Hi there! I'm an experienced teacher of English across KS3, 4 and 5. I'm also a Film Studies specialist, as a current examiner and consultant. In my shop you'll find a range of resources available-many for free but some available with more detailed content available for just a couple of pounds. Thanks for stopping by and please get in touch via Twitter if you have any questions or requests.
Hi there! I'm an experienced teacher of English across KS3, 4 and 5. I'm also a Film Studies specialist, as a current examiner and consultant. In my shop you'll find a range of resources available-many for free but some available with more detailed content available for just a couple of pounds. Thanks for stopping by and please get in touch via Twitter if you have any questions or requests.
This download is for one GIANT zip file containing THREE separate study guides. The first is a comprehensive exploration of REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE and the second is a detailed examination of FERRIS BUELLER’S DAY OFF. Finally, the last guide offers details on how the two films will be assessed in the GCSE exam and offers suggestions and ideas as to how they could be compared and contrasted in preparation for the exam.
Also included are editable Knowledge Organisers as individual documents and in total, there are over 140 pages in this one download!
As part of this download you’ll find that for every resource there is:
A high quality PDF version-perfect for printing
A PDF which has been compressed in size so that it’s perfect for emailing and storing
A Mac OSX Pages document which can be used to edit the resource using a Mac and
A Microsoft Word version which can also be edited on Windows.
Written by an experienced examiner and teacher of film studies, the guides have been written with the sole focus of the Eduqas GCSE Film specification for Component 1. Each guide therefore contains a wide variety of information, activities, assessment tasks and examiners hints to cover:
Detailed information and activities related to all aspects of relevant context
A huge range of tasks related to cinematography, mise-en-scene, editing, sound, theme and narrative!
Dozens, if not hundreds, of questions and assessments to check knowledge and understanding
Hundreds of screenshots
Exam tips and suggestions
Approaches to exam questions and detailed analysis
Suggestions of other films to watch to extend understanding of the film and the context
Plus much, MUCH more.
If you’d like to take a look at every page of this resource please look at my Profile on here and follow the link to my SlideShare account OR Google Ian Moreno-Melgar+SlideShare and take at look at my ‘DOCUMENTS’ page.
Many thanks for taking the time to look at this resource. This is a huge 100 page study guide to District 9, supporting the film for Eduqas GCSE Film Studies. Written by an experienced examiner and consultant, this booklet on District 9, directed by Neil Blomkamp in 2009, provides a huge range of activities. Designed to be a digital textbook as well as study and revision guide, this resource features dozens of activities and hundreds of questions as well as information to support students and teachers appreciation of District 9 in relation to Component 2 of Eduqas GCSE Film Studies.
If you’d like to take a look at every page of this resource please look at my Profile on here and follow the link to my SlideShare account OR Google Ian Moreno-Melgar+SlideShare and take at look at my ‘DOCUMENTS’ page.
Some of the work includes:
the context of South Africa, including details on apartheid,
key facts and information on the making of the film,
systems for keeping notes during watching with templates using the Cornell notes system,
dozens of activities on narrative in film studies,
information and activities on narrative theorists such as Vladimir Propp, Tzetvan Todorov and Claude Levi-Strauss,
work on narrative techniques such as Chekov’s Gun, cause and effect and many more,
in-depth details on key scenes,
dozens of screenshots from the film as well as images from other relevant areas that have influenced the film,
dozens of activities for students including hundreds of questions,
guidance on how to analyse scenes from the film using hexagaonal learning,
summary sheets to help with revision
key scene analysis which includes links to the specific scenes or extracts, hosted permanently on YouTube, so you don’t even need a copy of the film to complete some of the tasks-again, perfect for students to complete!
Many of the tasks have also been designed to be peer or self-assessed and there is a wide variety of solo work, paired work or group work catered for, with each activity described in detail at the beginning of each task.
A comprehensive scheme of work with over 60+ pages of detailed information and activities, designed to support in teaching Tsotsi for WJEC/Eduqas GCSE Film Studies. This version comes with 2 PDF versions as well as editable versions in Word and Pages format.
If you’d like to take a look at every page of this resource please look at my Profile on here and follow the link to my SlideShare account OR Google Ian Moreno-Melgar+SlideShare and take at look at my ‘DOCUMENTS’ page.
