Teaching film like a media teacher: Elevating English responses (webinar)

Teach film texts with greater confidence and give your students the tools to produce more sophisticated analytical responses.

Designed specifically for English teachers, this practical webinar draws on the expertise of the Australian Teachers of Media (ATOM) to unpack how Media teachers approach the analysis of screen texts. Explore how film codes, narrative and genre conventions work together to create meaning, and learn how to explicitly teach the screen metalanguage students need to move beyond describing what happens on screen to analysing how and why meaning is constructed.

Using examples from 2027 VCE English film texts, the session will demonstrate practical approaches you can take straight into the classroom. We’ll explore ways to help students identify purposeful directorial choices, connect technique to meaning and develop more precise, sophisticated written analysis.

Whether you’re confident teaching film or would simply like a stronger framework for approaching screen texts, this session will give you practical…