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. You can select which you think is most suitable.

This resource is part of Into Film’s suite of music-related resources that have been produced to meet the requirements of both the curricula for music across the nations and the model music curriculum for England. In this hour-long 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. The lesson plans are flexible so educators can cherry-pick specific activities or use the learning sequence in its entirety.

This 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 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 First Assistant Editor Sian Fever about her 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 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 her 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 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 Documentary Director Lyttanya Shannon about their experience in the industry and the top tips they have 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.

It’s time to take flight and go on the journey of a lifetime with Universal and Illumination’s upcoming film release, Migration. In this two-lesson sequence, suitable for ages 6–11, your class will be introduced to the Mallard family and their daring journey south from Maine, USA, to Kingston, Jamaica, for winter. Through geography and creative writing, learners will be able to better understand the significance of the journey birds take when they migrate each year. Migration: Habitat Heroes also provides an opportunity for young people to get out into the local area to observe, explore and assess the opportunities to make their local space more inviting for local wildlife.

This resource is for learners aged 7+ and will introduce you and your learners to a variety of techniques to develop your skills and knowledge in filmmaking. It consists of ten bitesize 15-minute activity sessions, which can be used together or separately and in any order you like, so that you can cherry-pick which activities suit you and your learners. All activities are inspired by content from films on the Into Film+ catalogue and feature an overview of each filmmaking concept, as well as examples and practical activities for your learners to have a go at each technique. To access the accompanying powerpoint for this resource please visit the Into Film website. Visit our website for information on how to start a free Into Film club or to view more of our curriculum focused resources.

This learning sequence will immerse your class in a world of pure imagination as learners are tasked with planning and pitching their very own marvellous creations to catch the eye of Willy Wonka himself! This resource brings together skills and learning objectives across art, design and technology, maths and English, as well as elements of science and nutrition. From the packaging to the promotional materials, learners will need to develop, design and pitch their ideas for a new, extraordinary chocolate bar. Learners will also be encouraged to think about who they would like to share a special chocolate bar with, and why, in our creative writing competition, ‘Who Would You Share It With?’. The lesson sequence can be extended with a range of activities which can be completed in the classroom or as home-learning; these include the My Scrummy Yummy Chocolate activity, Role on the Wall and Working with Wonka.

This resource is one of those created as part of Into Film’s ScreenWorks programme to demystify the world of screen careers to young people aged 14 to 19 across Northern Ireland and the UK. Professional film journalist, editor and author Helen O’Hara has collaborated with us to summarise what the role entails, key skills needed and routes into the job. There is also a practical film journalism activity that learners can complete as a taster into the job role. ScreenWorks is a screen industry work experience scheme offering unparalleled opportunities for young people aged 14-14 to learn about careers across Film, TV, Animation, Gaming and Visual Effects. To find out more, or to apply for the programme, visit the Into Film website.

This learning sequence will immerse the class in the Marvels Cinematic Universe and encourage learners to become their own hero – reflecting on how they see themselves and building their self-esteem and confidence. With links to the PSHE, RSE and English/literacy curriculums, a film clip will first be used as a stimulus for students to discuss the character of Kamala Khan via a ‘Role on the Wall’ activity. Here they will explore Kamala’s newfound powers and how she feels about harnessing them versus how she appears to those around her and how the perception of those in her team can lead to her empowerment. Inspired by the heroes in the film, learners will explore the skills they can offer to the world and the importance of team effort using the Becoming Your Own Hero activity sheet. There will be a focus on a supportive and empowering learning environment as students will feed into each other’s self-reflection to build confidence and contribute to one another’s’ positive self-image. There is an added opportunity for learners to think about one of their own goals and how they would achieve them by following in the footsteps of the Marvels using a framework based on the concept of ‘Higher. Further. Faster. Together’. As an extension, students can explore how the skills they exemplify can be transferrable across a range of exciting careers using information on the Youth Employment UK website. A competition to drive further engagement will ask students to imagine themselves as a hero on someone else’s wall. Using Art and Design skills, students will use the Future Hero competition sheet to create a poster depicting themselves as someone others look up to. This depiction can be inspired by a career, challenge or goal that they wish to pursue in the future.

Andrew Onwubolu MBE has developed his craft of filmmaking throughout his career from a self-taught filmmaker uploading music videos and short films to YouTube to being awarded an MBE for services to Drama and Music. This resource comprises three lessons which introduce learners to Andrew Onwubolu, his filmmaking style and debate the role of an auteur in a film production. Download the full resource from the Into Film website. Lesson 1 - Guerilla Filmmaking and Autuer Theory The first lesson in this resource introduces or reacquaints young people studying GCSE or A level Film Studies with the concept of an auteur by analysing the filmmaking style and directorial motifs in Andrew Onwubolu’s film Blue Story and his earlier work Shiro’s Story. This will lead on to analysing the theory and features of auteurism in the films of Spike Lee, John Singleton and Alfred Hitchcock. Learners are then tasked with planning a crowdfunding campaign for a film production before planning and filming a revision film on the topic of auteurism in the style of one of the filmmakers discussed in this lesson. Lesson 2 - Discovering the Auteur This second lesson continues to develop learners’ understanding of auteurism by debating who has the most creative control on a film production before planning a presentation. The project for this lesson is to produce a film in the style of one of the auteurs studied in this lesson sequence, summarising what learners know about auteur theory to be used as a revision aid. Lesson 3 - Debating the Auteur The final lesson in this sequence is an opportunity for learners to practise writing an answer to an examination-style question which is scaffolded with opportunities for peer and class feedback before individuals produce their own essay.

