PicturacyPicturacyFilm Narrative and Film Narrative and

The Primary FrameworkThe Primary Framework

Julie GreenFilm Education

Film and the Film and the Primary Framework for LiteracyPrimary Framework for Literacy

The narrative and non-fiction units within the

renewed Framework encompass both paper and

on-screen texts and are intended to cover the

full range of texts envisaged within the National

Curriculum for English.www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/primaryframework/literacy

Film and the Film and the Primary Framework for LiteracyPrimary Framework for Literacy

For example;

Year 4 Non-fiction - Unit 4Persuasive Texts

Watch a trailer for a popular children's film. Discuss how

the soundtrack, sound effects, voice-over and moving

images were used. Demonstrate how to combine words,

music and images (to engage an audience).

www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/primaryframework/literacy/planning/Year4/Nonfiction/unit4

Film and the Film and the Primary Framework for LiteracyPrimary Framework for Literacy

Year 5 Narrative - Unit 5Film Narrative

Use key points in a film to discuss features and themes. Explore approaches made by the filmmaker to create moods, pace and viewpoint. Develop children's film language by identifying how colour, light, sound and

camera angles have been used to tell the narrative...

Children work as part of a group to use drama strategies to explore characters in depth.

Develop a storyboard for a narrative by capturing and importing key images into a presentation program. Children write their own version of a narrative, organising writing into paragraphs, and create a multimodal presentation of this version including images, voice-over, soundtrack and written text.www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/primaryframework/literacy/planning/Year5/Narrativestories/unit5/

Learning Objectives linked to Film Narrative

• Y3: Identify how texts are organised on screen• Y3: Identify features that writers use to

provoke reactions

Year 4

• Compare the different contributions of music, words and images

• Explore the use of figurative and expressive language to create images and atmosphere

• Combine words and images and other features for particular effects

Year 5

• Infer writers’ perspectives from what is written and what is implied

• Use a range of ICT programs to present texts, making informed choices of which electronic tools to use for different purposes

Year 6

• Consider the overall impact of a recorded performance, identifying dramatic ways of conveying characters’ ideas and building tension

• Understand underlying themes• Integrate words, images and sounds

imaginatively

Assessing Pupil Progress

• Picturacy™ gives opportunities for assessment by revisiting a genre in literacy through film work

• Using the resource as a stimulus provides firm evidence of independence and consistency in pupil attainment without the teacher scaffolding given assessment focus points

For example: APP in Writing and Film Narrative

• Primary Framework strands and Assessment Focuses:

Strand 9 – AFs1, 2 & 7: dealing with aspects of composition and effect

Strand 10 – Afs 3 & 4: dealing with aspects of structure and organisation

Strand 11: Afs 5 & 6: dealing with aspects of sentence work and punctution

Word - sentence - text (Literacy)Shot - sequence - text (Picturacy)

‘The places here were laid with gold, not silver, and the 14 seats were not oak benches but mahogany chairs with velvet cushions.’The Northern Lights, Philip Pullman

Actively reading film• Improves reading and enjoyment of all texts• Knowledge and understanding of filmmaking

so pupils can develop skills as filmmakers

From screen to page• Deeper understanding of genre, narrative,

character, audience…• Allows comparison of composition and effect in

film and writing

FILM WRITING

CHARACTER

SETTING

MOOD

PACE

VIEWPOINT

PASSING OF TIME/FLASHBACKS

FILM WRITING

CHARACTER Acting and dialogueUse of cameraCostume and make up

Direct and reported speech Verbs and adverbs Descriptive language

SETTING Set designSpecial effects

Descriptive languageFigurative language

MOOD Light and colourMusic and soundUse of camera

Descriptive languageFigurative language

PACE Music and sound Editing - TransitionsLength of shotsSequence of shots/scenes

Sentence length/structure Paragraphs and chaptersVocabulary

VIEWPOINT Use of camera Voiceover narration

1st and 3rd person narration

PASSING OF TIME/FLASHBACKS

Light and colour Voiceover narrationEditing

TenseTime connectivesParagraphs and chapters

CameraCameraHow are the effects of these shot types achieved in writing?

CameraCameraHow are the effects of these shot types achieved in writing?

CameraCameraHow are the effects of these shot types achieved in writing?

Task 1 Task 1 - - 20/25 mins

You are going to tell your own version of a scene’s narrative.

1. Choose 12 key images from the clip ‘First time I had ever seen a fox so close’ (The Fox and the Child, Jacquet 2007). Pause the video at each chosen moment and create a screen grab. This is harder than you think!

2. Sequence your screen grabs into a storyboard. Empty the screen grab bank of any images you don’t need

3. Use the first image with Bubbles to add speech and/or thoughts as well a text box with a couple of sentences. Use punctuation with speech and powerful verbs and adverbs in text boxes. Create a new screen grab of the finished image.

4. Repeat 3 for each image in turn and create a new storyboard from your screen grab bank

5. Each pair read another pair’s finished work.

Task 2 Task 2 - - 40/45 mins

Meanwhile…You play the parents (or aunts/uncles) of the child. You are discussing her behaviour at home, one of you thinks

her relationship with the fox is a positive thing, the other is worried that she is becoming obsessed and that humans cannot form relationships with wild animals. The discussion turns into an argument which is brought abruptly to an end when you see the girl coming towards the house in the distance. She is covered in blood…

Task 2

• With your narrative you need to:1. Demonstrate knowledge and

understanding of the different shot types and their effect.

2. Establish character visually and by using speech and thought bubbles

3. Use text boxes to add a sentence or two to accompany each frame. Use time connectives, powerful verbs and adverbs etc.

Task 2 Task 2 - - 45 mins

1. Pairs into fours2. Plan - sketch a storyboard. 12 frames max (10 mins)3. Off to take photos. Back in 15 mins4. Back into pairs5. Import photos onto laptops and then into Picturacy6. Add bubbles, text boxes, adjust light and colour etc.7. Make screen grabs of each final image8. Sequence in a storyboard9. Pairs swap laptops to read the others’ narrative.

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