Big Ideas
Big Ideas
Moving images
audio-visual productions for a range of media or uses (e.g., television, film, world wide web, animation)
offer dynamic ways to explore identity and sense of belonging
Growth as an artist requires perseverance, resilience, and reflection.
Aesthetic experiences
emotional, cognitive, or sensory responses to works of art
provided by moving images can effect change in artists, audiences, and environments.
Production of moving images develops creativity, innovation, and collaboration in a variety of contexts.
History, culture, and community can influence film and television productions.
Content
Learning Standards
Content
moving-image elements
framing, composition, mise en scène
, principles, vocabulary, industry terms, and symbols
pre-production, production, and post-production strategies, techniques, and technologies
acting skills and approaches
roles and responsibilities of pre-production, production, and post-production personnel
producers, designers, and a variety of technical and support personnel
, as well as roles of artists and audiences
historical, current, and emerging consumer and commercial moving-image formats and technologies
contributions of innovative artists from a variety of genres and contexts
traditional and contemporary First Peoples worldviews, history, and stories communicated through moving images
structure, form, narrative, and genres of local, national, and intercultural cinematic traditions
ethics and legal implications of moving-image distribution and sharing
ethics of cultural appropriation
use of a cultural motif, theme, “voice,” image, story, song, or drama, shared without permission or without appropriate context or in a way that may misrepresent the real experience of the people from whose culture it is drawn
and plagiarism
health and safety protocols and procedures
Curricular Competency
Learning Standards
Curricular Competency
Explore and create
Explore, view, and create moving images
Plan, produce, and record moving images individually and collaboratively
Create moving images using imagination and inquiry
Demonstrate application of moving-image elements, conventions, and skills through production
Select and combine moving-image elements and techniques
Take creative risks
make an informed choice to do something where unexpected outcomes are acceptable and serve as learning opportunities
to express ideas, meaning, and emotions
Improvise to inspire creativity and innovation
Develop film or television projects for an intended audience or with an intended message
Explore historical and contemporary Canadian film and television, and emerging media
Reason and reflect
Describe and analyze how meaning is communicated in moving images through technologies, environments, and techniques
Receive and synthesize constructive feedback
a form of assessment for learning in which the learner is provided with meaningful observations, comments, and ideas from teachers and peers during the creative process
to refine moving images
Analyze the ways in which moving images convey meaning through movement, sound, image, structure, and form
Reflect on a variety of film and television productions
Identify the influences of social, cultural, historical, and contexts in film and television
Identify how moving images relate to a specific place
any environment, locality, or context with which people interact to learn, create memory, reflect on history, connect with culture, and establish identity. The connection between people and place is foundational to First Peoples perspectives on the world.
and time
Communicate and document
Document
through activities that help students reflect on their learning (e.g., drawing, painting, journaling, taking pictures, making video clips or
audio-recordings, constructing new works, compiling a portfolio)
and respond to moving images
audio-recordings, constructing new works, compiling a portfolio)
Communicate about and respond to social and environmental issues through moving images
Express cultural identity and perspectives through moving images
Express personal voice
a style of expression that conveys an individual’s personality, perspective, or worldview
as a moving-image artist
Connect and expand
Demonstrate personal and social responsibility associated with film and television productions
Explore the role of story and narrative in expressing First Peoples perspectives, values, and beliefs, including protocols related to ownership of First Peoples oral texts
Identify educational, personal, and professional opportunities in the film and television industry, and in emerging media
Explore the impacts of culture and society on moving images
Explore First Peoples perspectives and knowledge, other ways of knowing
First Nations, Métis, Inuit, gender-related, subject/discipline-specific, cultural, embodied, intuitive
, and local cultural knowledge to gain understanding through film and television productions
Adhere to safety protocols and procedures in all aspects of film and television production