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Ages
11–16
Designed for teachers and educators of secondary-aged students, Mindfulness Through Film explores how film watching and filmmaking can be used to introduce mindfulness principles and exercises. Created in partnership with the Mental Health Foundation, these resources include a variety of film-based strategies to enable you and your learners to confidently engage with mindfulness.
The course and this series of downloadable lessons include classroom activities and supporting resources designed to promote wellbeing through film. The lessons explore strategies to help students acknowledge their thoughts and feelings and learn to respond to them productively; using stills and highlights from films to support learners in managing their mental and emotional health; and filmmaking in lessons to encourage creativity, promote personal expression and strengthen communication skills.
This resource includes
MTF Character Finding Stillness
Activity sheet to help learners analyse a character's use of mindfulness.
Size: 73 KB
MTF Reflection Journal - Finding Stillness
A series of prompts to help you focus on the present.
Size: 134 KB
MTF Viewfinder
An activity sheet to help learners find the right shot size.
Size: 52 KB
MTF Sound On Vision Off
An activity sheet supporting active listening to sounds in film highlights.
Size: 105 KB
MTF Mindful Walk Plan
A storyboard-style template to help students plan a mindful walk film.
Size: 70 KB
MTF Camera Shot Types
A guide explaining the six basic camera shot types.
Size: 963 KB
MTF Camera Movements
A guide explaining basic camera movements
Size: 1.35 MB
MTF Guided Mindfulness Script
An activity to help learners plan voiceover for their mindful walk films.
Size: 58 KB
MTF Nature on Screen
An activity sheet to record sights and sounds observed in a film highlight.
Size: 58 KB
MTF Nature in My Neighbourhood
Activity sheet to record elements to be captured in a mindful walk film.
Size: 43 KB
MTF Six Top Tips to Make Your Recording a Success
A guide to getting the camerawork right ahead of a film shoot.
Size: 562 KB
MTF Reflection Journal - Sensory Awareness
A series of prompts to help you record thoughts about sensory awareness.
Size: 111 KB
MTF Mood Board
Activity sheet to help learners create a mood board to convey an emotion.
Size: 141 KB
MTF Right As Rain
An activity sheet to help learners analyse a character’s emotional response
Size: 125 KB
MTF Story Mountain
An activity sheet to plan the development of a narrative for a film.
Size: 75 KB
MTF Script Template
An activity sheet to support learners in creating a script for their film
Size: 112 KB
MTF Three-Shot Short Storyboard
A storyboard template to help learners plan a three-shot film.
Size: 56 KB
MTF Six-Shot Storyboard
A storyboard template to help learners organise ideas for a six-shot film
Size: 61 KB
MTF Reflection Journal - Emotional Awareness
A series of prompts to help you record thoughts about emotional regulation
Size: 144 KB
Updating our resources
We have developed a large catalogue of educational resources since launching in 2013, and some references and terminology will inevitably have dated as society and language evolves. We are aware of this and will be updating resources when our production schedule allows.
