Into Film Clubs
Find out everything you need to know about starting an Into Film Club.
Each term Into Film is proud to present a series of free online training webinars, offering CPD opportunities for UK state schools, colleges and other youth settings. We recognise how important advance planning is for teachers, so we're delighted to present our webinars for the beginning of the new year well in advance, giving you plenty of time to enrol and get prepared.
While our Learning Platform offers a host of 'always-on' online training courses, our webinars are live one-off online events, with different topics tackled each term. By attending these sessions, you'll discover alongside your peer educators how film can benefit your teaching and learning practice, and have the opportunity to ask our team any burning questions you have regarding film-focused learning.
From demystifying screen careers and filmmaking, to exploring how film can raise literacy levels and support PSHE lessons, our webinars are there to help you get the most out using film in the classroom.
To enrol, you'll need an Into Film Account - don't worry, it's free and only takes a moment to set up. Plus, you'll also gain access to hundreds of free educational resources, further training opportunities, and with a Public Video Screening (PVS) Licence, hundreds of free films to stream safely and legally with Into Film+.
Below, you can find out more about the sessions beginning in January 2025. All sessions are suitable for all educators of 5-19-year olds. If you need any technical support, have any additional accessibility requirements, or questions please contact onlinehelp@intofilm.org.
Webinar - Get Into Screen Industries
Date: Wednesday 8 January 2025
Time: 16:30-17:30
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Date: Tuesday 25 February 2025
Time: 15:45-16:45
In this interactive session, We'll challenge common myths about the sector and showcase the variety of roles that are within the reach of young people regardless of their skills and interests. You'll come away with up-to-date information and the confidence to inspire your students to set their sights on a career in the screen industries.
Webinar - Raising Literacy Through Film Level 2
Date: Wednesday 22 January 2025
Time: 15:45-16:45
In this session, you'll build on the foundations of our Raising Literacy Level One training and discover additional strategies to promote higher-order thinking, strengthen communication skills and elevate creativity. You'll have plenty of opportunities to try out activities which explore key elements of film like colour, setting and genre, and learn how to scaffold them to bring out the best in your learners. We'll also share engaging variations that you can use to increase challenge and target other key areas of literacy.
Get Into Filmmaking
Date: Tuesday 11 February 2025
Time: 15:45-17:00
Suitable for those working in youth and community groups, library settings, and schools, this training session will help you develop a range of key skills to help your young people increase their love and passion for filmmaking.
Whether you're completely new to filmmaking or have dabbled a bit in the past, you'll learn everything you need to know to start making films with children and young people. We'll start right at the beginning of the process and introduce you to our Five-Step Filmmaking framework, which you can use to break the filmmaking process down into simple, manageable steps. You'll also learn how to start making films with simple, brief-based filmmaking tasks and get to grips with basic filmmaking techniques through hands-on activities.
Bring Your First Classroom Alive with Film
Date: Thursday 27 February 2025
Time: 16:00-17:00
Led by teachers who regularly use film in the classroom, this session will share simple, practical strategies to help you find a place for the moving image in your teaching. It also offers the opportunity to ask questions of the teaching community.
You'll discover the excitement film can bring to every area of the curriculum and how it can add new dimensions to student learning whilst also enriching your own delivery. Whatever the subject or age group you teach, you'll come away with the confidence to try fun and adaptable ideas in your very next lesson.
