Into Film is an education organisation providing a unified UK-wide offer for learning through and about film. It is supported by the British Film Institute (BFI) through Lottery funding and its programme includes delivery of the BFI 5-19 education scheme. Into Film's resources range from film discussion guides, to curriculum linked worksheets, lesson plans and presentations. Our resources are tailored to fit the curriculum criteria of each nation, supporting learning outcomes.
Into Film is an education organisation providing a unified UK-wide offer for learning through and about film. It is supported by the British Film Institute (BFI) through Lottery funding and its programme includes delivery of the BFI 5-19 education scheme. Into Film's resources range from film discussion guides, to curriculum linked worksheets, lesson plans and presentations. Our resources are tailored to fit the curriculum criteria of each nation, supporting learning outcomes.
This resource comprises activities that celebrate stories on film from around the world. The focus is on diversity, faith and language, to support films from a world cinema context, as well as British films.
The Into Film Festival takes place from 4-20 November 2015. There are free screenings and events taking place at over 520 venues across the UK. To book and find out more visit www.intofilm.org/festival
A resource produced in partnership with The National Schools Partnership and Fox Searchlight Pictures. This resource provides guidance and the tools students need to enter the Malala Youth Voice Filmmaking Competition, based on the new documentary film He Named Me Malala in cinemas on 6 November 2015. More resources to support an assembly and PSHE, Citizenship and English lessons are available at www.nationalschoolspartnership.com/malalayouthvoice.php. Through these resources students can explore Malala's story, the right to education and approaches to effective campaigning.
This resource focuses on the theme of body image and each of the six handpicked films in this resource are accompanied by synopses, educators’ notes and questions to help guide discussions and open up new paths. Using these films as a tool, you can enable young people to understand different social and emotional issues within the safety of a club or class environment.
Download the accompanying Body Image on Film 11-16 from the Into Film website: https://www.intofilm.org/resources/32
This resource is a handy guide to apps available for iPads and tablets to use for filmmaking and film literacy.
Into Film provides free training of filmmaking and film literacy. Please visit to following link for more details: https://www.intofilm.org/training
This Into Film resource, designed to be used across third and fourth level in Scotland, explores a range of issues and curriculum areas through the film, Seachd: The Inaccessible Pinnacle. It has been created in partnership with Stòrlann Nàiseanta na Gàidhlig, the agency charged with co-ordinating the production and distribution of Gaelic educational resources throughout Scotland. These teachers' notes should be used in conjunction with the PowerPoint presentation found at http://www.intofilm.org/seachd-gaelic-resource. To find out more about Into Film and start a film club visit: www.intofilm.org.
This resource, produced in partnership with National Schools Partnership and Pathe, provides a lesson plan for students to work with the new British film Suffragette (12A) and collections from The Museum of London to research and discuss historical and contemporary social changers, who have, and continue to campaign for gender equality. This resource is designed to be used Suffragette, -Social Changers Lesson PowerPoint presentation and worksheets, which can be accessed at www.nationalschoolspartnership.com/suffragetteresource.php You can also access a resource and PowerPoint presentation for the Suffragette -Social Changers - assembly.
Suffragette starring Carey Mulligan, Anne-Marie Duff and Meryl Streep, opens in cinemas on 12 October.
Start your free Into Film Club at www.intofilm.org
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This resource contains a student pack for teachers to print off and provide for GCSE and A level Drama/Expressive Arts students. The pack contains guidance and activity sheets to support students in preparing for and recording their final performance. Units covered include: lighting design; set design; costume, hair and make up; sound design; and capturing the performance on a recording device.
Not yet Into Film? Start your free Into Film Club at www.intofilm.org/clubs
A film guide that looks at Big Hero 6 (2014), exploring its key topics and themes through informal discussion.
This film is now available to stream for free at Into Fim+ https://www.intofilm.org/films/18310
A film guide that looks at Love, Simon (2018), exploring its key topics and themes through informal discussion.
This film is now free to stream on Into Film+ https://www.intofilm.org/films/19198
Loud, colourful, fast and frantic, this adaptation of Shakespeare’s tale of star crossed lovers is about as far from traditional theatre as you could imagine. Played by Leonardo Di Caprio and Clare Danes, the young couple at the centre of the story must still overcome their families’ bitter feuding in order to be together, but now they do so in violent Verona Beach, Florida, a place where swords have been replaced by guns, and where their soundtrack is blazing rock music.
This one-page film guide is designed to support pre and post screening discussions around the film with accompanying teacher notes, which can help teachers build discussion around character, different genres and key message of the film . The film guide is suitable to use with students age 11+.
