Activities tailored to your students
Want to watch a film linked to a module or class topic? Reward your group at the end of term with a screening? Want to showcase your group’s own productions, on the big screen? Ask about our private education screenings.
Want to inspire the next generation of filmmakers or spice up a familiar topic, get your students more engaged with a topic? We can hold small filmmaking workshops at your school or activity group with a screening at Depot of the results. Bespoke to your topic and level of skill.
We can offer a combination of any of the above; you choose the topic, the film and we’ll put together an tailor-made event for you.
For any questions, queries or ideas for projects, please contact our education manager, Anthony via email: [email protected]
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Home Education
Looking for creative activities for your children? We offer courses in filmmaking, photography and animation. Sessions take place in our studio space and are run by experienced teachers and professionals. They usually run on Monday mornings, 10:15 – 12:15, although this can vary from project to project.
If you are after something specific, have your own ideas for projects or have any queries, please email us: [email protected]
Looking for creative activities for your children? We offer courses in filmmaking, photography and animation. Sessions take place in our studio space and are run by experienced teachers and professionals.
If you are after something specific, have your own ideas for projects or have any queries, please email us: [email protected]
Home Ed Filmmaking: Ghost Stories…
4 week filmmaking project
Monday mornings 10:15 – 12:15
Sept 25, Oct 2, 9 & 16
Ages: 8+
Cost: £60.
Over this 4 week term children will try their hand at producing their very own short ghost story, with an emphasis on creating spooky audio and creepy images. The project will be led by our experienced on-site teacher, Anthony Gates.
Most of our sessions utilise easily accessible kit, such as smartphones and tablets, so we encourage you to bring along your own devices. We do have devices available on-site, however, if you feel this is a barrier to coming along.
No previous experience is necessary, all the children need to bring along is their imagination and a willingness to work together in a small group.
The INTO Film festival will be back in November and Depot is proud to once again be a part of BFI’s free screening programme.
We have films suitable for a variety of ages; from primary school to college students, and everything in-between. Screenings start from 10:15.
To book your school or group or family into a free screening visit the INTO FILM website. Bookings are taken via INTO FILM not Depot so you won’t find these films on our website or listings.
Wed 8 Nov
The Smeds and the Smoos + Superworm U (suitable for primary schools)
Shabu 12A (+ a Documentary Distribution talk from Shabu’s distributor: T A P E suitable for secondary schools)
Wed 15 Nov
The Super Mario Bros. Movie PG (suitable for primary & secondary schools)
The First Slam Dunk (anime) (12A) (suitable for secondary schools)
Fri 17 Nov
The Wicker Man 15 (suitable for colleges & sixth forms)
Mon 20 Nov
Blue Jean 15 (LGBTQ+ themes, suitable for colleges & sixth forms)
In the meanwhile don’t forget there are lots of teaching resources available from the INTO Film website.
If you have any queries related to these screenings please contact our education manager Anthony via email: [email protected]
A Level / BTEC Study Days
Led by a team of expert lecturers and professionals, our study days include a film screening (in our luxurious screen 1), supported with lectures and Q&As designed to support a range of BTEC / A-Level film and media students.
Days start at 10:00 and finish around 15:00.
Tickets cost £10 per student, accompanying staff are free.
Our study days will be back in the new academic year, with a new season to reflect the new changes to the A-Level Film studies spec. If you have any requests for specific films, get in touch.
For any queries or to book places for your school or college, please contact our education manager Anthony via email: [email protected]
Vertigo
A-Level Film Studies
Wednesday 11 October
Alfred Hitchcock’s masterwork. Start the year with a classic. A former San Francisco police detective juggles his personal demons and his obsession with the hauntingly beautiful woman he has been hired to trail, who herself may be deeply disturbed.
In this A Level Film Studies day we will focus in particular on the auteur theory, film form and cover elements of the Hollywood studio system of the time.
Lecture will led by Ellen Cheshire, a film historian, writer and lecturer who is a regular contributor to BFI publications, has taught at Sussex and Chichester universities and was part of the writing team for the current WJEC A Level Film textbook.
Black Panther
A-Level Media Studies
Monday 27 November
Chadwick Boseman’s iconic role endures and Black Panther remains one of the MCU’s best entries. T’Challa, heir to the hidden but advanced kingdom of Wakanda, must step forward to lead his people into a new future, confronting a challenger from his country’s past along the way.
This A Level Media Studies day covers the following key concepts:
Historical Contexts: The Black Panthers?
Political, Social and Cultural Contexts: What are the stories we tell?
Economic Context: Does Disney make a difference?
Lecture will be led by Faye Pirate, an experienced lecturer with many years experience teaching across a range of successful A-Level & BTEC media and film courses.