Reading Film: Looking Closely at Perspective and Point-of-View in Films
Frank Baker, media educator

(The exact order of handouts and content of this presentation has changed slightly over time)


Part One
Compare & contrast: Flags of our Fathers; Letters from Iowa Jima
Iwo Jima Fact Sheet
Page from Screenplay: Raiders of the Lost Ark
Writing Activity

Part Two
2007 SDE ELA "Guiding Principle 8  Media"
Language of film
Motion Picture/Film website
To Kill A Mockingbird: Film Study Guide
Sample Screenplay Page
Webpage: Scriptwriting In The Classroom

Still images from "Over The Hedge"
Production notes for "Over The Hedge"
start at paragraph 5 "with the hedge..." end at paragraph 10 "....we were going for."
Handout:  POV in the film "The Mighty"
Point of View- images from "To Kill A Mockingbird"
Page one from screenplay "To Kill A Mockingbird"
Handout: first two pages from novel "Because of Winn Dixie"
Storyboard form
Storyboards from the film "Because of Winn Dixie"
Evaluation

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