Language of Film
                         Helping Educators Teach With & About Film
                                         Resources, readings and recommendations
                                    created by Frank W. Baker/Media Literacy Clearinghouse
    "Teaching students how to interpret and create visual texts such as...film...is another essential component of  the English Language Arts curriculum."  (NCTE)
    "If people aren't taught the language of sound and images, shouldn't they be considered as illiterate as if they left college without being able to read or write?" 
    
George Lucas, film director



        

 

 

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