The eight basic techniques described on the following pages are designed to help unravel the codes and conventions of the moving image, and enable you to use a wider range of film and moving image texts in the classroom. As you and your pupils unpack the layers of meaning, you will be helping them to develop their general skills as more critical, attentive and knowledgeable readers of the moving image.
Hi everyone,
Meant to send this out earlier in the term, but I've uploaded via my Google Drive all the resources and materials for my final two assessments for Year 12 Media ATAR.
You'll find them in the folders Task 6 and 7.
Task 6 focuses on Australian cinema where the students compare Two Hands with The Hard Word. Infographics for both films have been included along with scaffolds, writing guides and sample paragraphs.
Task 7 focuses on news and current affairs and I have the students investigate how Sky News and SBS reported on the Australian Bushfires of 2019/2020 and specifically how each threads the links to climate change into the news narrative. This folder includes infographics on the bushfires, Sky News and SBS, along with an important terminology keynote, and writing guide.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1UcNaeb9oJOdKNOXGjYt-ZWH8OfwUgN-Q?usp=sharing
The link also includes all my other work for the year if people want to have a look through the folders. Here is a quick breakdown of each folder:
Task 1 - Practical Film Production (broken into three parts)
Task 2 - Practice Stimulus Response (Q&A, Inception, O Brother Where Art Though)
Task 3 - Propaganda (Education For Death & Der Fuehrer's Face)
Task 4 - Auteur Theory (Wes Anderson)
Task 5 - Practice Exam (old exams included for reference)
Task 6 - Australian Cinema (Two Hands & The Hard Word)
Task 7 - News Media (SBS & Sky News)
Task 8 - Practice Exam (old exam papers included for reference)
Most material is in Pages, Keynote and PDF, if you need it in another format, it is normally pretty easy to do yourself, if not consult with your IT department.
Hope this stuff is useful and hope everyone has a relaxing holiday break.
All the best,
Chris Gooch
Here are a few resources I've found useful. The first a shortlist of documentaries about the film-making process and the second a link to around 100 movie scripts. So lots to watch and read!
Documentaries about film-making:
https://letterboxd.com/ryan_connolly/list/docs-about-filmmaking/
Scripts download link:
https://gointothestory.blcklst.com/script-download-links-9313356d361c
Hi all,
Ive just uploaded a resource for media teachers and kids to utilise if they are at home at the moment or in coming weeks and need to get a grip on the fundamentals, This was a resource I used to sell back in the day but thought it might be helpful atm - feel free to share amongst your networks:
Chad Peacock
The link provided is for teacher resources developed by BFI. Not all are useful, however, some can be modified for the use at home.
https://www.tes.com/resources/search/?authorId=2273945
Hi Elwyn,
Here’s a link to some apps you may be interested in for your Year 7s.
https://www.mykidstime.com/things-to-do/10-handiest-apps-stop-motion-animation/
Kind regards,
Danielle Pieraccini
Howdy All,
For my Year 9 & 10 Classes
Year 9:
I’m getting My Year 9s (who were supposed to film Chase Scenes with their friends) to make a boring action exciting to watch. They’ve been learning about how to create exciting chase scenes using action/adventure genre codes and conventions, so I’m getting them to embrace their mundane lockdown lives by taking an individual action (e.g. making a cup of tea, checking the mailbox) and using the conventions of the action/adventure genre to make it seem exciting.
Year 10:
My Year 10s, who normally do a sequence from a Teen Film involving a montage, will instead become a ‘stereotype’ (e.g. Jock, Princess, Nerd) shoot their own individual ‘getting ready for school/prom’ segment in their houses, then I will get the girls to inter-cut them when they return (whenever that ends up being…) – I’m also thinking of getting them to incorporate a phone call with each other so that they can each shoot, then combine their individual dialogue sections later. This allows them to still plan, script and storyboard as a team (using collaboration tools on Microsoft Teams) but they can film it themselves using their iPhones and a DIY tripod (video link below).
Hope that helps give some ideas!
Tom Norman
Have you seen the FoodFilms series before? These are a great way to inject genre, aesthetics and style into the mundane:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55m-oJq0Lko&list=PLXrNN0fRtfOY84QKnsbqTdH3pe3V-dsh
Enjoy!
Mathew de Byl
If anyone is looking for resources for themselves or students to be entertained during off-campus; this is a good website to check out. It has stuff on Virtual tours, classes for online learning in the Arts, History, Music, Mental health and even live Concert and Church Services and many other categories.
https://chatterpack.net/blogs/blog/list-of-online-resources-for-anyone-who-is-isolated-at-home
Kind Regards,
Zaven Stephen
Been sent this link to free media software and classes as a “response to CoViD-19”:https://nofilmschool.com/free-list-covid-19-software
Haven’t had an in-depth look, but Aputure, Arri HDR, and Shane Hurlbut’s workshops look interesting.
Enjoy,
JM
https://www.aitsl.edu.au/research/spotlight/what-works-in-online-distance-teaching-and-learning
Hi guys,
This is a resource I may use with my Year 10s. https://cospaces.io/edu/
It’s a free resource. You can recreate a movie scene online using the program.
Use or throw! 😊
Kind regards,
Danielle Pieraccini
In My Blood It Runs
DVD available for pre-order and study guide available now on The Education Shop.
Synopsis:
Acclaimed 2020 documentary In My Blood It Runs, follows ten-year-old Arrernte/Garrwa boy Dujuan and his family. Dujuan is a child-healer, a good hunter and speaks three languages. Yet, Dujuan is ‘failing’ in school and facing increasing scrutiny from welfare and the police.
As he travels perilously close to incarceration, his family fight to give him a strong Arrernte education alongside his western education lest he becomes another statistic. We walk with him as he grapples with these pressures, shares his truths and somewhere in-between finds space to dream, imagine and hope for his future self.
In My Blood It Runs reveals the ways marginalised First Nations communities negotiate the colonial culture and keep their identities and cultures alive through self-determination, the revitalisation of languages and cultural practices. Filmed candidly and intimately, In My Blood It Runs depicts a real world on the fringes of Alice Springs through Dujuan’s eyes.
In My Blood It Runs has sold out premieres at Hot Docs Toronto, DOC NYC, Sydney and Melbourne Film Festivals and the United Nations.
Running time: 84 mins and 54 mins
Classification: PG
Curriculum Links:
English: Language, Literature, Literacy (Year10)
Languages: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languages Framework (Year 10)
Civics and Citizenship (Year 10)
Geography (Year 10)
History (Year 10)
Media Arts (Year 10)
Modern History (Year 11)
Join in with classrooms Australia wide to watch a free screening of In My Blood It Runs between 30 April – 3 June. Register for film screening.
Join In My Blood It Runs ‘virtual excursions’ with live Q&A events targeted at a range of subjects.Virtual Excursions.
Download a professional learning resource specifically developed to support engagement with In My Blood It Runs, which can be accessed on the Narragunnawali platform. Learn More.
ATOM Study Guide:
ATOM has produced a study guide on In My Blood It Runs which is available to download for free from The Education Shop.
DVD (pre-order)
In My Blood It Runs is available to pre-order from The Education Shop. DVDs will be delivered from mid-April.
Check out the “making movies” PDF (and there is a PPT too)! It even has some (very old) syllabus content dot-points from WA in it!
https://www.nothingbeatstherealthing.info/education-resources/making-movies
Some really nice links to our course and the future of media.
“An exploration of the future careers of content makers by some of the screen and media industry’s key thinkers, discussing evolving audiences and distribution, how the history of media will shape its future and the role of story.”
http://metroscreen.org.au/screen-2030-making-my-content-pay/