Into Film interviewed both director Lenny Abrahamson and actor Domhnall Gleeson for a podcast in advance of The Little Stranger’s theatrical release (21 September). We asked them a wide variety of questions about their approach to the film, its characters, and its themes, designed specifically to support English Literature teachers using* The Little Stranger in the classroom. With comparisons to books and films including The Innocents, Rebecca, Great Expectations and The Beguiled, the text sits on the Edexcel English Literature A Level specification alongside other gothic fiction such as* Dracula and The Picture of Dorian Gray. Adapted from the 2009 Booker Prize-nominated novel of the same name by celebrated author Sarah Waters,The Little Stranger is a darkly mysterious drama directed by Oscar nominee, Lenny Abrahamson (Room), and starring cross-generational British/Irish talent including Domhnall Gleeson, Will Poulter, Charlotte Rampling and Ruth Wilson. The Little Stranger tells the story of Dr Faraday, the son of a housemaid, who has built a life of quiet respectability as a country doctor. During the long hot summer of 1948, he is called to a patient at Hundreds Hall, where his mother once worked. The Hall has been home to the Ayres family for more than two centuries, but it is now in decline and its inhabitants - mother, son and daughter - are haunted by something more ominous than a dying way of life. When he takes on his new patient, Faraday has no idea how closely, and how disturbingly, the family’s story is about to become entwined with his own. For more information about this film and for information on how to start an Into Film club are available at www.intofilm.org.

This guide for secondary school students includes analysis of professional reviews, and a workbook to help students record and plan their responses to films and review writing ideas. The resource also contains a guide for review writing at GCSE. The resource is designed to be used with the accompanying PowerPoint presentation. For more information about starting your free Into Film Club visit www.intofilm.org Did you find this resource useful? Giving a star rating can help other teachers to find it.

This resource contains activities and a pupil workbook to enable pupils to record their responses to films, develop vocabulary and structure effective reviews. Pupils are encouraged to publish their reviews on the Into Film Club website www.intofilm.org/clubs and enter their review for Into Film Club Review of the Week. This resource is designed to be used with the accompanying PowerPoint presentation. Related content can be found at www.intofilm.org/resources/108. Did you find this resource useful? Giving a star rating can help other teachers to find it.

Raise awareness of issues surrounding the environment, pollution and global warming, using film analysis and filmmaking opportunities. These activities incorporate outdoor learning, which offer great opportunities for young people to get out into the world that they're studying, helping to further engage them with their local environment. This resource is designed to be used with the accompanying PowerPoint presentation, which contains films clips, stills and discussion points. Related content can be found at www.intofilm.org/eco-explorers Start your free Into Film Club at www.intofilm.org/clubs Did you find this resource useful? Giving this resource a star rating will help other teachers to find it.

This resource has been specially created for our Reel to Real education project with the learning department at the V & A Museum. This resource is designed to work in conjunction with the accompanying Reel to Real: Twelfth Night PowerPoint. These film-focused activities are designed for use in English literature, drama and related subjects at ages 11-18. The Teachers’ notes and accompanying Reel to Real: Twelfth Night PowerPoint presentation offers a fresh take on this classic set text, exploring characters, themes and historical context through carefully-chosen film clips alongside content from the V&A's world-renowned collections of art, design and performance to enrich the learning experience. The DVD is available to order for free on the Into Film website at www.intofilm.org/films Did you find this resource useful? Leaving a star rating can help other teachers to find it. Not yet Into Film? Start your free Into Film Club at www.intofilm.org/clubs

This Into Film resource provides an introduction to stop-motion animation, detailing the history of the technique, as well as guidance on how to create your own stop motion films. Styles included use silhouettes, paper cut outs and modelling clay, with activity sheets and cut-out materials also provided for an interactive historical understanding of inventions such as the zoetrope and thaumatrope. More information can be found at www.intofilm.org/resources/200. To find out more about Into Film and start an Into Film Club visit: www.intofilm.org/clubs.

This educational resource aims to support the teaching of Macbeth at Secondary level for students aged 14-16 years old and supports English, English Literature, drama and film studies teaching and learning. It comprises of a PDF that includes comprehensive outlines for the five activities, stills from the film and worksheets use in the classroom and the accompanying MACBETH – Power Players PowerPoint presentation with embedded clips from the 2015 film starring Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotilard. Students are then encouraged to make their own short film based on the themes within Macbeth as a consolidation exercise. Visit www.intofilm.org/resources/17 to view more Shakespeare-related resources. Did you find this resource useful? If so, leave a star rating to help other teachers to find it.

