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Save the Shoot: Careers Challenge

Introduce your learners to the world of work with this 'drop down day' care
Introduce your learners to the world of work with this 'drop down day' care

Ages

12+

Nation

England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales

Introduce your learners to the world of work with Save the Shoot, a classroom-ready careers challenge focused on the essential skills needed for the workplace, with activities linked to the screen industries.  

With a spotlight on the essential skills applicable to all industry sectors, this challenge can be delivered to any group size, from a full year group to a small tutor group, whatever their preferred subjects or career aspirations. Save the Shoot will place your learners in the role of a production assistant working to resolve problems on a film set and get filming back on track. 

Each lesson, which takes place in a different film department, has a bespoke video introduction which outlines a problem that needs solving. Through short, practical challenges, students explore how a real film set works – from planning and design to marketing and on-set decision-making.  

Learners will work in teams and use a range of skills to come up with solutions to the issues identified: listening, speaking, problem solving, creativity, adapting, planning, leadership and teamwork skills, as identified by the Skills Builder Universal Framework.  

With flexibility in delivery, clear lesson plans and everything included, you can run this as an off-timetable day, or for in-class delivery.  

The career resource pack includes everything you need to run this challenge: 

  • Teacher notes 
  • Powerpoint presentations 
  • Activity sheets 
  • Video content 
  • Student certificate. 

This resource will support you to meet careers benchmarks and standards, UK-wide. Help your students to develop skills that support future pathways, within and beyond the screen industries.

Please note: this resource is based on a fictional film set and some scenarios have been dramatised for comic effect.

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Creative Commons License

This Resource Supports

  • Careers

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"As an alternative provision for learners who are not in mainstream school we use your resources in a slightly different way as they generally find it hard to watch a full length film. They are, however fantastic. "