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Short films and Literacy
Mark Reid
BFI Education
Christine Whitney
Literacy Advisor
Lincolnshire
cinematheque
festivals
film production and
distribution
publishing
About the BFI..
archive and library
And BFI Education
Film, media, or literacy?
To be literate is to participate fully in a culture
To participate fully in 21C culture, we
have to be literate in the moving image
It is vital and obvious that understanding,
manipulating, and appreciating the film sentence
should be an accepted part of the education
system
Anthony Minghella
Film and media AS literacy
About Literacy…
Choose and access
Understand and analyse
Create and express
Challenge
Participate
Three Cs…
Creative
Critical
Cultural
… integrated
Reframing Literacy…
•Since 1999.. Core period 2004 - 08
•4 - 14 yr olds
•61 Local Authorities in England; also
cross-UK
•Research and evaluation (Moving
Literacy On, Marsh and Bearne,
UKLA)
•Big impacts on literacy - and
pedagogy
•7 (now 9) DVD compilations of 55
(75) short films; 20,000 copies sold
•200 Lead Practitioners trained;
cascaded to 2000 teachers 2005-07
Why short films?
• New to children
• Manageability
• cinematic qualities
Short film pedagogy
• ‘Tell Me’ grids - in target language
• Hiding and revealing
• Stopping and starting
Tell Me Aidan Chambers/ CLPE 1992
character
setting
story
mood
The Cs and Ss
Character
Camera
Setting
Colour
Story
Sound
Symbol
Composition
Sequence
Cutting
Chronology
BFI Shorts
Starting Stories and Starting Stories 2 (EYFS/ KS1)
Story Shorts and Story Shorts 2 (KS2)
Cine-minis (KS2 &3 French and literacy)
Real Shorts (KS2 & 3 non-fiction)
Screening Shorts; Moving Shorts (KS3/4 English)
Available at BFI Filmstore online
Research, resources
Digital Beginnings, Jackie Marsh
et al, Sheffield University
Reframing Literacy, BFI
http://www.21stcenturyliteracy.o
rg.uk/library.php
Impacts of Moving Image
Education: A summary of
research for Scottish Screen
http://fashioningandflow.wordpress.c
om/2012/02/20/film-studentteachers-the-london-nauticals/
UKLA: www.readingfilm.co.uk
Password 978189
Baboon on the Moon
Print and film
Tell Me Aidan Chambers/ CLPE 1992
character
setting
story
mood
Hide Screen
Tell Me Aidan Chambers/ CLPE 1992
character
setting
story
mood
Tell Me Aidan Chambers/ CLPE 1992
puzzles
patterns
predictions
surprises
BFI Shorts
Starting Stories and Starting Stories 2 (EYFS/ KS1)
Story Shorts and Story Shorts 2 (KS2)
Cine-minis (KS2 &3 French and literacy)
Real Shorts (KS2 & 3 non-fiction)
Screening Shorts; Moving Shorts (KS3/4 English)
Available at BFI Filmstore online
Research, resources
Digital Beginnings, Jackie Marsh
et al, Sheffield University
Reframing Literacy, BFI
http://www.21stcenturyliteracy.o
rg.uk/library.php
Impacts of Moving Image
Education: A summary of
research for Scottish Screen
http://fashioningandflow.wordpress.c
om/2012/02/20/film-studentteachers-the-london-nauticals/
UKLA: www.readingfilm.co.uk
Password 978189