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Teaching Film: Idea Generation starts right at the beginning of the filmmaking process –the development stage. It introduces you to strategies you can use to support your students in generating film-worthy ideas and translating them into impactful short film narratives.
Whatever your confidence level with short film production, the course’s exclusive tips from film industry professionals and experienced teachers offer a fresh spin on key aspects of the process. Combined with our curated film highlights and easy-to-implement activities, you’ll have everything thing you need to inspire creativity and embed good practice.
This resource includes
TFIG Taking Stock
Activity sheet to assess what resources are available for student films.
Size: 387 KB
TFIG Glossary
Definitions of terminology used in the course.
Size: 279 KB
TFIG Film List
A list of professional and youth-made shorts that feature in the course.
Size: 854 KB
TFIG Restriction Cards
A set of narrative restrictions to support creative idea generation.
Size: 290 KB
TFIG Idea Generation Prompts
Additional activity ideas to support learners in creative idea generation.
Size: 702 KB
TFIG Planning Axis
An activity sheet to help young people structure their film narratives.
Size: 325 KB
TFIG Protagonist Profile
An activity sheet to support analysis of the protagonist in a short film.
Size: 261 KB
TFIG Thematic Opposites Cards
A set of cards containing common themes found in films.
Size: 188 KB
TFIG Theme Wheel
An activity sheet to help learners to link a character’s actions to themes.
Size: 321 KB
TFIG Parallel Stories
An activity sheet to help learners plan their own parallel stories.
Size: 181 KB
TFIG Film Treatment Planner
Activity sheet to help learners develop treatments for their short films.
Size: 548 KB
TFIG Fiction Story Planner
An activity sheet to help students structure their film narratives.
Size: 210 KB
TFIG It Starts With An Idea - Lesson Plan
A lesson, which explores film development through practical tasks.
Size: 4.46 MB
TFIG It Starts With An Idea
A lesson PPT, which explores film development through practical tasks.
Size: 156.97 MB
TFIG Get Your Story Straight - Lesson Plan
Lesson plan, exploring the ingredients of effective short film narratives.
Size: 5.09 MB
TFIG Get Your Story Straight
A lesson PPT, exploring the ingredients of effective short film narratives.
Size: 334.74 MB
TFIG transcript - Get your story straight
Transcript of the video on the Get your story straight step.
Size: 12 KB
TFIG transcript - Show some restraint
Transcript of the video on the 'Show some restraint' step.
Size: 32 KB
TFIG transcript - Creating compelling characters
Transcript of the video on the 'Creating compelling characters' step.
Size: 37 KB
TFIG transcript - Caught up in conflict
Transcript of the video on the 'Caught up in conflict' step.
Size: 11 KB
TFIG transcript - Making themes come true
Transcript of the video on the 'Making themes come true' step.
Size: 15 KB
TFIG transcript - Point of view and perspective
Transcript of the video on the 'Point of view and perspective' step.
Size: 11 KB
TFIG transcript - Tips from the pros
Transcript of the video on the 'Tips from the pros' step.
Size: 33 KB
Updating our resources
We have developed a large catalogue of educational resources since launching in 2013, and some references and terminology will inevitably have dated as society and language evolves. We are aware of this and will be updating resources when our production schedule allows.
