Interested in DP Film? This session is aimed at those already teaching this course as well as anyone who might like to bring this unique and all-too-rare DP subject to your school. Intended to be highly collaborative, there will be opportunities for all to connect and contribute their own thoughts as well.
Join this interactive session, as led by a teacher who started running DP Film ‘on-the-fly’ as a replacement course at the start of Grade 11 for the 2025 class. Launched without initial funding or pre-planning, the subject (and related infrastructure) has continued to grow at our small school since, with our third cohort starting this fall.
We will discuss what is (and is not) required for teaching DP Film, how much do you really need to spend (and what to buy), different approaches to curriculum and assessment, how to structure the course and prepare students for assessment, and what pitfalls to avoid. Based on group interest, we can also touch on how filmmaking activities such as our 24 hour film project can add value to the subject as well as the school at large, along with other lessons learned along the way.