BroZone is getting back together, and it’s time for the reunion tour! This cross-curricular activity pack challenges your class to get hands-on with a range of activities framed around coordinating a reunion tour for BroZone, the boyband Branch and his long-lost brothers are part of in DreamWorks’ new film Trolls Band Together. Kicking off the sequence, your class will get out of their seats to learn some of the film’s key dance moves. Learners will have the chance to try choreographing a sequence using these new dance moves and even add in some signature moves of their own! The Stage Design activity asks learners to plan, design and make a model of the stage for the tour, including a new BroZone logo for band merchandise. The tour needs to run smoothly, and this is where the Tour Times task comes in. Pupils will be given a series of time based problems to solve using the gig dates and locations as a stimulus for the maths outcomes, demonstrating the real-world importance of learning about telling the time and calculating duration. The home learning activity gives insight into writing to inform, as learners will be asked to create a newspaper front page that includes key information about the BroZone reunion tour. Finally, your class is invited to enter our Trolls Reunion Tour competition for a chance to win a karaoke machine and film merchandise bundles. These flexible challenges will immerse young people in a range of curriculum areas and help develop their team building skills. You can cherry-pick the activities, assign different activities to groups or even teach the sequence over a series of sessions.

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.

Immerse your class in learning about properties of materials, states of matter and reactions with the help of the colourful characters featured in the new Disney and Pixar animated film Elemental. The resource encourages children to think critically about the properties of, and potential reactions between, the Elemental characters and put forward their hypotheses about what could happen when they interact. The resource consists of a science-themed lesson, a home learning activity and a competition to bring together children’s understanding of scientific concepts and language.

This resource looks at what happens during a royal coronation and is supported by a film of Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation. Learners will have the opportunity to consider how people across the U.K celebrated the coronation in 1953 using the archive film on the Into Film website. This resource is an ideal short activity for young people to discuss the recent coronation of King Charles III on the 6th May 2023.

2022 was a pivotal year for women’s football, with the England Lionesses winning the European Championship – the first time that any England team, men’s or women’s, has won the title. England are set to return in 2023 when the FIFA Women’s World Cup will be played this July. This resource, suitable for use with learners aged 11–16, gives young people the opportunity to analyse how the sport of women’s football and the women who participate in it have been portrayed in a range of films across the years, before planning and producing a creative response to the topic. The resource considers female football players and attitudes towards women in sport more generally. Learners will be given the opportunity to access archive, feature length and documentary film footage to discuss what football has looked like for girls and women over time from as far back as 1920.

This resource is suitable for use with learners aged 15 and over and includes themes of public image, online personas, identity, comparisons and anxiety. Curriculum links include PHSE/RSE, English Language, Media Studies and Film Studies. This lesson will introduce learners to the theme of comparisons and how comparing ourselves to others can make us feel. By looking at the character of Kayla in the film Eighth Grade students will be encouraged to consider the potential negative impact of media images on body image and confidence. The selected scenes are included to explore feelings of anxiety that can be associated with comparing yourself to others. Young people will be introduced to aspects of performance and the use of sound to support their analysis of the protagonist. Learners will be asked to reflect on Kayla’s thoughts and feelings and offer alternative words for positive self-thought. The optional filmmaking activities build on the ideas of positive self-talk as well as the power of music to reflect mood and emotion in film.

Once upon a time there was a cat with a sword, a hat, a pair of boots, and a thirst for adventure! This two-lesson sequence brings your class into the world of Puss in Boots: The Last Wish to explore aspects of creative storytelling and exciting characters. Are your learners ready for an epic adventure? The two-lesson sequence incorporates elements of the PHSE/RSE, English/ literacy, design and technology, and art and design curriculums. The learning opportunities encourage pupils to create their own stories, using the conventions of an adventure narrative; be a team player and identify and assess risk, challenging themselves to step out of their comfort zone in the process.

Mamie Till-Mobley might not be a name that is widely recognised but her actions following the brutal lynching of her 14-year-old son Emmett Till in Mississippi, 1955, caused a seismic cultural shift in the twentieth century and acted as the catalyst for the modern Civil Rights movement. Mamie was a mother of one and public school teacher who became a revolutionary civil rights figure in the mid-1950s and campaigned until her death in 2003. Her transformation was marked by her resilience in harnessing her grief and anger towards her son’s murderers and the corrupt justice system of the southern states of the USA, which she used to teach the whole world about the impact of racism, inequality and injustice. There are parallels with the death of Stephen Lawrence in 1993 in London and the activism of his mother Doreen Lawrence, now Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon, OBE who kept his image, story and legacy in the public consciousness through media coverage and campaigning against legal injustice.