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Documentary in Education

Documentary in Education. Into the Frame Seminar 2 October 11 th 2007 AFTRS. Into the Frame 1. Rich media resource collections Anna Grieve, Digital Learning @Film Australia Peter Tapp, ATOM and enhancetv Meg Mappin The Learning Federation Australian Screen online

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Documentary in Education

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  1. Documentary in Education Into the Frame Seminar 2 October 11th 2007 AFTRS

  2. Into the Frame 1 Rich media resource collections Anna Grieve, Digital Learning @Film Australia Peter Tapp, ATOM and enhancetv Meg Mappin The Learning Federation Australian Screen online Exploring the school context Craig Malyon, MLC School Julie Gray, Meriden Darren Tayler, Centre for Learning Innovation Denis Mootz, History Teachers Association Future directions Leigh Blackall Otago Polytechnic, Dunedin NZ

  3. Analysis Focus on content Production Focus on form Range of activities

  4. Focus on content • Context and information on a topic • See things and hear people you wouldn’t readily have access to • Create a common experience quickly and powerfully

  5. Prediction: watch trailer and/or title sequence Listening for specific information Respond to the film: discussion prompts Research: libraries, websites, newspapers, etc Director’s blog or journal notes Focus on content

  6. Debates Role-play to express views that are not their own. A student “in character” responds to class interview questions Write a series of journal entries from the perspective of a character in the documentary Focus on content

  7. Focus on content • Write a news article, a poem, a recount, an exposition, an exemplum, a travel brochure, a health warning sign

  8. Focus on form • Authorial voice • Representation • Closing • Funding & Partnerships • Montage of featured interviewees • Closing and credits • Interviews filmed but not included

  9. Framing Shot selection Camera angles Lenses Movement Lighting Sound Special effects Editing The Grammar of Moving Images Focus on form

  10. Analysis • Write shotlist for a sequence, describing how the camera has been used. Production stills can help with this. • Read the director’s notes, or listen to crew commentary • Write a film review. You could record it as an oral review.

  11. Analysis • Re-edit a sequence for different effect (clips provided) • Compare final with earlier edit of a sequence • Try a sequence with different music • Write a new narration for a sequence

  12. Production • Can be a plan or include some videoing and editing as well. • Treatment of same topic in different ways: serious/humorous, mockumentary, corporate training, docudrama, advertisement, community service announcement, told from an alternative point of view

  13. Production Same treatment/genre/style with a different topic or extension of same topic – plan another episode – interview people who may have a new perspective on the topic

  14. Case studies:group discussion • Documentaries in teaching and learning • How could these documentaries be used to enhance teaching and learning? • What assets could filmmakers prepare for teacher and student?

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