Further study
This section can be used alongside the Links section and contains ideas for further resources which can be ordered and purchased online. These are books, videos, DVD’s and other learning packages that teachers can use in the classroom, which are recommended for further study of film at Key Stages 2 and 3.
British Film Institute
http://www.bfi.org.uk/education
Recommended publications available from the British Film Institute Education Department:
- An Introduction to Film Language
http://www.bfi.org.uk/education/resources/teaching/secondary/filmlanguage
This CD, co- produced with Scottish Screen, provides an introduction to film language or screen grammar. Useful for students of 16+, but also essential viewing for teachers wishing to develop their skills and understandings about this area of work.
- Kirikou and the Sorceress
http://www.bfi.org.uk/education/resources/teaching/primary/kirikou
The film, Kirikou and the Sorceress, is based on a West African folk tale. It is set in a rural West Africa of stories and folktales, in which monsters, sorceresses and magic live side by side with villagers in their huts. The materials provided support teachers in classroom activity about traditional stories.
- Show us a Story
http://www.bfi.org.uk/education/resources/teaching/primary/showusastory
Show Us A Story! is a guide to teaching with the moving image in the primary school. It provides an illustrated introduction to sixteen feature films for children (all available on video), instructions on how to show films at school, and ideas and guidelines on how to teach with and about film.
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Starting Stories
http://www.bfi.org.uk/education/resources/teaching/primary/startingstories/
Starting Stories explores and demonstrates the richness of short films as texts to support the development of children’s literacy and cineliteracy. It features five short films, accompanied by notes for teachers that support classroom activity with three-to seven-year-olds.
- Story Shorts
http://www.bfi.org.uk/education/resources/teaching/primary/storyshorts
This video compilation features five short films (four animations and one live action) for use in the Literacy Hour plus an accompanying teaching pack with activity sheets developed by practising teachers. The material is particularly suitable for the Key Stage Two classroom.
English and Media Centre
http://www.englishandmedia.co.uk
The following resources available from the English and Media Centre are recommended:
Fiction Factory
http://www.fictionfactoryfilms.com/contact.htm
Fiction Factory is a film, theatre and television production company based in Cardiff, with an international reputation for creating original, innovative and ground breaking work. Contact Fiction Factory to obtain copies of ‘Dal Yma Nawr’ / ‘Still Here Now’ on DVD or VHS as recommended to accompany KS3 session 3.
Film Education
http://www.filmeducation.org
For purchase, the following are recommended:
- Film and Literacy Parts 1 and 2
http://www.filmeducation.org/shop2.html
Browse the Primary Resources section of the Film Education shop to find this workpack covering book to film adaptations, scriptwriting and storyboarding with supporting video. Aspects of the Literacy Strategy covered by this work are made evident.
- Film and Literacy at Key Stage Three
http://www.filmeducation.org/shop.html
In the Secondary Resources of the shop you can find this CD and video pack containing three Units of work related directly to the Literacy Strategy: point of view; exploring genre and ghost stories.
- Film Language
http://www.filmeducation.org/shop.html
Look for this pack in the Secondary Resources section of the shop. It includes step by step instructions on how to produce a successful film analysis! The pack takes older students through takes the conventions of film language with simple explanations plus analytical and creative exercises.
Media Education Wales
http://www.mediaedwales.org.uk
Media Education Wales supports media and moving image education in Wales through resources, training, events, projects, research and consultancy. They have recently produced the following resource:
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Making Movies Make Sense
http://www.mediaedwales.org.uk/publicity/mmms.htm
The CD Rom was produced to help children and young people understand film language. It explains how to make a film from initial concept to organising your filming and editing.
The Rural Media Company
www.ruralmedia.co.uk/shop/index.html
Media education and development service for young people in the rural West Midlands. The Rural Media Company produces high quality professional learning resources for use in both formal and informal community education, created in consultation with those most directly affected by the issues they tackle.
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