Recommendations

"I’ve been using DP Film with my IB film classes for two years now, and honestly, it’s been a fantastic resource for the class. The way the match cut exercise connected with the short film "Feast" really drove home how the technique can be effective, and the framing, composition, and lighting slide shows have consistently driven home the true nuances and sophistication of cinema. I also have to shout out David Gran’s wonderfully quirky sense of humor; his curated quotes and brilliant clips (like using Ferris Bueller’s Day Off to break down intercutting, crosscutting, and parallel editing) totally nail the art of "meeting kids where they are." The site brings some humor and fun to what can be a very rigorous course and helps students get their heads around the assessments step by step while also offering teachers multiple ways to map their personal curriculum and numerous lesson plans for inspiration or direct use. Students find the film project ideas and strategies for coming up with and mapping out a short narrative film very useful and it helps them get creatively unstuck. The explanation of IB expectations, criteria, requirements and tips to do well are presented in student friendly chunks, and clears up a lot of the confusion they have around course requirements."

"The InThinking IB Film website is an essential resource for teachers. Created and managed by an experienced instructor, it is the perfect accompaniment to the course. The site is perfectly aligned with the IB Film Guide and updated regularly to adapt to the course objectives and expectations. I highly recommend this for new and veteran teachers alike"

"The InThinking IB Film website was the lifeboat that saved me. Its textbooks, lesson plans, student productions, and wide range of multimedia resources put me back on track and gave me greater confidence and ownership over my teaching."

"I have been using InThinking’s DP Film site for 2 years. There is no better way to guide students in the course than through site author David Gran’s well-mapped-out curriculum. As a 'fish out of water' teacher, I found his way of laying out a complicated course easy to understand. We have achieved exceptional results in our school using this resource. There is no better resource for IB Film."