Digital Media LiteracyEI607

Movie Time!Some examples of student movies from previous years

We believe that learning about moving

image media needs to be seen as a

fundamental entitlement for all children.

The British Film Institute

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We live in an age when to be literate

means to be as familiar with images on

a screen as with text on a page, and to

be as confident with a camera or a

keyboard as with a pen.

21st Century Literacy – The UK Film Council”

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Literacy is the repertoire of knowledge,

understanding and skills that enables

us all to participate in social, cultural

and political life. Many now recognise

that this repertoire has to include the

ability to ‘read’ and ‘write’ in media

other than print: in moving images and

audio, and in the hypertext structures of

the digital world.

The British Film Institute

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Literature and modes of communication

are constantly changing and this should

be reflected in our primary curriculum. If

teachers provide opportunities for

children to analyse and be critical of

time based texts (film) these skills will

continue to develop and will be

transferable to the analysis of print

based texts.

Jackie Marsh, 2008”

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Language of the moving image

When watching moving images consider the following-

Camera

Colour

Character

Story

Sound

Settings

The grammar of film language

wide shot

mid shot

close up

extreme close up

over the shoulder

Children Making MoviesCreativity & Digital Media Technologies Website

Teachers have seen how, starting with film,

all children regardless of ability, have been

able to discuss narrative in a sophisticated

manner. The use of film has allowed

children to learn using a medium with which

they feel comfortable and able to take risks.

This allows for higher order thinking to take

place which is then transferable, as well as

giving them the tools to understand the

media-rich world around them.

Literacy Adviser, East Midlands

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60 Second Movies

In this week’s session you are going to work in a group to

shoot and edit a 60 second movie.

Storyboarding

Make sure your storyboard includes the following information

for each shot:

the type of shot (e.g. WS, MS, CU, ECU)

the length of the shot (in seconds)

a description of what is happening in the shot