This year the focus of Black History Month is on the experience of black Britons in the 65 years since The Windrush Generation. Our resource examines the way in which the experience of black Britons has been reflected on film over the years, some good, some less accurate. To find out more about Into Film and discover how to get a club started, visit the Into Film website.

A Film Guide that looks at the film, Pride. This resource contains before and after watching discussion questions, a debate-led activity and is useful for exploring topics including History, Citizenship and Politics in addition to highlighting themes surrounding democracy and rights, racism and prejudice, equality, British cinema and campaigns & revolutions. This film is available to stream on Into Film+

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II was born on 21st April 1926 and reigned as the Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms from 6th February 1952 until her death on Thursday 8th September 2022. This resource which is suitable for use with learners aged 7 to 16 and is relevant for assemblies, tutor time and can support English, history and citizenship teaching. During her lifetime over 100 films portrayed Queen Elizabeth. For this resource we have selected three which depict different stages of her life: her childhood in The King’s Speech, her teenage years in A Royal Night Out, and later in her life after acceding to the throne in The Queen, which is available for UK educators to stream for free on Into Film + . In addition to feature films this resource includes the use of archive content shot during Queen Elizabeth’s coronation, as well as her spending time with her young family. This resource comprises: • A teachers’ notes document which explains the activity outlines and the historical context of each clip used within the presentation • An accompanying Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II: A Life on Screen PowerPoint presentation which includes embedded content from the films and archive footage (please note that the archive footage is removed from this resource but the full presentation is available for educators in the UK on the Into Film website. • Role on the Wall activity sheet • Timeline activity sheet.

No matter what you teach, Into Film’s Story Builder: Games is a fun and meaningful way for students to research or consolidate their curricular learning. It supports cross-curricular literacy while its iterative design approach develops thinking skills and personal capabilities. The flexible nature of Story Builder: Games makes it suitable for a curricular focus or the basis of an exciting new extra-curricular club. Whether designing a chemical reaction puzzle game or a tourism-boosting strategy game, the potential is endless! Visit the Into Film website to download the Story Builder: Games and to learn more about our games on the Into Film Games hub.

Explore Hamlet with this creative workbook that helps students to analyse the play based on the Shakespeare: The Animated Tales adaptation of the play through the 3Cs (character, camera, colour) and 3Ss (story, setting, sound). This resource is suitable for students aged 7 plus and the teachers' notes includes extension activities. For information on how to start a free Into Film club and to order this DVD for free, please visit http://www.intofilm.org/schools-film-clubs

This resource contains activities for before and after viewing a film and an extensive recommended viewing list of engaging French films for primary school pupils. Watching and analysing foreign language films is an excellent way to develop pupil's language skills, literacy and cultural understanding. Start your free Into Film Club at www.intofilm.org Did you find this resource useful? Giving this resource a star rating will help other teachers to find it.

This educational cross-curricular resource based on Disney’s Zootropolis 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 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 available to stream free on Into Film+ https://www.intofilm.org/films/18642

In this lesson, learners will be introduced to the concepts of diegetic and non-diegetic sounds within films. Using a selection of still images and examples from films, learners will think about the range of sounds and music they can hear and be challenged to categorise them into diegetic and non-diegetic sounds. By understanding the differences in the two types of sounds, learners will be able to apply this knowledge to other lessons in this series.

In this lesson, pupils will use the sound, music and imagery from a film clip to inspire a creative poetry piece. The session provides two possible outcomes for your learners: a sensory poem or a haiku poem.

In this lesson, pupils will learn about personification and the role that music can play in bringing a character to life, even if that character is an inanimate object. Using scenes from short films, learners will analyse how fitting a piece of music is in reflecting a character’s mood. They will then be challenged to source appropriate music for other clips.

In this lesson, learners aged from 7 to 11 will consider how music relates to silent cinema, and they will plan a layered soundscape to be played with an extract from a silent film. As an extension activity, groups can perform their compositions in time to the film content.

