vanja falzinic

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!