3 March 2009, Ty Dysgu, Nantgarw, near Cardiff
9.30-3.30
Cost: £140

There’s a new emphasis on viewing and discussing media and moving image texts in the revised National Curriculum for English. This course will provide English teachers with an insight into film language and how it relates to genre, audience, narrative and persuasion. It will introduce a range of tried-and-tested ways of approaching films and other moving image texts in the Secondary English classroom.
We will look at a variety of moving image texts, including television advertisements, classic adaptations, documentaries and complete short films.
Course handouts will include a summary of teaching techniques, a glossary of terminology, and a single-user copy of Media Education Wales’ CD-ROM Making movies make sense: understanding and using film language (normal price £33).

Course content
• The elements of film language: camera, sound and editing
• Techniques for teaching about film language, genre, narrative, audience and persuasion
• Appropriate terminology for students’ analysis of moving images
• Where to find appropriate film and moving image texts

Outcomes
Participants will develop greater confidence in
• introducing and developing the analysis and discussion of moving image texts in the
classroom
• using appropriate terminology for discussing moving images
• sourcing moving image texts for use in the classroom

Course presenter
Tom Barrance has delivered workshops, projects and training on moving image analysis and production in the classroom around Wales and beyond. He wrote the CD-ROM Making movies make sense: Understanding and using film language (highly commended in the 2006 BETT Awards).

Download the application form in PDF format

We can also offer this course at your school - please ring or email if you’d like to discuss this.