Language of Film-Film Language/Film Literacy              
 
 Recommended resources:
 


Basics of How To Read A Film
Cineliteracy: The Rule of Thirds

Cultural codes in non-fiction films
DVDs That Help Teach Film Language
Exploring Language Moving Images
Film Analysis Guide
Film Analysis:
Production & Story Elements
Film analysis worksheet
Film Codes & Conventions
Film In The Classroom (NYT Learning Network)
Film Language (episode of American Cinema)
Film Language Booklet
Film Language Glossary
Film Language Wiki
Film Literacy: Analyzing Film Techniques
Film literacy terms
Filmmaking Process
Film (media) literacy
Five Minute Film Festival: Film Literacy (links)
Grammar of Film: Type of Shots
 
Grammar of TV & Film see also link
How to Read a Film (text/DVD)

How To Read A Movie (Roger Ebert)
How To Watch A Movie (Moviemaker)
Introduction to Cinema Literacy 101
Intro to Cinema Literacy 101: Viewing and Watching Films Critically
Intro to Film Technique & Terminology (video)
Introduction to Film Appreciation
The Language of Film -(PBS)
The language of film (Michael Wohl)
The language of film
The language of film (AMPAS)
Language of Film (Pacific Cinémathèque)
Language of Film (To Kill A Mockingbird)
 
Language of film analysis (cameras, editing)
The Language of movies
Lesson Plan:  The Visual Grammar of Film
Lessons in Visual Language
(Video series)
Lights, Camera, Action: A Grammar of Film for Media Literacy (pg. 10 Knowledge Quest)
Lighting, Colour, Music: A Study of Film Elements
Looking At Movies: An Introduction To Film
Making Movies: A Guide for Young Filmmakers
Making Movies Make Sense (Understanding and using film language)
Media Analysis
Media Literacy: Reading Between The Frames (AMPAS) 
Mise en scene (Film Analysis Guide)
Movie Lovers Guide to Film Language: Classic Scenes
Questions Students Should Consider When Watching Any Film(FilmEducation.org)
Reading A Film (Think Film)
Reading a film sequence
Reading Film: Decoding the Codes
Reading Films Critically
(handout)
Reading Films in the Classroom
Reading Meaning in Media Texts: Codes
Rule of Thirds
Seven Teaching Resources on Film Literacy
Signs & Syntax
Strategies for teaching film as text
Teaching Film in HS English Class

Technical and Symbolic Codes: The Elements of Film  
Technical codes in non-fiction films

Ten Tools for Reading Film
Thinking About Film: cultural codes; technical codes
Thinking About Films
Tips for Film Viewing
Understanding the Language of film (ppt)
Using DVDs to Teach Film Language
Visual Grammar in Film
Visual language of video and film
Visual Literacy: Understanding Film Elements
Visual Rhetoric/Visual Literacy: Writing About Film
What is screen literacy?


 Recommended texts/periodicals/multimedia:

Film and television textual analysis: a teacher's guide [Book] Multimodal Film Analysis: How Films Mean [Book]
Basics Film-making: The Language of Film by John Marlan Covers of Film Education Picturacy for Young Learners resources
 
Making Movies Make Sense
Cinema Studies: The Key Concepts  Film Language


 DVDs (some of which have text companions)
 Looking At Movies
 
Film, Form and Culture

 How to Read A Film: Multimedia Edition
 
The Art of Watching Films

 American Cinema: 100 Years of Filmmaking
 
Moving Images Making Movies, Understanding Media

 Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood
 
Filmmakers on Film
 Story of Film