Why integrate
filmmaking into the
curriculum?
Pedagogical and educational benefits
Learning through filmmaking projects supports all key components of learning:
•Creativity and innovation
•Communication and collaboration
•Research and information fluency
•Critical thinking and decision making
Pedagogical and educational benefits
•Enhances language learning
•Involves all types of learners
•Increases students’ motivation
•Means of teaching the literacy
•Enhances relationship between students and a teacher
Easy ideas for starting with video
•Weather forecast or class news
•Video interview
•Video survey
•How to video
•Video storytelling
What is Video Storytelling ?
•Video storytelling is telling a story using digital tools
•Different media are combined(video, audio, still images)
•It is a collaborative class project
•It is a process that consists of several stages
Filmmaking Process
•Stage1: Introduction to the filmmaking process
•Stage 2 : Script writing
•Stage 3: Storyboarding
•Stage 4: Film Recording
•Stage 5: Video Editing
•Stage 6: Film Review-Students’ Feedback
Who makes the video?
•Students do the work
•Teacher acts as a facilitator and guide
Why put camera in the hands of students?
• Learning becomes student –centred
• Increased students’ autonomy
•Students have a sense of accomplishment
• Learning by doing
•Students are learning and having fun doing it
Developing Story as a Method of Learning
Teaching method 1:
Students work together in small groups. Teacher provides a script framework for short films.
Using teacher's script students infuse their own creativity and imagination- such as genre, location, characters, situation, etc. to make teacher's words come alive in whatever story.
Developing a Story as a Method of Learning
Teaching method 2:
Students write their own story. Some storiescan be recorded with the camera so that students are given the chance to have their voices heard. The best stories are chosen to be filmed.
How filmmaking
helps reaching
curricular
objectives?
Video storytelling as a cross-curricular activity
•Filmmaking can be extended to enhance cross curricular teaching and learning.
•It can be integrated with the Music, Foreign language, Environmental protection, Geography, or History curriculum.
Short film example: A Day in the Life of a School Bag
Video Storytelling as lesson extension
•Another strategy is to focus on a specific topic or grammatical unit and use technology to support instructional events within that unit.
Example 1: Tenses
Short film example: The Story of Change
Students work in small groups. They imagine they are an item, something that is now old and forgotten, but used to be very important in a kid’s life. They tell their story using the following tense guide:•Early life: past simple•Experiences: present perfect•What will happen next : the future with will
The Story of Change
Books
Example 2 : Word formation
Short film example: The School Bag Love Story
•Teacher selects vocabulary
•Students have to create new words on the basis of the existing ones and incorporate them into their short film.
And the Storfie goes to...Students review the finished short films and evaluate the process and the final product
Video and audio editing software
•Movie Maker (Windows)
•Avidemux (Windows/Mac/Linux)
•Lightworks (Windows)
•Sony Vegas Pro -professional video and audio editor
•Audacity –audio editing software
Legal music download sites
•Free Music Archive
•Royal Free Music Library
•Amazon
•MP3. com
Written permission from parents
This must be:•printed•signed by parent•returned to school
Student work can only be published and /or distributed with the permission of the student and parents
Some Useful Tips
•Let your students do the job!
•Keep your videos short!
•Filmmaking as a homework assignment or a combined schoolwork/homework activity
•Adapt filmmaking to your teaching context!
•Keep calm and stay flexible!
•Have Fun!
Just film it!