cinema, a small festival or likewise can be a good start and the...
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The platform is primarily funded by subscription. A Danish school pays app. 300 Euros a year for full access for all teachers and students. We have app. 90% of alle schools (including high school/gymnasium) as subscribers. - around 2200 institutions. Besides that DFI uses ressources mostly as working hours in the platform. We are about four people working more...
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Good point about the eye opening factor! The eye level of children is not always about defined target groups - but maybe more about how the film is told. Lumiere is a fine example maybe because those very early films really explore what film can do as a media - how it can manipulate us and in a very simple way and put magic into the stories. Therefore they...
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@Lindateutrine Interesting point about film on social media! We actually made an educational materiale on Filmcentralen about film on social media - focusing on Snapchat, Instagram and YouTube. One of the points is - as you say - that poor quality signalises authenticity. Which means that even commercial companies, rock stars and even presidents - who all have...
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Martin Brandt-Pedersen replied to Susan McGing
Happy that you are inspired. Cooperation can come in many ways - and with many different partners. :-)
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Hi Chantal. There has been a lot of studies on how children are affected by watching films of different kinds - and with very different conclusions. I think today most researchers agree that you cannot conclude that watching bad things on film means that you become bad yourself. You could also argue that watching film about things in life that are bad,...
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It seems that the very big challenge for film distribution to schools in many countries is the lack of internet access. When the rest of the world drops the DVDs, there are not many options other than streaming.
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@PatriciaG Fine that you mention Denmark on Film. It is not aimed at education in particular. It is hosted by the Archive at DFI and contains a lot of old films and filmclips with common rights so everyone can watch. But it is also very useful for education - especially for teaching History since it is a gold mine of historical source material.
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Good point that it really would make sense to "strive for a European or worldwide solution". It may not solve everything but it would provide a basis for film education world wide.
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Hi Lupita. Thanks for positive feedback :-) Yes we have have had a big increase during corona crisis. Actually our system was down for some time because we could not handle so many users - but fortunately that was fixed quite fast. In periods we had up to ten times as many users at the same time than we used to have.
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@NatS. I am impressed that you actually went deeper into the material using Google Translate. And good to hear that it actually worked for you. Maybe something we should do more - to get inspiration across borders and languages. An for Susan here is the link: https://filmcentralen.dk/grundskolen/undervisning/sangen-fra-havet
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At the Danish Film Institute we have pretty good results using Facebook to launch and disseminate film educational content. We have film education network group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/488339034642196/?ref=bookmarks. And FB is also our main channel when we launch new material - films, study guides etc. The really good thing is that when teachers start...
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Interesting point to simply use existing platforms like YouTube or Vimeo. The problem of course is that you have to achieve complete world wide rights since everybody can access. But first this is solved you don't have to bother with building your own streaming platform and administering subscriptions, logins etc. Could we all provide films into a world wide...
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A general comment. Some of you put a - relevant - question mark on the point: The younger the children, the harder it is for them to relate to abstractions. The point by that should definitely not be, that you should leave out films that deal with complicated or delicate issues - or films that challenge children or young people intellectually or emotionally....
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Really interesting to take part in this not only European but also worldwide sharing of films for education - and sharing of points of view on the topic! A few general comments: I completely agree with you, Tereza, that animated and experimental films should be included. We use a lot af animation films in our programmes especially up to the age 8-9 years but...
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Interesting that there are so many feature films among your recommendations. When we look at our streaming service for schools in Denmark shorts are far the most popular. The shorter the better - almost. Most teachers say it has to do with time issues. Lessons are often scheduled in modules of 90 minutes which fits perfectly for watching and working with a...
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@DiegoAlejandroFetecuaBernal Great, thanks!
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Hi Justyna .About thePolish doc about film's power to manipulate the documentary content in image and sound editing. Do you know if it in any way might be available online with English subtitles?
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Martin Brandt-Pedersen made a comment
Thanks for good points and suggestions for films suitable for education, Zoe and Justyna! Especially I would like to watch the Polish doc about film's power to manipulate the documentary content in image and sound editing. Do you know if it in any way might be available online with English subtitles?
