These video workshops, designed for kids ages 9-11, provide instruction in film making topics of location, props, storyboarding, software, editing, titles, and sharing.  Other topics include film animation, use of the green screen and cut out animation.  There are also examples of student films.

The videos are short, generally less than 5 minutes long.  They offer a great perspective on film making with children providing the instruction and content.

POV documentaries with a point of view are a resource for teachers and students. They include free video clips of documentaries and lesson plans. Be sure to check out the Resources section. You will find the latest buzz on interactive filmmaking tools, and youth filmmaking programs in your area.

BBC’s One-Minute Movies provides you with guidelines for making a short video or film, including creating a story, using a camera and directing action, editing your film, and adding sound effects and music. 

Although the site no longer accepts films from users, there’s an archive of one-minute movies for you to view.

Based on a project to promote a day in your local community, this site offers step-by-step guidance for planning, shooting, and editing your film project. There are planning and storyboarding tools, advice on film angles and sequencing, a shooting guide with light and sound considerations, a production schedule, and film editing. Note that this is an archived activity from Ireland and there is no competition open.

In the Media Arts Studio, watch a video and be a TV and film critic.  Learn how to make a storyboard, find out how animation works, and change a movie’s soundtrack to change its mood.  Teachers resources include curriculum standards for South Carolina, lesson plans, vocabulary words, and printable cards about important people in video and film production.