Film Education -

Documentary resource

• Relevance: Scottish Highers, A2, AS
• Subjects: Film Studies, Creative & Media
• Synopsis: This resource provides students with an overview of the documentary form. Key examples are focused on enabling students to consider Capturing the Friedmans and The Fog of War as provocative examples of the genre.

Focus On resource

• Relevance: Scottish Highers, GCSE, A2, AS
• Subjects: Media Studies, History, ICT, General Studies, Film Studies, Citizenship
• Synopsis: The Focus On resource takes a thematic look at a range of issues including Reading a Film, Copyright and Technology and Citizenship. The series includes a range of exclusive discussions including industry professionals, teachers and representatives from organizations such as Amnesty International

Holocaust Education and Film resource

• Relevance: KS4, KS3, Scottish Highers, A2, AS
• Subjects: Creative & Media, Citizenship, English, PSHE & Citizenship
• Synopsis: This resource provides teachers with guidelines about how to use films related to the Holocaust and other genocides. It is designed to support teachers commemorating Holocaust Memorial Day and developing teaching ideas around this subject throughout the academic year.

Shakespeare on Film

• Relevance: KS4, Scottish Highers, GCSE, A2, AS
• Subjects: Film Studies, English
• Synopsis: This resource, suitable for teachers of English at GCSE and A-level, explores a range of themes and concepts that underpin a study of how and why filmmakers revisit Shakespeare with such apparent regularity. The site includes content on adaptation, reception and cultural interpretations as well as collating existing Film Education materials on screen adaptations of Shakespeare's plays.

Switched On resource

• Relevance: KS4, KS3
• Subjects: General Studies, ICT
• Synopsis: The resources and activities within this educational online resource are designed to give learners aged 11-18 a contextual background to their understanding of ICT. The site explores the social, financial, legal and ethical implications of our interaction with technology and encourages active exploration of the latest developments in this area.

Teaching Trailers Secondary resource

• Relevance: KS4, KS3
• Subjects: Film Studies, English, Creative & Media, Media Studies
• Synopsis: Teaching Trailers examines the structure, features and conventions of trailers as marketing tools and as multimodal texts, with activities exploring genre, text type and audience. This website resource features a range of stimulating activities culminating in an interactive online editing suite where students can create and share their own 'summer showreel'.