This film is now free to stream at Into Film+ https://www.intofilm.org/films/3127
Into Film has curated two thought-provoking seasons of films, in which bullying is a major theme - for Primary and Secondary school children - to help teachers and pupils explore the issues surrounding the anti-bullying theme, ‘Words Can Hurt’.
Each film in the ‘Words Can Hurt’ resource deals with a different area of bullying, and is accompanied by detailed film guides which include review starters and discussion points for teachers to fully explore the themes raised in the film.
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Take your class on a musical journey inspired by Disney’s animation Encanto.
With support from professional musician and producer Jonathan, children will respond to music from the film through art and design, hands-on participation, and the creation of their own musical compositions. Progressing through this two- lesson resource, learners will develop skills and vocabulary to both discuss and create music.
Inspired by the resilience of the character Mirabel, children will be challenged to turn the ordinary into the extraordinary as they produce their own eco-orchestras – creating rhythms from discarded materials.
There will be an opportunity for children to appraise different skills and talents and how these can be developed through practise and dedication.
This educational cross-curricular resource based on the 2016 Disney film The Jungle Book includes a selection of activities that have been designed for teachers to cherry-pick in their classrooms.
This resource consists of three activities, a PowerPoint presentation with embedded clips and an accompanying booklet with worksheets. Each activity has an extension task that you that you can use to extend the session, challenge your more able pupils or as a homework task.
This film is now available to stream free at Into Film+
https://www.intofilm.org/films/18656
Habitats, Adaptations and Food Chains
Hold tight and prepare for an exciting adventure to the Lost World.
Take your class on a rip-roaring journey with Crash, Eddie and Buck Wild
as they hurtle through the dangerous habitat that is the Lost World. On
the way, they will meet a host of creatures that inhabit the Lost World
and learn about how they depend on one another and their environment
for survival. Teamwork is essential as Crash, Eddie and Buck Wild
escape the many predators they encounter along the way.
Brought to you by Into Film and Disney+, Ice Age: Survive and Thrive
with Buck Wild is a cross-curricular educational resource for use with
learners aged 6 to 11 and suitable for** science, citizenship and English/
literacy**. Both lessons have a scientific focus and pupils will learn
relevant vocabulary during the lessons. By watching a clip from the
forthcoming film, The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild, children will
be introduced to the characters and explore how they are connected,
using the idea of simple** food chains** and more complex food webs.
Pupils will learn about** different habitats and consider how animals and
plants have adapted to their environment**. Learners will also discuss the
importance of collaboration, working in groups to explore the threats
that these habitats face.
A film guide that looks at The Way He Looks (2014), exploring its key topics and themes through informal discussion.
The Way He Looks is a romantic drama about a blind high-school student whose relationship with his best friend is threatened by the arrival of a handsome new boy in school.
This guide is useful for exploring topics including PSHE Education and Film Studies in addition to highlighting themes surrounding growing up, friendships, disabilities and inclusion, love and relationships, and South American countries.
A film guide that looks at Lost Connections (2021), a poetic short film made in response to the Coronavirus pandemic using archive footage.
This guide is useful for exploring topics such as PHSE Studies and Film Studies, in addition to highlighting themes surrounding community, filmmaking and mental wellbeing.
A film guide that looks at Dear Evan Hansen (2021), a coming-of-age musical, based on a hit stage show about a teenage boy suffering from social anxiety who becomes an overnight internet sensation.
This guide is useful for exploring topics including Performing Arts, PSHE Education and Psychology in addition to highlighting themes surrounding music, family, friendships, mental health, growing up and anti-bullying.
A film guide that looks at The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012), a coming-of-age story which beautifully captures the joys and heartbreaks of growing up.
This guide is useful for exploring subjects including PSHE Education, Psychology and English in addition to highlighting topics surrounding mental health, friendships, growing up, books and plays, and school.
This resource for students aged 12 to 16 examines cultural identity and relationships on film as starting point for students to explore their own identity, how it is shaped and how they perceive themselves and others. It also explores a range of relationships including family and friendships, to consider how others influence them, and how they affect others through films ranging including Gone Too Far, Belle, Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Girlhood.
To download the Black Star: Identity PowerPoint presentation, please visit the Into Film website: https://www.intofilm.org/resources/1144
Black Star is the British Film Institute's autumn 2016 celebration of the range, versatility and power of black actors on film and TV taking place nationwide and we're delighted to be complementing their season with a programme of relevant films that resonate with our audience of 5-19 year olds. Embracing the BFI's direction of illuminating on-screen talent, the films selected for use in this resource feature contemporary British stars of black heritage as well as actors from the African diaspora and throughout film history that demonstrate a real range and depth of storytelling.
For further information on the BFI Black Star season, please visit http://www.bfi.org.uk/black-star