With timeless school classics such as Matilda and the BFG, Roald Dahl's stories are pinnacle for combining the fantastical fictional with the everyday! This resource features seven of Dahl’s most memorable films that clearly define how literacy can be portrayed in film. This Guides also includes Starter Activities, Discussion Points and Follow Up suggestions to engage pupils into learning through film. Order the films in this guide for free when you are a member of FILMCLUB. www.filmclub.org

To celebrate the release of Artemis Fowl on 12th June Into Film have partnered with Disney+ to create a package of free home learning resources for students aged 7-14. Inspired by the new release, our Artemis Fowl: Decoding Your World resources combine elements of English, maths and computing, and have been especially designed to support parents whose children are currently learning from home, and educators who are teaching and setting work remotely. Trolls, fairies and mythical creatures abound in Artemis Fowl, a fantastical film adapted from Eoin Colfer’s best-selling Artemis Fowl book series. Expect stunning special effects and exhilarating action as 12-year-old Artemis battles to rescue his kidnapped father from a fantasy realm. Artemis Fowl is streaming exclusively now on Disney+. This free resource includes a suite of materials that educators and parents can use to inspire students and explore key themes raised in the film. In Artemis Fowl: Decoding Your World, pupils will be introduced to Artemis through the film’s trailer and tasked with deciphering secret messages using Gnommish code from the film. Students will immerse themselves into the magical world of film and be inspired by a uniquely smart and adaptable lead character. There are four engaging home learning activities which include learning how to decipher coded messages; completing coding puzzles; character analysis through exploration of thoughts and actions and a creative writing competition. The activity sheets are supported by a home learning guide for educators and parents.

A resource containing activity and lesson ideas to work with film soundtracks across the curriculum to develop listening, discussion, analysis, reading, writing and composition skills. Film examples in this resource include Fantasia (U, 1940), Shaun the Sheep (U, 2014), Le Ballon Rouge (U, 1956) and The Artist (PG, 2012). Did you find this reosurce useful? If so, leave a star rating, so that other teacher's can find it. Start your free Into Film Club at www.intofilm.org

Staying Safe Online is an education resource created by Into Film in partnership with Childnet International to support Safer Internet Day. The resource uses film to ignite pupils’ imagination and bring important messages to life, providing them the information they need to be safe citizens in an increasingly digital world. In this resource, pupils will explore the key themes of: • Online addictions and behavioural habits • Grooming and the dangers of meeting people whom we speak to online • Being safe digital citizens. A version of the PowerPoint presentation with subtitled videos can be accessed from the Into Film website: https://www.intofilm.org/resources/37 Mae’r gwaith Bod yn Ddiogel Ar-lein yn adnodd addysgiadol sydd wedi ei greu gan Into Film mewn partneriaeth gyda Chilnet International i gefnogi Diwrnod Diogel y We. Mae’r adnodd yn defnyddio’r ffilmiau Trust a InRealLife i danio dychymyg disgyblion a thrafod negeseuon pwysig, gan roi wybodaeth ar sut i fod yn ddinasyddion diogel mewn byd digidol cynyddol. Yn yr adnodd yma, mi fydd y disgyblion yn dysgu am y brif themau: • Bod yn gaeth ar-lein ac arferion ymddygiad • Peryglon meithrin perthynas amhriodol chyfarfod bobl ar lein a • Bod yn ddinasyddion digidol diogel

PROTECT OUR PLANET is a cross-curricular resource inspired by the A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon trailer and Super Natural Wool campaign. It gives pupils the opportunity to investigate themes of sustainability and protecting our planet through natural materials such as wool, all set against the exciting backdrop of space. Learners will work together to create woolly ‘pom pom’ Shaun the Sheep-inspired models for use at the heart of a final role play activity, with the option to turn it into their own stop-motion animation film. An exclusive top tips video on how to animate filmed at the Aardman studios will help them along the way. For more educational resources using film and filmmaking, and to set up a free Into Film Club, visit www.intofilm.org PLEASE NOTE: the spacesuit design competition referenced in the resource has now ended.

