moving image education (bed 3)

Moving Image Education

Athole McLauchlanBearsden Primary School

Who am I?

• Primary teacher for 10 years• Former projectionist at Cameo Cinema• Lead Practitioner with Creative Scotland(formerly Scottish Screen)• ET / WALL-E / JUNGLE BOOK / GOONIES / STAR WARS / PONYO• My nose wiggles when I talk…

What is MIE?

• 21st Century literacy skills to interpret and use moving image texts

3 strands• EXPLORE • ANALYSE• CREATE• Interdisciplinary learning – MIE is the glue which binds the

subjects together• Cooperative learning • New devices blurring the gap between old and new literacy

skills? Game, film or book? Or something else?

CfE

“Drama is life with the dull bits cut out.”

Alfred Hitchcock

http://www.thetrailermash.com/shining-romantic-comedy/

The Shining Trailer (mash up)

EXPLORE

What was different?Anything puzzling?Anything surprising?How did the soundand dialogue createatmosphere?

EXPLORE

www.scotlandonscreen.org.ukScottish archive films

Cliff In Scotland

Scotland On Screen

No Easy Way 2(Allan Wells)

Scotland On Screen

No Easy Way 1(Allan Wells)

Scotland On Screen

Jogging in the Seventies

Scotland On Screen

Analyse

3Ss and 3 Cs

Sound Setting Storyboard

Character CameraColour

Analyse

PPSS grid from ‘Tell Me’ by Aiden Chambers

PuzzlesPatternsSurprises

Similarities

Analyse: 10 Film Strategies

1. Making Predictions2. Sound and Image3. Freeze Frame4. Shots in Sequence

(camera shots / storyboard)

5. Asking Questions (Bloom’s Taxonomy)

6. Making Comparisons (similarities)

7. Looking for Patterns8. Generic Translation9. Summarising10. Evaluating (film

review and reflection)

NO WRONG ANSWERS!

EXPLORE

www.screeningshorts.org.ukShort films for classroom use

Baboon On The Moon tutorial

Short film from Screening Shorts website

Laughing Moon Tutorial

Short film from Screening Shorts website

The Lucky Dip tutorial

Short film from Screening Shorts website

CREATE: Inspiring writing

• Scripts• Poems / songs• Newspaper / blog /

reports / interviews• Short stories• Prequels / sequels• What happened next –

writer’s craft

• Storyboards / Comic• Advertising – posters• Missing scenes• Lists• Diary / letters• Website creation

Point of View shots and writing

Lighthouse Keeper film

Link to diary entry based on the clip

Night Train film

Using Scotland On Screen archive footage

Tay Bridge Disaster film

Using Scotland On Screen archive footage

CREATE: Guerilla filmmaking

CREATE: No Resources

• Drama• Puppet shows• Act or present in front of the screen• Create sound effects, music, dialogue

www.arkive.org (nature films)www.scotlandonscreen.org (archive film)

CREATE: Digital Storytelling

• Photos (camera and internet)• PowerPoint slides (export as jpegs)• Artwork (animatic)

Software• Apple iMovie - editing• Windows Moviemaker - editing• Audio Network – copyright free soundtrack and

effects (Glow – National Site – External Reources)

Climate Change film

Using exported PPT slides and Audio Network sound

Willie Wastle

Animatic film inspired by Robert Burns

CREATE: Video Camera

• Fixed Camera• Storyboarded Film (variety of camera shots)• Documentary• Short drama• Quiz Show (eg. Question of Sport)• Music Video• Talent Show• Advert• Demonstration (science)

Filmmaking ProcessLink to example of class process

• Inspiration and motivation (topic, Enterprise, competition)

• Brainstorming ideas (audience / purpose)• Presenting ideas (teacher as Producer)• Groups make individual films (shared theme)• Groups responsible for one part of the jigsaw of a

whole class film• Assign roles and skills but fluid structure (pupils need

to explore and play different roles)• Process is more important than the outcome!

Post Filmmaking

• Editing • Advertising / merchandise

• Enterprise event – showcasing film• DVDs

Filmmaking Benefits (end credits!)

• Skills based learning• Cooperative learning

• Active learning• Enterprise• CfE four capacities• Motivating / challenging and memorable

Interdisciplinary Learning: Japan

Links showing how MIE was used to link various curriculum areas on the theme of Japan.

• Exploring and analysing film texts and inspiring writing

• Creating animations• Creating Japanese inspired video games

and presentations• Creating a Japan website showcasing films

and classwork

WWII Documentary Clip

Fixed camera

The Singing Street clip

Scotland On Screen archive

We Can Play

Storyboarded film – inspired by Singing Street

Sgt. Ross

Storyboarded film and original script

CREATE: Animation

• Primary Teacher’s dream! • Flip book animation (postit notes)• Pixilation• Stop motion 2D (flat background and

characters) - found objects, shapes, leaves• Stop motion 3D - plasticene, lego, play mobil

3D Stop Motion Animation

2D Stop Motion Animation

Postit note animation

2D stop motion

Origami animation

Using the pixilation technique

Tangram animation

2D stop motion

Emigration animation

2D stop motion and found footage

Circus animation

2D stop motion and song

The Katzis animation

3D stop motion

Mission To Mars animation

3D stop motion and live action

Steven Spielberg once said he ‘dreamed for a living.’ I like that. Dreams and imagination can bepowerful classroom tools if used wisely.

EXPLORE: Resources • www.scotlandonscreen.org.uk (Glow)• www.screeningshorts.org.uk (Glow)• www.glowscience.org.uk (Glow)• www.languagesonscreen.org.uk (Glow)• www.movingimageeducation.org/resources/films (short films)• www.arkive.org (nature)• www.britishpathe.com (archive film – only downloadable in schools)• www.archive.org/details/prelinger (archive film)• www.brickfilms.com (Lego animation)• www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips (class clips)• www.screenonline.org.uk (BFI clips – only accessed in schools)• www.inanimatealice.com (sophisticated ebook)• Vimeo and YouTube

ANALYSE: Resources

• www.movingimageeducation.org • www.movingimageeducation.org/resources/mie-in-pra

ctice/teachers-stories (Ten schools share good practice in the teaching of MIE)

• www.screeningshorts.org.uk• www.cbbfc.co.uk• http://literacyadviser.wordpress.com (Bill Boyd) • http://old.bfi.org.uk/education/teaching/lookagain

(READ THIS!!!)• www.filmeducation.org

CREATE: Resources

Software• PowerPoint• ComicLife• I Can Animate• CrazyTalk• iMovie• Windows Moviemaker• Audio Network

(copyright free music on Glow)

Hardware• Digital Blue cameras• Video camera• Flip camera• Smart phone• Digital camera• HD Web camera• Lots of PVA glue and paint• Children• Dreams• Imagination

A link to a year of teaching MIE

A link to my Vimeo class films

Contact: athole@gmail.comQuestions?