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This week, local primary and secondary school students have been given the opportunity to study the technical, commercial and artistic issues surrounding the world of film-making.
On Monday (11/2/02) 94 primary students from Borrowdale School and Trinity School in Keswick were invited to a free educational event at Theatre by the Lake, organised by Keswick Film Club as part of its Third Keswick Film Festival. The event was presented by the specialist organisation, Film Education, a London-based charity working specifically to develop the use of film within schools. The day was designed to be curriculum-based, linking into subjects such as English Language and Literature, Music and Art at Key Stage 2. After a screening of the ever-popular Toy Story 2, the students were involved in a workshop covering the history of animation and gained hands-on experience of traditional moving-image toys such as Zoetropes and Phenakistascopes.
The following day (Tuesday 12/2/02), 120 Year 10 students from The Nelson Thomlinson School in Wigton continued their GCSE English coursework study of the media by attending a workshop on the unique 'language' of movie-making and the range of meanings which can be read into films. After studying a screening of the movie Pleasantville, the students analysed topics such as the use of colour and music that many film-makers have employed to such powerful effect. They also discussed the subtleties of allegory in addressing issues of a contentious nature through filmic metaphor.
The National Curriculum increasingly requires the study of 'the moving image' in media studies at all ages. To that end, the workshops were aimed at providing an opportunity for studying films in their 'natural habitat' - that is, on a cinema screen - and to examine media issues under the guidance of experts in their fields.
The opportunity for learning is not over, however, as the intensive weekend of screenings, free talks and a celebrity interview is about to begin in Keswick on Friday when the Third Keswick Film Festival rolls its first film - and you don't have to be a school student to attend!
For more infomation on the festival please contact Ian Picken on 017687 72398
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Keswick Film Club 2002
Keswick Film Club is a voluntarily-run, not-for-profit organisation.
Registered Charity Number 1083395