This careers resource, suitable for secondary aged students, highlights some of the responsibilities of the role of Director of Photography in the film or television industry. Students will: explore a person specification hear from Director of Photography Diana Olifirova about their experience in the industry and the top tips she has for young people interested in getting into the creative industries be signposted towards some activities to enlighten and inspire them in understanding this role and how they can explore it as a potential career.

This careers resource, suitable for secondary aged students, highlights some of the responsibilities of the role of Editor in the film or television industry. Students will: explore a person specification hear from Editor Sian Fever about their experience in the industry and the top tips she has for young people interested in getting into the creative industries be signposted towards some activities to enlighten and inspire them in understanding this role and how they can explore it as a potential career.

This careers resource, suitable for secondary aged students, highlights some of the responsibilities of the role of Director in the film or television industry. Students will: explore a person specification hear from Director Lyttanya Shannon about their experience in the industry and the top tips she has for young people interested in getting into the creative industries be signposted towards some activities to enlighten and inspire them in understanding this role and how they can explore it as a potential career.

This careers resource, suitable for secondary aged students, highlights some of the responsibilities of the role of Art Director in the film or television industry. Students will: explore a person specification hear from Art Director Lydia Fry about their experience in the industry and the top tips she has for young people interested in getting into the creative industries be signposted towards some activities to enlighten and inspire them in understanding this role and how they can explore it as a potential career.

In this lesson, pupils will be encouraged to listen closely and respond to how a piece of music in a film scene captures the tone of the events. The activity will work towards equipping them with bespoke musical vocabulary that they can use when speaking about a piece of music. This language is a transferrable skill across the other lessons in this resource series. By harnessing this language, learners can build confidence in speaking about music across a range of contexts.

This music resource introduces students to the concept of expressive performance using a selection of content from musical feature films. Learners will be introduced to the Expressive Performance dice and question card that will help them to delve deeper into musical performances in a wider variety of ways. Finally, learners will be able to summarise what makes a good expressive performance by creating a written guide to support their own performances.

In this music lesson learners will practise their technical listening skills enabling them to confidently apply music-specific language. Students will use their technical listening to critically evaluate film music including clips from La La Land (2016) and Jaws (1975). The Technical Listening activity sheet is carefully designed to scaffold their learning and the session concludes with the option to watch an additional clip and complete careers-focused home-learning.

In this lesson students will learn how sound creates dramatic impact in films. They will be introduced to the terms diegetic and non-diegetic sound and, using several film clips, will explore how these are used to create an atmosphere in a scene. They will then create their own soundtrack for a clip from Dunkirk making sure they include diegetic and non-diegetic sound. As a home learning task, students are asked to research the role of a film score composer. The powerpoint that accompanies this lesson can be downloaded from the Into Film website.

Take your learners on a journey into the mind and body of Riley as she faces the changes and challenges that come with growing up. This interactive resource, brought to you by Into Film and Disney to celebrate the upcoming cinematic release of Inside Out 2, develops resilience and mental well-being through the exploration of emotions and feelings. Learners will study the Inside Out 2 trailer by thinking about their expectations for the film. They will consider the new characters and discuss why Riley might be experiencing a complex mixture of feelings at this time in her life. The class will use our Wheel of Emotions https://www.wheelofemotions.co.uk/ digital spinner to learn more about the characters and develop a wider vocabulary to discuss their feelings. Learners will use an ‘axis of emotions’ to plot how Riley’s emotions and feelings change, to learn that no feelings are ‘wrong’ and to discover that our responses to our emotions and the emotions of others can often change how we feel. Learners will also be encouraged to consider the effects that different emotions can have on our bodies, to think about where emotions might be felt and how those sensations might feel. They will discuss that not everyone has the same physical responses as each other and that it is important to be empathetic to the ways people experience emotions differently. Finally, learners will consider what they could do to help Riley deal with complex emotions and celebrate the role that all the emotions she is feeling play. This lesson is supported by a home learning activity that asks pupils to try out different well-being activities and there is an optional competition where pupils could win a Crafting Corner Kit for the whole class, worth £185.