Shaun the Sheep The Movie Starting Your Story See, think, make. Imagine intofilm.org Into Film is a trading name of Film Nation UK. Registered Charity number 1154030.
Our downloadable resources are designed to be used with selected film titles, which are available free for clubs at www.filmclub.org Introduction Shaun the Sheep The Movie Teachers notes This resource is intended for use in Primary classrooms and each session would probably take roughly 2 to 3 lessons depending on the ability of your class. The stimulus for each lesson is the exclusive Behind The Scenes films following Into Film reporter Jess to find out how important story is to the whole film making process during a visit to the Aardmann Animation studios. For session 1 you can choose to show the whole film first at the start of the session or to divide it up into sections according to the timecodes specified in this pack. The resource is comprised of two parts the Shaun the Sheep PowerPoint presentation, which can be used during lessons with your pupils, and this document, which contains the teachers notes, curriculum links and activities to accompany the presentation. There are a range of activities with supporting worksheets to help your students to create their own stop-motion animation with links to related Into Film interviews with industry experts to guide them through the process. This resource has been designed to be used by teachers as part of the curriculum or in their school Into Film clubs. Are you Into Film? You can have access to over 4000 films on the Into Film catalogue, support with filmmaking and interaction with the film industry by joining Into Film. Not yet Into Film? Joining is easy and free go to http://www.intofilm.org/schools-film-clubs to find out more and to register, or email support@intofilm.org. 2
Our downloadable resources are designed to be used with selected film titles, which are available free for clubs at www.filmclub.or Activity outlines Shaun the Sheep The Movie Session one Summary: In this session young people will be asked to identify what makes a good character, how to tell a story effectively and to come up with ideas for their own story. Length: 60-90 mins Equipment needed: Shaun the Sheep The Starting Your Story teachers notes Shaun the Sheep The Starting Your Story PowerPoint presentation Mind map worksheet Storyboard stills Story hill worksheet Blank storyboard worksheet Filmmaker Progress chart Glue stick Learning outcomes: To understand how a story can be told on film To consider what makes a good character To understand the basic structure of a story To develop their own ideas for a story adhering to the three-part story structure. What makes a good story? Think, pair and share the question, what are the secrets of telling a great story? on slide 2 of the accompanying Shaun the Sheep The Movie PowerPoint presentation. Watch the film from (00:00-01:33). Ask the class what do you think sheep get up to when humans are not looking? You can ask pupils to complete a mind map as a class, group or individual task. Use the Mind Map worksheet on page 5 of this pack. Taking Shaun to the big screen (01:34-02:48) Watch the next section of the film. Ask your pupils to think of as many adjectives as possible to describe Shaun. You can play the clip twice and ask them to try to remember as many adjectives used by the film s crew to describe him. To make this activity more challenging, you can divide your class into groups and give them a two-minute time limit to think of as many adjectives to describe Shaun. The group with the most adjectives will be the winners. Ask pupils to select their best three adjectives and to work with a partner to create a sentence to describe Shaun on mini-whiteboards. Pairs can then share their sentences with the class for feedback. 3
Our downloadable resources are designed to be used with selected film titles, which are available free for clubs at www.filmclub.or Activity outlines Shaun the Sheep The Movie The challenges (02:49-04:04) Firstly, display slide titled Challenge: story without words on slide 4 of the presentation. Ask your pupils to work in pairs and to try to tell a fairy story without using any words at all. Give one partner 2 minutes to try and then ask them to swop. On slides 5 and 6 there are questions to help your pupils to reflect on this task. Watch the clip from the film and then ask pupils to remember all the ways that the filmmakers can tell a story in Shaun the Sheep The Movie without using any dialogue. Did they use similar or different techniques? Getting the ball rolling (04:05-05:11) Watch the clip first and then give out the Storyboard Stills to small groups (these should be cut up prior to the lesson) Ask pupils to order the stills to see if they can create a story and to stick the stills onto the blank storyboard on page 7 of this pack Getting the ball rolling (05:12 - end) Watch the final part of the film and let your pupils know that they will now be working on making their own stop motion animations, but first they need to create their own story using everything that they have learnt in the film. Display slide 8 of the accompanying Shaun the Sheep The Movie presentation which outlines the task. Display slides 9 to 15 which show some of the characters in Shaun the vsheep The Movie. Watch the How to Structure your Film animation which explains the three-part story structure of the film. It can be found on slide 17 and at the following link: http://bit.ly/howtostructure Give out the Story hill worksheet on page 8 to help your class to plan their ideas. When these are complete or for homework, pupils can fill in the blank storyboard worksheet on page 9 of this pack for their own film. An alternative to drawing pictures would be for pupils to act out the story and for an adult to take photographs that can be printed and stuck onto the storyboard. Pupils can then add information about the sound effects and music that will help them to tell their story on the storyboard. Encourage pupils to share their ideas with the rest of the class. Ask them how they would feel if somebody stole their story idea? Watch the winning film Zombie Fairy from the Creating Movie Magic competition which was created by the Aardmann Animations studio and addresses the issues of intellectual property and copyright: http://bit.ly/cmmzombiefairy Plenary Ask pupils to fill in their copy of the Filmmaker progress chart on page 10 explaining what they did. You can develop it further and take photographs of your pupils partaking in individual, group and class activities to include in their portfolios. 4
Our downloadable resources are designed to be used with selected film titles, which are available free for clubs at www.filmclub.org Worksheet Shaun the Sheep The Movie Mind map worksheet What do sheep get up to when AA 5
Our downloadable resources are designed to be used with selected film titles, which are available free for clubs at www.filmclub.org Worksheet Shaun the Sheep The Movie Storyboard stills A6
Worksheet Shaun the Sheep the Movie Use this worksheet to help you plan what your character is going to do. For more advice on how to storyboard, visit: www.bit.ly/howtostoryboard intofilm.org 7
Worksheet Shaun the Sheep the Shaun Movie the Behind Sheep the Scenes Movie Story Hill worksheet The most exciting part! Problem Beginning Ending intofilm.org 8
Worksheet Shaun the Sheep the Movie Use this worksheet to help you plan what your character is going to do. For more advice on how to storyboard, visit: www.bit.ly/howtostoryboard intofilm.org 9
Worksheet Shaun the Sheep the Movie Filmmaker Progress chart Session I helped my group by I was very happy with Next time it would be better to I am proud of my work because... 1 2 3 Screening of my film After watching my film: I liked seeing... When I saw my film, I felt Copyright is important because intofilm.org 10