Written by an experienced examiner and consultant, this booklet on Tsotsi, directed by Gavin Hood in 2005, provides a huge range of activities. Some of the work includes: the context of South Africa, including details on apartheid, key facts and information on the making of the film, systems for keeping notes during watching with templates using the Cornell notes system. There are also in-depth details on key scenes, dozens of screenshots from the film as well as images from other relevant areas that have influenced the film. There are also dozens of activities for students including mock exam questions, comprehension questions on location, characters and more. PLUS: guidance on how to analyse scenes from the film using hexagaonal learning and summary sheets to help with revision. Key scene analysis include links to the specific scenes or extracts, hosted permanently on YouTube, so you don’t even need a copy of the film to complete some of the tasks-again, perfect for students to complete! Many of the tasks have also been designed to be peer or self-assessed and there is a wide variety of solo work, paired work or group work catered for, with each activity described in detail at the beginning of each task.
This guide has been written so that it can be used in a variety of ways; print and use as a ready-to-go scheme of work in a booklet. Maybe give to students as a detailed homework that can be completed alongside your own classroom work. It also works great for revision, either with individual task printed or again, as a whole booklet. Try printing individual pages as starters or plenaries, or even using the tasks as engaging resources for lessons built around key ideas of your own.
Your download will be a zip folder which contains 4 version of the same document, with no watermarks on any page. It also comes with Microsoft Word and Mac OSX versions so that you can edit and do as you like with it, as well as a high quality PDF version and a compressed PDF version that is a much smaller size.
Designed to help in the delivery of GCSE Film Studies, this guide focuses on Component 2 Global Film. This guide focuses on the key aspects of Representation and film language, as per the Eduqas Specification.
Many thanks for taking a look and for any future purchases!
Written by an experienced examiner and consultant, this booklet on Attack the Block, directed by Joe Cornish in 2008, provides a huge range of activities.
If you’d like to take a look at every page of this resource please look at my Profile on here and follow the link to my SlideShare account OR Google Ian Moreno-Melgar+SlideShare and take at look at my ‘DOCUMENTS’ page.
Some of the work includes: the context of the production of the film, London, social housing, gang culture and the London Riots of 2011. Also includes key facts and information on the making of the film and systems for keeping notes during watching with templates using the Cornell notes system. There are also in-depth details on key scenes, dozens of screenshots from the film as well as images from other relevant areas that have influenced the film. You will also find a range of screenshots and screen grabs from other sci-fi films such as Blade Runner and Aliens. There are also screen shots from British films such as Harry Brown and A Clockwork Orange to aid and support the work on comparing film texts. The booklet also contains dozens of activities for students including mock exam questions, comprehension questions on location, characters and more. PLUS: guidance on how to analyse scenes from the film using hexagaonal learning and summary sheets to help with revision. Key scene analysis include links to the specific scenes or extracts, hosted permanently on YouTube, so you don’t even need a copy of the film to complete some of the tasks-again, perfect for students to complete! Many of the tasks included have also been designed to be peer or self assessed and there is a wide variety of solo work, paired work or group work catered for, with each activity described in detail at the beginning of each task.
Your purchase will be for one zip file that contains Microsoft Word and Mac OSX versions so that you can edit and do as you like with, as well as unmarked PDFs ready for printing.
This booklet has been written so that it can be used in a variety of ways; print and use as a ready-to-go scheme of work in a booklet. Maybe give to students as a detailed homework that can be completed alongside your own classroom work. It also works great for revision, either with individual task printed or again, as a whole booklet. Try printing individual pages as starters or plenaries, or even using the tasks as engaging resources for lessons built around key ideas of your own.
This guide / ebook is designed to help in the delivery of GCSE Film Studies, focusing on Component 2 Global Film. This guide focuses on the key aspects of Film style / aesthetics as well as film language, as per the Eduqas Specification.
Many thanks for taking a look and for any future purchases!
Resource includes 3 versions; a high-quality PDF version that allows you to instantly print and hand out or work with, PLUS a Microsoft Word AND a Mac OSX Pages version, so that you can edit and tweak as you need.
A collection of 15 detailed quiz sheets, covering key vocabulary, context, key plot points, characters and quotes from An Inspector Calls. Each quiz has 20 questions.
The sheets are provided as PDFs so that you can just print and use but also as Word documents so that you can edit as you need to. The resource also includes over 100 words from the play with correct definitions and incorrect definitions, ready for tests and assessments.
These are perfect for starter activities, assessment, homeworks, weekly assessments and are designed for minimal teacher preparation or marking. Students can peer or self assess or use the questions and vocabulary provided to create their own quizzes.
I’ve made the first 6 quizzes available for free here. These don’t have the answers or the vocabulary list, but give you a good idea of the style and quality of the quizzes overall.
Please note: the details below stating that this contains one document is correct but it’s one zip folder containing over 30 different individual documents.
Many thanks for taking a look and for your purchase. If you found the resource useful, please consider leaving a review to let others know how much you used or benefitted from this resource.