When Kieran Donaghy and I first showed this short film at the Image Conference in 2014 in Cordoba, Spain, we had a lot of people scratching their heads, wondering what we were talking about. Now with what's transpired in 2020, it seems that this idea of slowing down and being deliberate has never been more relevant. Thanks to Erin Palmquist and Eliot Freed for their inspiration and collaboration on this film. View it for the first time or take a look again!
The Image Conference 2019
Brussels, Belgium
At the beginning of last month, I had the honor and pleasure of participating in the annual Image Conference as a plenary speaker and co-presenter. Together with ELT ImageMakers’ very own video researcher and education consultant, Victoria Pascual, we spoke about our recent collaboration on a large secondary course video project in which we worked together as producer and teacher to find the most engaging and suitable content for teenage learners as well as how we guided script writers to maximize the content. My second presentation reviewed the different types of ELT video and described the process of writing scripts, creating storyboards, and producing viable video strands for publishers.
Of course, Kieran Donaghy, the creator of the Image Conference, who also happens to be part of ELT ImageMakers’ team, gave an inspiring plenary on the fifth skill of viewing. Sylvia Karastathi and Kieran did a magnificent job of executing the conference, including the organization of two very memorable group dinners. The atmosphere throughout the entire weekend was truly one of collaboration and unfettered support by all who attended. People who come to this conference every year really want to be there and believe in what they are doing in the classroom, in their schools, and in their work spaces, as far as making the image and their critical analysis of it a central part of their teaching and research. This was my fourth Image Conference and I was very glad to be a part of it again.
Anna Whitcher and Victoria Pascual talk about their session at the Image Conference Brussels
Watch Anna Whitcher and Victoria Pascual’s video teaser for their talk “Language teachers and video producers working together” at the Image Conference in Brussels on Saturday 5th October.
Anna Whitcher talks about her Image Conference experience in Athens
Anna Whitcher, who delivered a training session on ‘Language learning through video creation’, talks about her experience at the Image Conference in Athens.
Anna Whitcher and Kieran Donaghy: Image makers in the future of ELT
In November 2014, at The Image Conference in Córdoba, Spain, we presented a short video called A Visual Manifesto for Language Teaching. Following the success of the conference, we were asked by the British Council's TeachingEnglish website to write an article about the film. In this brief question and answer session, we will explain the ideas behind the creation of the film, how we went about making it, who and what was involved and where we see video and film going in the future of ELT.