Professional learning
Film Teaching Labs
Live, practical sessions for film teachers and school departments. Bring a camera; leave with something you can teach on Monday.
A lab is a working session, not a lecture. Participants shoot, cut, analyse and teach in the room, then take the material straight back to their own classrooms.
Two formats: a three-hour live lab on a single topic, or a custom day built with a school around what its department actually needs.
Two formats
Three-hour live lab
One topic, one group, three hours. Short input, hands-on practice, and a finished teaching artefact — an exercise, a sequence, or a marked example — by the end.
Three hours · online or in person
Custom school format
Built with the school. A half day, a full day, or a series across a term, shaped around the department's course, students and equipment.
By arrangement · in person or online
Possible lab topics
- 01Reading a sequence: shot, sound and cut
- 02Teaching film language with one camera
- 03The one-shot exercise: blocking, timing and rehearsal
- 04Sound design with the equipment the school already owns
- 05Editing: teaching the cut, not the software
- 06Film history as a timeline students can actually use
- 07Genre and convention as a planning tool
- 08Assessment: writing feedback students can act on
- 09Running a student production without losing the term
- 10Planning an IB Film course across two years
What to expect
Who it is for
Secondary-school film teachers, IB Film teachers, and departments teaching film inside another subject.
Duration and mode
Three hours live, online or in person. Custom school formats by arrangement.
Group size
Six to twenty-four participants. Smaller groups for production-heavy labs.
Outcomes
Every participant leaves with a teachable exercise, the materials to run it, and notes on how to assess it.
What participants need
A phone or camera, a laptop, and headphones. Nothing else is required.
What participants receive
The lab materials, the exercise in editable form, and a short written follow-up.
Fees
Agreed by enquiry, based on format, group size and travel.
These are independent professional-learning sessions. They are not official IB workshops and do not count towards IB authorization unless a specific session is delivered through an authorized IB provider and clearly identified as such.