Special Delivery

A fun film about the consequences of not doing what you are told. It has a lot of possibilities for language practice.

The Story Beyond the Still

This is an inspirational project in which film makers collaborate to produce a story. Each one starts with a still image and continues from the still at the end of the next chapter. See the video below for details.



Lots of possibilities here for collaborative writing by students (or even filmmaking).

Give them the first still from which they brainstorm questions they want answered - watch 1st vid.


Look at next still. 

Students could then write what they want to happen next. Watch 2nd vid, and so on.

On the site there are various entries that were put forward for each chapter and students could vote for the one they like best. See the entries here

http://vimeo.com/groups/beyondthestill

Here are the other stills from the winning entries.

The whole film with all eight chapters runs to about 50 minutes, so this could be spread over several lessons with one chapter per lesson. Then, watch the whole film for a review.

Placebo

An interesting look at the strange effectiveness of placebos. A lot of comparisons made here that could be exploited for language focus. Try watching without sound first to get a gist of the film.

My Day

Simple AND effective. A look at one day in a life.

Documentary about my one day from Min-ji Kang on Vimeo.

Virgin Atlantic Ad

A funny short advert that reminds us to live live to the full.

The Black Hole

An interesting idea in this video. You could easily reproduce the black hole in the video and ask students what they would use it for (before or after watching)

Blinky

A scary take on the future of human-robot relations. Would make an interesting video to start discussion. 

Blinky™ from Ruairi Robinson on Vimeo.

The Diary of a Disappointed Book

A fun short film that looks at disappointing year in a books life. Would make a good vid to start a discussion on changing reading habits. Also allows for good practice of passives.


The Diary of a Disappointed Book from Studiocanoe on Vimeo.

Words

An interesting video that requires you to watch a couple of times to see the links. Provides some good visual imagery for a lot of collocations/phrasal verbs.


WORDS from Everynone on Vimeo.

A Thousand Words

This film has a great story and allows for a lot of speculation by students. The ending also allows for them to imagine what happens next.



A Thousand Words from Ted Chung on Vimeo.

Things to Learn

A great video to show at the beginning of a course. Do your students agree with the video?


things to learn from Matt Edgar on Vimeo.

Oktapodi

A short action-packed film about the love of two.....octopi?...octopuses?..cephalopods!

Alma

A wonderful animation that looks at childhood fears. There are some key moments in the film where it could be paused for students to predict what will happen next. Could also be used as a basis for writing a story.

Fifty People One Question

There are loads of Youtube vids based on this idea.
Some great videos on this site that, as the title suggests, have 50 people answering one simple question. The one below is "What is your secret?", others include "Where would you wish to wake up tomorrow?" and "Before the end of today, what would you wish to happen?".  Some great responses some of which are not aimed at kids.

See the site here:
http://fiftypeopleonequestion.com/


PostSecret: Confessions on Life, Death and God from Frank Warren on Vimeo.

The Workplace

(El Empleo)
A man prepares and goes to work in a bizarre world, where the meaning of human workforce is taken to another level.

Flatlife

A quirky animation exposing the unexpected consequences of neighbourly closeness.