Ideas for film education

It is important for schools to explore and create more opportunities for students to create stories in alternative ways. Introducing film-making into the classroom and launching after-school film clubs are valuable ways for teachers to inspire young imaginations and increase motivation for overall learning. 

Film-making not only enhances learning across the curriculum but it can also be delivered in schools easily and cheaply. 

There are a number of ways to introduce film into schools: film-making, film-watching and film clubs. Pupils could produce short films using digital cameras or they could create a film and tell stories using their phones. 

Teachers could encourage their class to get into groups and re-enact a story that they have seen in the media and interpret it by making it into a film or story-board.