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These primary resources have been made in partnership with Elstree Film Design. Learn how to plan, script and storyboard a short film or animation idea.
- Teaching Character (5-11): British Council Shorts
- Teaching Colour (5-11): British Council Shorts
- Teaching Sound (5-11): British Council Shorts
- Teaching Story (5-11): British Council Shorts
Litterbugs| Peter Stanley-Ward | 2015 | 15 mins When local bullies turn their eye on Alice, a young inventor with lots of creative ideas, pocket-sized superhero Stanley steps in to avenge her. But when his imaginary superhero world is overpowered by the same bullies, it's Alice's clever gizmos that come to the rescue. Together, they become The Awes...
Fulfilament| Rhiannon Evans | 2015 | 7 mins Delve inside the brain and go on an adventure with a little lightbulb desperate to find its place in the world and ultimately spark that great idea. A visually brilliant non-dialogue animation. Curriculum links: English/Literacy, Art & Design
Once Upon a Blue Moon| Steve Boot | 2015 | 3 mins A funny stop motion animation about a lonely blue alien who finds a friend when an explorer robot lands on his planet. The visitor is on a serious mission to take photographs of rocks but finds his plans disrupted by the cheeky alien's wish to play. Curriculum links: Music, English/Literacy, PSHE
Take Your Partners| Siri Rodnes | 2015 | 7 mins An 8-year-old challenges expectations when required to make an Easter bonnet with the girls in her class. Bravely subverting gender conventions, she also learns that the grown-up world is not quite so black and white in this sensitive and heartening drama. Curriculum links: English/Literacy
Short animated films for primary schools that are pinned around a central theme – Explorers. Using this theme we explore science, creative writing, art and design, maths and geography in this...
Jul 8, 2024 · There are hundreds of great short films available online for free, about almost any topic you can imagine. Whereas it’s not always easy to show feature films in the classroom (because of your limited amount of time), a short film can perfectly be watched and discussed in one lesson sequence.
This list brings together some of our strongest and most-loved short films – both individual titles and packages – ranging from a couple of minutes to half an hour, from countries all over the world, in different styles and genres, and tackling a variety of subjects.
Free teacher classroom resources suitable for use in Media Studies lessons with primary school children at Key Stage 2 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and at 1st and 2nd Level in...
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The number one rule for good filmmaking in school: start short and simple before you try making longer films. Making long or complicated films is a sure way to get learners fed up, bogged down or bored. The first films they make while they are learning shouldn’t be more than half a minute long.