Vlogging and Vox Pops with Into Film Scotland (May 2025 recording)

This is a recording of a session presented by Into Film Scotland(this will open in a new window), offering ideas, practical tips and resources to help create fun and engaging vlog and vox pop interviews with your learners. The activities described in this session directly link to suggestions in the Reading Schools framework, particularly across key areas 1.2.2 Learner Role Modelling(this will open in a new window), 2.2.2 Interdisciplinary Book Projects(this will open in a new window), 2.3.4 Opportunities for learners to respond to what they’re reading(this will open in a new window), 2.5.1 Raising the profile of reading with families and 3.2.2 Monitoring progress.

We recommend watching the following recordings, downloading the presentation and accompanying resources below if you are interested in using creative media to explore book reviews, recommendations, capturing quotes and documenting your school's reading adventures with your learners.

If you're interested in using film and creative media more in your classroom activity, Into Film Scotland's companion session on creating book trailers(this will open in a new window) offers another fantastic suite of advice, ideas and resources.

Introduction

Scottish Book Trust's Liam McCallum provides a short introduction to the session, including links to the Readings Schools Framework(this will open in a new window) and accompanying resources(this will open in a new window).

Vlogging and Vox Pops with Into Film

Into Film Scotland's Avronne Edwards and filmmaker Jonathan Charles present the work of Into Film and everything a school will need to create their very own vlogs and vox pops.

Please visit our CLPL calendar(this will open in a new window) for other upcoming and recorded sessions.

Related resources

There are other resources that you may also find of interest to support this area of work:

• Book reviews and trailers on film(this will open in a new window)
• Explore the wealth of filmmaking resources from Into Film(this will open in a new window)
• Motivating teenagers to read – how you can encourage reading for pleasure at school(this will open in a new window)
• Get the creativity flowing with our quick and fun activity ideas(this will open in a new window)