Into Film’s series of Industry Visits, which brings film industry talent into schools across the UK, saw Veronika Hyks, Head of Audio Description at BTI Studios, visiting young people at Lent Rise Primary School in Slough. Audio description (AD) is the verbal description of film images to support the experience of visually impaired audiences. Creating AD narratives provides a wonderful opportunity for descriptive writing in the classroom or as part of an Into Film Club. Using literacy techniques during a practical workshop, Veronika encouraged the children at Lent Primary to encourage them to write their own descriptions, using a clip from Disney’s Frozen. Keeping their eyes closed, the children were asked to listen to the dialogue and sounds used in the clip, and imagined what the experience might be like to someone who is visually impaired. They then had a go at writing their own audio descriptions, using descriptive words and thinking about how tense could be used. Veronika tasked the children with reading their own descriptions out loud alongside the clip, helping them to think about rhythm and pace, and using the sounds and dialogue to bring the clip to life. Watch the video above to see how they got on, and to hear Veronika discuss audio-description in her own words. Visit www.intofilm,org for details on how to start an Into Film Club for resources, exclusive industry careers advice and more.

Getting young people to make that leap from simply watching to actively discussing and writing about films is no small feat. This film topic has been put together with this progression in mind. The films have been selected based on feedback from hundreds of Into Film club leaders focused on getting their members to write. The films, accompanying information and discussion points in this resource have been chosen to excite and inspire members to write. To find out more about Into Film and discover more of our resources please go to; https://www.intofilm.org/resources

Hearing is Seeing: Improving Descriptive Writing Through Film Develop your pupils’ descriptive writing skills through this engaging audio description learning sequence. As well as introducing learners to this interesting industry role, pupils will develop their literacy skills and build confidence in reading aloud. These creative activities also help develop empathy, as we invite pupils to consider the experience of a visually impaired cinema audience. This resource is aimed for use with pupils aged 7-14 and designed for flexible delivery in a variety of contexts: in subject-specific lessons, specific careers lessons, or during an Into Film Club. **Download this resource to inspire your pupils and help broaden their understanding of future job roles available to them. ** The short films included in the resource have been licenced by Into Film for educational use only. Please do not share any links, clips, or passwords externally. For more resources on using film and filmmaking in educational settings and to set up an Into Film Club, please visit the Into Film website: www.intofilm.org/clubs

Our Story Builder resource is aimed at pupils aged 7-11, and enables learners to develop their understanding of the basic building blocks of film - the 3Cs and 3Ss of film, colour, character, camera, story, sound and setting - to create imaginative narratives of their own. They will be able to use our interactive workbook to plan their own films stage by stage. Each engaging and accessible element of the resource can be used as a stand-alone activity, or combined, so that learners can plan or make a film composed entirely of their own ideas. The resource allows pupils to work alone or collaboratively to develop characters, build their story arc, decide on settings and even design their very own film posters. Story Builder engages with the curriculum seamlessly, harnessing the unlimited creative talent of young people. There are countless stories in the world, all waiting to be told - help your pupils to tell theirs. “As a teacher it is heartening to see children so engaged with their imaginations when completing the Story Builder tasks and creating their own unique story” - Bernadette Boyle, Primary School Teacher

Brought to you by Into Film and The Walt Disney Company, this cross-curricular and adaptable resource is suitable for use with children aged 5–8. During the course of this learning sequence, learners will embark on a quest for kindness as they delve into the world of Disney to identify how a range of characters from the Disney Princess films show kindness, bravery and ultimately friendship during the course of their adventures. Using our Online Character Story Spinner (characterstoryspinner.co.uk) children will watch the film content to spark their creativity to carry out a range of range of challenges which incorporate PSHE Education (for the new curriculum), Citizenship, Art and Design and English/Literacy designed to deepen their understanding of what it means to be kind, brave and helpful to others.

This exciting resource brought to you by Into Film and The Boss Baby 2: Family Business, designed for 6–11-year-olds, combines core subject learning in maths, English and science alongside a wealth of opportunities for group work and rich, open-ended problem-solving. Inspired by the upcoming film, learners will be encouraged to plan, set goals, problem-solve and reflect on their learning as they take part in a series of collaborative and creative enterprise-focused activities.

We have produced this resource on the film The Iron Giant to complement the new Welsh National Literacy Framework for Primary schools, aimed a developing oracy, reading, and writing across the curriculum. Developed in conjunction with a leading literacy practitioner and the Welsh Government, these bilingual resources aim to empower teachers to increase literacy through film. This film is now available to stream free at Into Film+ https://www.intofilm.org/films/3001

The first of the Shaun the Sheep Green Light to Opening Night films is accompanied by this resource that helps young people to understand the importance of story telling in films. Use the Teachers’ Notes along side the short film where Young Reporter Jess visits Aardman Animations to find out about filmmaking and why Shaun is such a popular character. The film and accompanying Shaun the Sheep The Movie - Starting Your Story PowerPoint presentation to use in your classroom available on the Into Film website: https://www.intofilm.org/resources/11 This film is now available to stream free at Into Film+ https://www.intofilm.org/films/18592