Making Movies Make Sense

Making Movies Make Sense helps teachers to teach kids about filmmaking and how to make movies in school. It is an interactive multi-platform resource that teachers can use to facilitate movie making and movie understanding.

Making Movies Make Sense includes:

• An introduction
• Printable worksheets and glossary
• An illustrated introduction to the key principles of film, including camera, lighting, sound and editing
• Pre-production: how to plan your film
• Production: how to work in teams for successful filming
• Post-production: capturing, editing and adding sound, transitions, effects and titles
• A range of classroom activities for developing children's understanding of film language and supporting literacy
• Screening suggestions to develop understanding of filmmaking
• Unedited video clips which children can use to learn about filmmaking

You can use Making Movies Make Sense to teach kids both about filmmaking but also how to read and understand movies that they watch. The 'screening suggestions' section includes over twenty-five great film titles recommended for film viewings in schools. The 'key principles' section includes all the information you need as a teacher to teach your kids the basics of film language with sections on the types of shots you should use, how to shoot your movie in school and other locations, editing video on the computer and essential pre-production details of scripting, storyboarding, location, costume, permissions, etc.