Links in red are newest additions to this page/  this page last updated: 07/27/2010
 

 CURRICULUM/LESSON PLANS
 
  
All About Special Effects (PBS/NOVA)
  
AMPAS: Teacher Guide
   Anatomy Of A Scene; worksheet
 
 Blueprint for Teaching and Learning in the Moving Image: Grades K-12
   Cinematography 101 (Global Action Project)
   Exploring Satire with "Shrek"
   Filmmaking Across the Curriculum
  
Film Teaching Guides (Univ of Florida)
  How to Read Film
  Immigrants In Film (PBS New Americans)
 
Lights, Camera, Action...Music:
   Critiquing Films Using Sight and Sound
 
Lights, Cameras, Education (AFI)
  
Look Again (BFI)
   Making Movies Matter
   Media Literacy:
  Reading Between The Frames
(AMPAS)

  
Novel as Screenplay
  
Screenwriting 101
  Story of Movies;
background
 
Teaching Film Study
 
Teachers' resources for film making
  
Understanding Media:
  Analyzing Media- Movie Posters

 
Using Movies to Improve Visual Literacy





 

STORYBOARDS

Acting With A Pencil  Storyboarding Your Movie
Because of Winn-Dixie, storyboards
Blank Storyboard
Making Movie Storyboards
Media Storyboard
Production: Scriptwriting & Storyboards
Story behind storyboards
Storyboarding: Video Explanation
Storyboards: what are they?
Storyboards: Mad Men (AMC)
PRODUCTION ELEMENTS  IN CONTEMPORARY/
CLASSIC FILMS
(behind-the-scenes of filmmaking)

A Scanner Darkly
Avatar;  Making of Avatar; Behind the Scenes
Benjamin Button
Citizen Kane; "deep-focus" scene analysis;
Central ideas, symbols, & film techniques of "Citizen Kane"
Coraline
Donnie Darko: Shot Composition
How to Train Your Dragon
"The Incredibles" Anatomy of a Scene
Indiana Jones
King Kong
Polar Express
Ratatouille
Sky Captain
Titanic
To Kill A Mockingbird
Toy Story 3; Toy Story - Making Of - 2/3
Twilight

Up   Behind The Scenes #1;

       Behind The Scenes #2
Wall-E  Making of: Part 1; Part 2,
Storyboards
(see also:
Design With A Purpose; The Shot Tells The Story)