Implementation Guide for "Let's cinema!" at High Schools & Lyceums

Stage A: At school

1. Teachers are informed about the "Let's cinema!"programme.
2. The book "Film Narrative: A Story with Images and Sounds", vol. B', published by the Thessaloniki International Film Festival, is distributed to the students.
3. Distribution of a leaflet "Let's Cinema! - A programme for introducing cinema".
4. Watching the film The Magnificent Seven by John Sturges on VHS tape.
5. Classroom discussion and completion of the leaflet "Study guide: The Magnificent Seven".

Stage B: At the cinema

1. Watching the audiovisual presentation "Cine-narration: a detailed account with images and sounds". This presentation aims to familiarize students with the basic expressional means of the cinema art, such as "frame" and "shot".
2. Watching the film The seven samurai, by Akira Kurosawa.

Stage C: During the students' free time

The students of each High School and Lyceum are given the opportunity to form groups in order to shoot a film. Beginning from the scriptwriting to the final editing -with the appropriate technical equipment (cameras, lights, editing suite) and a professional director's quidance - 183 short films have already been shot during the two years the program has been operating. These films were presented to the public in the Student Film Festival "Let΄s cinema".