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Film
IB DP Category 1&2
Paris, France, 21 - 23 February 2025
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Film
IB DP Category 1&2
Online (IB Approved), 17 - 19 October 2025
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Projects
Your Favorite Scene Free
Find that scene and bring it in to share with the class. This is the first assignment that I give my Y1 students at the beginning of the course. Homework pages like this one can be linked directly from...
Making a Short Film
The Story Machine Free
The story machine has been constructed with the sole purpose of getting you out of your writer's block. The story machine will come up with a random idea for you every time you hit the 'GO' button at...
Assessments
Visual Evidence
Visual evidence is a critical way for you to communicate the work you've done in your productions to demonstrate the skills you need to achieve your filmmaker intentions. The work on the pages of your...
Assessments
Criteria A: Portfolio Pages
Each of the three reels are assessed independently from each other and independently from their accompanying portfolio pages. Criteria A for the film portfolio expects students to evaluate how their...
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Teachers Start Here
Welcome to the web page dedicated to teaching IB Film. Whether you are a new or a well-established IB Film teacher, we hope to provide you with valuable resources, insights, and support to enhance your...
Lessons
Film Analysis: Visual Thinking Strategies
As you watch films together as a class, it can be important to stop at different moments to focus on the analytical understanding of the film. Let's face it, one of the reasons that students are excited...
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Site Organization
The goal of this page is to explain the key sections of the site. Each section is noted by one of the main headings in the menu that runs across the top of the page. For each section, there is an explanation...
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Navigating the Site
Or IB Film stuff. We actually have way more of that. The goal of this page is to give you a layout of our site and offer some clues as to how to best use it. Please note that there are two distinct...
Assessments
Film Portfolio: Exemplar Two
This portfolio scored a 4 for each film and a 3 for each section of pages. Let's take a look at where evidence of 'good' and 'excellent' work can be found. In most respects, this is an exemplary portfolio. ...
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Film Portfolio: Exemplar One
This portfolio earned a perfect score and includes two clips from the students' documentary work as an editor. While looking at the reel and the accompanying pages, it is helpful to first look at the...