1. Film Brief
Name of film: Student Teacher
Running time: 8 mins
Genre: Documentary
A Day in the Life of a Teacher
Explain how you will tell the story
Documentary will interview a small number of newly qualified teachers to find out a personal insight
into their experiences this past year
A limited number of people are interviewed so the audience are able to establish a connection with
the interviewees, medium close ups will generally be used to portray the interviewees, voice overs
will play over moving images of scenes related to teaching/school, a pan of an assembly/classroom
to reinforce the topic of the documentary, fade out to establish the end of one scene from another,
tone cards to provide background information and also statistics
Describe the main challenges you might face in the film construction
Challenges Preventions/solutions
• Finding teachers that want to be in
the video
• Group may have trouble agreeing on
filming/editing style
• Technological difficulties (camera not
filming/computer malfunction)
• Ask them if they would be willing to input
their views still/record their voice for a
voiceover instead of featuring them
physically/get an ‘actor’ to voice their
opinions
• Film a variety of different shots/try a
variety of different edits and decide
amongst ourselves which one looks
best/get an outside opinion
• Identify the problem as soon as possible,
before proceeding to film/edit – check the
camera/iMac/video editing software is
working, use a different camera and iMac
to do the filming and editing and inform
someone of the problems, back up all work
on a USB or someone else’s area
What are the main messages you wish to get across in the telling of this story
• How difficult the teaching profession can be (dealing with students, making mistakes,
judgement, fitting in, establishing self/authority)
• How rewarding the teaching profession can be (students achievements, making a difference,
meeting people, making connections – does this make it worth it?)
• What it’s like to be a NQT in school (does inexperience matter to students?)
• How others can alter your experience/outlook on teaching (students/outside influence)
• Why people decide to become teachers (has experience challenged/reinforced decision)
