Teaching and Facilitating

Supporting young and adult learners to craft their own visual stories is at the heart of what inspires Marie Theresa’s practice. She is a passionate Arts professional with over 20 years of experience in creative roles predominantly in the education sector, and additionally for corporate brands, charities and the Arts. Marie Theresa has been teaching advanced digital media and vocational technician-ship to adults and young learners on many different platforms and for a variety of institutions.

Communal Projects with Schools

At Westminster School, Marie Theresa devised a film programme to respond to the Year 8 theme Landscapes. The project became ‘Moving Landscapes’ where pupils were introduced to Premiere Pro for the first time, to explore how to work with still and moving images to create their own visual story. Pupils moved through techniques which included camera shots, theory of pacing, colour cinematography, transitions, audio editing and much more.

At Caterham, recognising that students were fascinated by film theory and practice, Marie Theresa designed and delivered film programmes that sat within co-curricular and curriculums, each with clear objectives to feed students’ curiosity. She facilitated opportunities for students to lead their own projects, for example engaging with the local community and charities to create animations to communicate their voices.

The programmes boosted students’ confidence with filmic practices in a more public arena and allowed them to evaluate their own and others’ work to strengthen its visual impact and to meet Art and Design objectives. Marie Theresa worked closely with parents, communicating about their child’s experience, working within the school’s policies framework such as health and safety, safeguarding, diversity and educational targets.

#MyCaterham

Marie Theresa Crick crafted a film programme for all pupils at Caterham School from the Prep School to Sixth Form, to create a collaborative project to convey Caterham School through the eyes of pupils. Pupils were involved in pre-production, production and post-production which included storyboarding, directing, lighting, editing and working across the different Year Groups.

Community engagement has included curating and running creative courses as part of MTC Digital Creative, exhibitions and a Film Oscars and Festival, attended by over 300 people, which included the school and wider community, and film professionals from Channel 4 to documentary filmmakers for ITV and Sky at Caterham School, to support collaborative learning spaces. Marie Theresa is a great believer in community liaison, having linked charities and young people and initiated online community engagement through sourcing volunteers for multiple campaigns and events.

Film Clubs, Workshops and Holiday Schools

Marie Theresa has built infrastructures of co-curricular programmes in Film, Photography and Graphic Design which have supported pupils to run their own film clubs, workshops and take part in holiday schools. The Film Club at Caterham School became so popular that there were Film Club seminars four times a week. One seminar become a space for Senior pupils to teach film to young pupils across the Senior School and Prep School. Each year pupils would showcase their creative work at a Film Screening, this started with an Oscars Night and culminated in the final year as a Film Festival attended by 300 people.

Pupils projects included:

Film

• Drama Projects, including Hairspray, David Copperfield, Grease

• BBC News Report - Working with local communities connected to schools including Delight Charity and the Rotary Club

• Reporting sports

• Making documentaries

• Films based on colour cinematography

• Sketch short films

• Lego stop motions on a local issue in the community

• Animations using Affect Effects

• Green screen films

• Virtual Reality

• Poetry stories

• Year 5 Partnership with Senior pupils

• ‘Around Caterham School in 80 Seconds’

Graphic Design

• Politics magazine (Preview) with a launch at Parliament

• Sports magazine

• Themed posters

• Picasso style portraits

• Book design

Photography

• Reportage photography

• Photoshop challenges

• Sport photography

Drama Production - David Copperfield

Sport Reporting

Adult Collaborators

Behind the Scenes - Film Theory

This course is a fun way to look behind the scenes of members’ favourite TV shows, explore how documentaries are made, and jump into the diversity of film (BFI film, archival film, unconventional and experimental films, artist’s films, world cinema, black and queer cinema, climate emergency films and so beyond).

This course seeks to move alongside the fast-evolving world of moving image and offering tips on the best podcasts, cinemas, and streaming platforms, so that members’ have access to an unending universe of creativity.

Amongst the introduction and advanced knowledge to all things moving image, there will be interactive activities within the sessions and a wealth to take beyond. Learning filmic skills and techniques through collective engagement with moving image.

Week 1: What is Happening in TV and Moving Image Right Now

Week 2: Entering the World of Moving Image Through Directors. Practical Tips for Directing

Week 3: Behind the Scenes with Cinematography and Editing

Week 4: How to Navigate Film Festivals and Online Streaming

Week 5: Entering the World of Archival Film and British Cinema

Week 6: How are Documentaries Made. How to Make Your Own

Mini Film and Photography Theory Course

To expand and support the Beginners and Advanced technical courses. Content includes:

• Emotive cinematography

• History of photography and contemporary inspiration

• Soundscapes in Film and Essay Films

Exhibition of previous creative courses.

Film and photography work for clients and partners

Previous clients and partners include:

British Army Basketball 

Caterham Acupuncture 

Caterham Rotary Club 

Caterham School

Delight Charity

Deutsche Bank

EDLA Landscape Architects

Iron Lady, Bradwell Blacksmiths

KA - A - Architectural Designer

Morphbag by GSK

National Trust

Notting Hill Prep

NYTHU - The Craft of rural living 

Sebastian + Barquet London

Schooling 4 Dogs

We Rise

Yoga with Alex Elinson

ongoing various private clients 

partnerships with other photographers and filmmakers

Marketing film for ‘The Morphbag by GSK’

‘The Morphbag by GSK is the every-day handbag reinvented in a unique versatile styling and lifestyle handbag solution that adapts to your wardrobe, seasons and activities in a set of 3 timeless colour-coordinated handbags.’

Advent Calendar Social Media Campaign - The Morphbag by GSK

Marketing film for Yoga with Alex Elinson