TeachingIB Film

“The first roll, screened twice.” — Paris, May 2026

Now Rolling · Teaching IB Film

Practical, criteria-aware lessons for DP Film teachers. Based in Paris. Built for real classrooms.

Begin the syllabus Open the library →

Splice · R04 / T02 / Frame 0042End Scene 01

— A note pinned to the editing-room wall

We built the website we wished had existed when we were handed the syllabus.

Eighty-four lessons, written by working IB Film teachers, edited like a film — beta, fine, final. Read freely. Pay for the lab. Run a department.

“If you teach a film once, you teach it forever.”

— overheard, 2nd-period staff room

Storyboard, Cycle 04 · scene 12. Pencil on bond.

I. PremiseII. Four Reels →III. In the LabIV. Three PassesV. Roll Credits

One syllabus.
Four reels.

Read in order, or open whichever cycle the term schedule demands.

One sequence, read closely.

Two films across two cultures.

Three roles. One reel.

Collaborative Project

Six students. One short film.

Enter reel→

All Lessons →

● Cut to black · 1 sec holdR04 / T02 / 03:18

Roll 04 · Take 02Interstitial · long pause

Don’t teach the shot.
Teach the cut.

Source · TIBF Journal · Issue 09

Walter Murch, in conversation with the editors, San Francisco, 2024.

00:00:0004:1238:24

Splice · Frame 1842 · CementScene 05 ↓

End reel · cement splice↓ Final scene

TeachingIB Film

One syllabus.Four reels.

TeachingIB Film

One syllabus.Four reels.

One syllabus.
Four reels.

One syllabus.
Four reels.