Film and production analysis
Engage your students in the film production process by watching a video with the director of Regenerating Australia, Damon Gameau.
Overview
In this lesson, students will view the film “Regenerating Australia” and then watch a video interview with the writer and director, Damon Gameau. They will respond to a set of questions that will prompt them to consider the intended impact of the film and the structural and/or visual choices that were made in order to create this impact. Students will use their knowledge on regeneration to create a news report about a real or imagined example of regeneration.
Learning intentions:
Students will...
- understand how cultural perspectives and other texts can influence the construction and interpretation of news reports.
- be aware of how people, cultures, places, events, objects and concepts are represented in texts, including media texts, through language, structural and/or visual choices
- know how to create informative texts that present a point of view and advance or illustrate arguments.
Success criteria:
Students can...
- analyse a text literally, inferentially and evaluatively
- describe what “regeneration” means to them and identify examples of regeneration in their community
- create a short TV news story
- discuss how their context may influence how they create a text.
Credits and acknowledgements:
Curriculum material and mapping has been developed and written by Cool.org.
Regenerating Australia is a Regen Studios film developed and produced in association with WWF-Australia. Cool.org and Regen Studios would like to acknowledge the generous contributions of Shark Island Foundation, Documentary Australia Foundation, and our philanthropic partners in the development of these teaching resources.
Watching the film
Regenerating Australia is available on ClickView making it easy to bring Regeneration into the classroom.
If your school doesn't have a ClickView account, Australian schools can purchase an educational licence for AU $55 which provides unlimited access to the film for educational use and on campus screenings for the wider school community. Schools will receive a digital copy of the film and a downloadable copy of our free School Action Toolkit. Apply now by filling in this Host a Screening form.
Curriculum mapping
What you'll need
- Learning materials
- Access to the film (see section 'watching the film')
- A device capable of presenting a video to the class.
Lesson materials
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