Film Production Resources

Film Production

To bring film into your classroom, check out the following simple film production curriculum:

• Download Never Too Short Productions Teacher guide.
• Download Sprockets Film Guide .
• Launch Reel Eyes: A Guide to Documentary Film video

Scriptwriting

To learn more about using scriptwriting in the classroom, listen in to ‘Using Screenwriting in the Classroom’ webcast. Guest presenter youth television writer Vera Santamaria ("Degrassi: the Next Generation," "Naturally Sadie," "Canadian Idol") discusses deconstructing a script, the process of seeing a script from idea to fruition and using a script to learn editing skills. Watch this webcast.

The following sample script pages are from the film Ferris Buller's Day Off and are an example of a formatted script. *Ferris Bueller's Day Off *Please note: This sample script is to be used for research purposes only.

Editing

Editing is a great way to teach students that media is a construction of reality; by piecing a story together through the editing process, students are encouraged to realize how one piece of media can be edited to meet many different visions and perspectives. Editing can be taught using a variety of technologies and techniques. For example, teachers who do not have editing equipment may choose to paper edit student films.

For teachers who do not wish to purchase editing software FORscene is an alternative because it is a "pay as you go" system. FORscene is a web-based video-editing platform, that runs on both PCs and Macs. It allows video to be logged, edited, reviewed and published.

• FORscene Load Manual- PC
• FORscene Guidelines
• FORscene Load Manual - Apple