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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