Photo and video credits

All footage and photographs are from Pexels and used under the Pexels licence (pexels.com/license). Attribution is not required by the licence; it is listed here for transparency. People shown are stock models, not clients or endorsers. Places are named only where the source states them.

Opening film

A 25-second silent loop combining five clips, trimmed, colour-graded, cropped and joined with crossfades.

• Long empty school corridor with green classroom doors and tall windows, slow push forward, no people. By Joseph Park (pexels.com/@tddongtv). Source: pexels.com/video/empty-hallway-in-school-13008039. Licence: Pexels licence.
• Teacher seen from behind writing on a green chalkboard under a colourful alphabet border. By RDNE Stock project (pexels.com/@rdne). Source: pexels.com/video/a-teacher-writing-on-the-blackboard-8499767. Licence: Pexels licence.
• Teacher walking between wooden desks and leaning in to help a student with her work, bright classroom. By Max Fischer (pexels.com/@max-fischer). Source: pexels.com/video/teaching-having-a-class-5200022. Licence: Pexels licence.
• Teacher sitting beside a young girl, guiding her writing at a table. By Mikhail Nilov (pexels.com/@mikhail-nilov). Source: pexels.com/video/a-teacher-teaching-a-little-girl-8927383. Licence: Pexels licence.
• Wide view of a classroom with a green chalkboard; a student raises her hand, then walks to the front. By RDNE Stock project (pexels.com/@rdne). Source: pexels.com/video/a-young-student-raising-her-hand-and-walking-to-the-front-of-the-class-8499667. Licence: Pexels licence.

Photographs

Resized and converted to WebP.

• Empty classroom, rows of wooden desks and chairs, green chalkboard, teal walls. By Valentin Ivantsov (pexels.com/@valentin-ivantsov-2154772556). Source: pexels.com/photo/empty-classroom-with-desks-and-chalkboard-36650154. Licence: Pexels licence.
• Two pieces of coloured chalk on a dusty blackboard ledge. By MART PRODUCTION (pexels.com/@mart-production). Source: pexels.com/photo/close-up-photo-of-two-chalk-near-the-blackboard-8471893. Licence: Pexels licence.
• Wooden classroom desk with notebooks, worksheets and a blue pencil case. By Katerina Holmes (pexels.com/@katerina-holmes). Source: pexels.com/photo/student-desk-with-copybooks-and-pencil-case-5905443. Licence: Pexels licence.
• Adult woman marking papers at a desk in a primary classroom. By RDNE Stock project (pexels.com/@rdne). Source: pexels.com/photo/a-woman-in-green-long-sleeve-shirt-sitting-at-the-table-holding-a-pencil-on-paper-8363162. Licence: Pexels licence.
• Mid-century multi-storey school building behind a fenced yard, autumn trees, quiet street. Québec City area per source. By Clément Proust (pexels.com/@clement-proust-363898785). Source: pexels.com/photo/school-in-town-in-autumn-18832447. Licence: Pexels licence.
• Yellow school bus at the end of a shovelled path through snow, bench and bare trees. Canada per source. By apertur 2.8 (pexels.com/@aperture). Source: pexels.com/photo/winter-school-bus-parked-on-snowy-pathway-36129841. Licence: Pexels licence.
• Yellow school bus parked by a road under cloudy sky. Kitchener, Ontario per source. By Alwin Johnson (pexels.com/@alwinjohnson). Source: pexels.com/photo/bright-yellow-school-bus-in-kitchener-ontario-32322676. Licence: Pexels licence.
• Two-storey brick house with ivy, attached garage and blazing autumn maples. By Irina Yankovaya (pexels.com/@irina-yankovaya-78160932). Source: pexels.com/photo/charming-autumn-scene-in-toronto-neighborhood-34343065. Licence: Pexels licence.
• Older couple seen from behind walking a park path, one with a walking stick. By Ruturaj Raut (pexels.com/@ruturaj-raut-479668333). Source: pexels.com/photo/elderly-couple-in-park-17289959. Licence: Pexels licence.