Pamoja Film
We empower students
Pamoja is the only provider approved by the IB to teach Diploma Programme courses online.We use expert teachers and innovative online tools to put students at the centre of the learning process, helping them to become knowledgeable, internationally-minded and independent thinkers.
By substituting some class-based subjects with Pamoja courses, students have the opportunity to challenge themselves further – so they can excel in IB and prepare for success in higher education and employment.
Studying Film Online adds a new dimension!
Inspiring Students to Succeed
An online course from Pamoja gives students freedom. Freedom to learn at their own pace. Freedom to study a course that interests them. Freedom to push themselves further and achieve their best possible IB grades.
Pamoja students are given the opportunity to develop meaningful inquiry skills to connect, synthesise and analyse problems, building the study skills they need for success at university and beyond.
Pamoja’s online IB Diploma Programme courses allow schools to expand their curriculum, whilst accommodating the needs of students transferring from other schools.
Benefits to students
Taking Film SL online will enable students to:
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enhance their passion for the subject
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deepen their understanding of the how and why of filmmaking
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develop intercultural understanding which is sought by the world’s top universities
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develop 21st century skills like time management, communication and digital literacy which are much in demand by employers
The role of the teacher in pamoja’s online classroom
Using online methodologies, the student is placed at the centre of the teaching and learning process. Furthermore the content of our online courses has been created to free teachers to fully engage with their learners. In Pamoja’s unique classrooms, students have 24/7 access to the course content and the flexibility to undertake independent learning within a structured environment. Our online teachers focus on finding creative ways to support students through a dynamic, collaborative learning space using carefully selected online education tools.
What is different in taking Film SL online?
Students will have the opportunity to:
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choose an art class that may not be offered at their school
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study alongside students from around the world
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exchange ideas with people from very different backgrounds
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use technology much more than in a face-to-face environment, especially in their communication tools
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add flexibility to their timetable
Topics covered through the course
These can be split into three categories:
Textual analysis
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Topics include the language of Film, mise-en-scene, costume, music, cinematography, lighting and camera movement. These are studies in the context of the prescribed film for the Film SL course. These films include Psycho, Breathless, The 400 Blows, Ikiru, The Good the Bad and the Ugly, Blade Runner, Pan's Labyrinth, Children of Men and Metropolis.
Film history and theory
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Topics include early cinema, German expressionism, musicals of the 30s and 40s, Italian neo-realism, film noir, French new wave, Japanese cinema, Mexican cinema, gender theory, auteur theory, Marxist cinema, and psychoanalytical film theory.
Film production
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There are several practical production projects. These short films (1-2 minutes) usually focus on a particular area of the creative process, such as lighting, editing, how to film a dinner table conversation, diegetic and Foley sound, and the visual interpretation of a poem.
Activities and assessment
Every activity has its own assessment rubric. Students may create a one-minute video without dialogue that includes at least two characters and a dinner table; create a Twilight Zone film where a character transitions between different places and time periods that are unconnected in reality; recreate a scene from a favourite film; film the same location twice (the second time light and design the location to recreate a place typical of a chosen genre of film); record an analysis of how film language creates meaning in a five-minute extract from a film; create a storyboard; or create a map showing camera placement, lighting, and actor movement in a scene.
Advice from our teachers
In order to succeed, we recommend students set aside five to six hours a week.
Students will need a video camera or DSLR that has manual focus, a sturdy tripod and editing software such as iMovie, Final Cut or Premiere, as basic requirements. A lighting kit and recording device (handheld or microphone) would be excellent additions.