Moving Image Education (BEd 3)
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Moving Image Education Athole McLauchlan Bearsden Primary School
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Presentation given to BEd 3 class at Moray House about MIE. 01.11.12
Transcript of 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?
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!
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
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)
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
The Singing Street clip
Scotland On Screen archive
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
The Katzis animation
3D stop motion
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
