Moving Shorts
A DVD compilation and teaching guide
This pack is a follow-up to Screening Shorts to further develop creativity, literacy and cineliteracy.
Moving Shorts consists of a DVD with starter booklet and a teaching guide. The DVD includes a carefully selected collection of 10 films suitable for students aged 12 and over. These films are ideal for teaching a range of skills and concepts relevant to the media component of the English curriculum, but also to developing speaking, listening, drama and writing skills and concepts.
The teaching guide has been developed by Mark Reid and practicing teachers. It includes a range of resources to support classroom work with the films.
Teaching Guide
Using this web resource
The teaching guidelines are available to everyone, but to access student worksheets and additional materials you need the username and password supplied with the DVD pack.
Introduction
Reasons for using short films, the aims of the pack, links to curriculum objectives
The films
Synopses and background information for each film, plus lesson plans and ideas
Thinking about moving image media
An introduction to the ways films work as texts - cultural and technical codes - with specific references to the films in the compilation
Teaching with short films in English and Drama
Ideas for using films in Years 7 to 9 and Years 10 to 11
Teaching with short films in Media Studies
Suggestions for using short films to teach GCSE Media Studies
Film language glossary
A detailed list of terms used for talking about films
Credits and acknowledgements
We would like to thank everyone who has helped put this resource together
DVD
The DVD compilation consists of 10 short films, total running time approx. 79 mins
Ordering Information
DVD compilation with online teaching guide (password accessible only)
Catalogue no: BR035
Price: £54.95.
Buy online from the BFI Filmstore or phone Palgrave Macmillan Orders on 01256 302866.
- Screening Shorts
- Real Shorts (forthcoming)
