We’re running Understanding Cinema as a MOOC from May – June this year. If you want to join in at any point, please feel free. The video of our first session can be found below. The upload is a little bit crunchy, so I’m experimenting with other ways to try and improve the feed. The…
Hello to you, Understanding Cinema will be back with you this year from April – June. We’re experimenting with a new form this year, as the course will be delivered online as a MOOC, Massive Open Online Course. This course will be totally free to take part in. The course is offered by the BFI…
To give you a flavour of the nature of Understanding Cinema and to have a glimpse in to the impact it has had on its participants we’ve prepared a couple of films about the project. Here’s a short film looking at the project: Here’s a longer, more in depth film of the project:
We’re delighted to announce that the final films from the Understanding Cinema project are up on line on our Vimeo group page. The page hosts all of the films that we presented at the Edinburgh International Film Festival in June. The work of the participants in this project has been remarkable, and the final films…
Our final films from the Understanding Cinema project will be on line in the next week or so.We’ll be hosting the films through a Vimeo group page, so do check in again to see what’s new in the next week or so.
Public Sharing Day of Understanding Cinema tomorrow at 11AM Public Sharing Day of the Understanding Cinema project at the Filmhouse tomorrow at 11AM. It promises to be a fine showing.Do come along if you’re about.
On the 5th of June students from Broughton High, taking part in the Understanding Cinema project and the Cinema Cent Ans de Jeunesse project shared their work with an international audience at the Cinémathèque Française in Paris. Their film, Wednesday, concerning a school shooting, was warmly received by the audience and provoked much discussion afterwards.…
Booking for our public sharing at 11AM on the 22nd of June is now available. To book tickets, please click through here.
I’ve spent the last couple of days watching the films from the project as they’ve poured in from across the country.I think we’re going to be in for some very special screenings in Edinburgh later next month. If you’re around on Sun 22nd of June, please come along and join us at Filmhouse for an…
If you have a moment, have a wee gander at this Lumiere minute from a group in Barcelona. I think it’s one of the best I’ve seen across the project. http://player.vimeo.com/video/91459378?byline=0&portrait=0
Exercise two from Salen Gaelic Medium Unit on the Isle of Mull.
The Understanding Cinema project offers lots of opportunities to explore learning and sharing across the school year. This blog serves as a means to allow groups to see each other’s work; our tutors get together online and in person throughout the course of the year, sharing the experience of the project with each other, feeding…
The P7 boys at Holy Family drew a stunning storyboard telling of a young boy who sleeps rough in a park. One day, somebody carelessly drops their watch on the ground by his bench as they reach into their bag to get their mobile… An opportunity for the boy to try to turn his luck…
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