Enrol for our new online course - Teaching Film: Visual Planning

Teaching Film: Visual Planning is our latest free online course, which focuses on short film production, providing a deep dive into the art of visualising a story. 

Learning to create visuals that enhance a story and connect with audiences is vital for aspiring filmmakers - and it all starts with a strong creative vision. Designed for educators delivering film qualifications, this course will help you equip students aged 14-19 with essential pre-production skills. Help your learners master the art of crafting visuals that serve the story - a key step in becoming confident, capable filmmakers.

This self-paced, one hour course is available on-demand, giving you the flexibility to dive in whenever is convenient for you.

About the course

Teaching Film: Visual Planning explores strategies you can use to help students define the look and feel of their films.

You'll discover how different types of visual planning - from directors' notebooks to storyboards - can enhance your learners' visual storytelling skills. The course features plenty of opportunities to try out activities, watch inspirational short films and access classroom-ready resources to enrich your lessons. As an added bonus, you'll also get to see director Paris Zarcilla (Raging Grace) demonstrate his own visual planning process.

By the end of the course, you'll be able to:

• Explore the components of visual style
• Deepen learners' understanding of mise-en-scène and cinematography
• Facilitate practical activities to scaffold the visualisation process
• Introduce young people to a range of screen industry careers.