\u00a9 2006 Frank Baker<\/em><\/p>\n Download this page<\/a> as an Adobe (pdf) document<\/p>\n INTRODUCTION<\/p>\n Recommended Links Recommended Articles 1 The third eye: critical literacy and higher order thinking skills are improved through a film studies class;\u00a0 <\/em>Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, Nov 2002 v46 i3 p220(11)<\/p>\n 2 Introduction to, Good Looking: Film Studies, Short Films and Filmmaking<\/em>, edited by David A. Sohn,\u00a0Copyright 1976<\/p>\n 3 The Novel\/Film relationship<\/a>, page 6 (A Novel Look At Film: Of Mice & Men)<\/p>\n 4 Viewing & Representing<\/a><\/p>\n FRAMEWORK FOR ANALYZING FILM<\/strong><\/p>\n 1 (suggested in “The Third Eye: Critical Literacy and Higher Order Thinking Skills Are Improved Through a Film Studies Class,” Ali Nihat Eken, 2 suggested in INTRODUCTION<\/a>\u00a0 3 (adapted from Reel Conversations: Reading Films with Young Adults<\/em> by Teasley and Wilder, Heinemann, 1997, Chapter 2.) How to Organize a Film As Literature Class MEDIA LITERACY<\/strong><\/p>\n More about core concepts here:<\/p>\n Media Literacy Core Concepts<\/a> What is media literacy?<\/a><\/p>\n Other resources:<\/p>\n Center for Media Literacy<\/a>\u00a0 1\u00a0 National Council for Teachers of English, Commission on Media, Carole Cox, 1994, p.13<\/p>\n 2\u00a0 Developed by The Center for Media Literacy<\/p>\n USING<\/strong> To Kill A Mockingbird<\/em> ON<\/strong> DVD<\/strong><\/p>\n Recommended article<\/strong>s<\/strong> DVD: Using Your Imagination in the Classroom DVD: Frequently Asked Questions and Answers STANDARDS CORRELATION<\/strong><\/p>\n National Standards for the English Language Arts Mid-Continent Research For Education & Learning (McREL) LANGUAGE OF FILM<\/strong> Suggested Links: Recommended Texts: 1\u00a0 Visual Messages: Integrating Imagery Into Instruction<\/a><\/em>,<\/a> Movies as Mentors, pg 205 SYMBOLISM<\/strong><\/p>\n 1 Reading in The Dark-Using Film As A Tool In The English Classroom<\/em><\/a>, pp. 82<\/p>\n 2 Media Literacy <\/a>(2nd Ed.) <\/em>, pp. 42<\/p>\n 3 To Kill A Mockingbird<\/a><\/em>: Then & Now,<\/em><\/a> A 35th Anniversary Celebration: LIGHTING<\/strong><\/p>\n Recommended links<\/strong> Recommended book<\/strong> Recommended VHS\/DVD<\/strong> CAMERA SHOTS<\/strong>1\u00a0 Approaches to Media Literacy: A Handbook<\/a>, Recommended Links 1\u00a0 “Film, An Introduction” William H. Phillips, Part One, The Expressiveness of Film Techniques, pg.8 EDITING Recommended Links Recommended Readings<\/strong> Cinema Editor Magazine http:\/\/www.ace-filmeditors.org\/news.htm<\/a> MUSIC<\/strong> Listen to selections from\u00a0the film soundtrack here: Recommended Links<\/strong> 1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Simon Frith quoted in Film Languages; Media Texts: Authors and Readers<\/em> SOUND EFFECTS SCREENWRITING Recommended Link<\/strong> Recommended Text<\/strong> SCREENPLAY Recommended Texts<\/strong> To Kill A Mockingbird <\/a><\/em>screenplay and related readings<\/p>\n SETTING & ART DIRECTION<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Recommended Websites\/Readings<\/strong><\/p>\n To Kill A Mockingbird: A historical perspective To Kill A Mockingbird: Parallels to Jim Crow America Art Production\u00a0 http:\/\/scenariosusa.org\/educators\/makingmovies\/ch4.pdf<\/a> Art Direction: The Visual Language of Film The World of\u00a0 The World of Hollywood Art Design: An Interview with Henry Bumstead<\/em> Recommended Texts What An Art Director Does: An Introduction To Motion Picture Production Design<\/em> 1\u00a0 (US Postal Service document commemorating, SCENE ANALYSIS MOVIE REVIEW\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n REVIEWS<\/strong><\/p>\n Hollywood Reporter Original Review<\/a> (Dec. 11, 1962) Other TKAM movie reviews: Lesson Plans:<\/strong> 1 VARIETY<\/p>\n GLOSSARY<\/strong> Glossary\u00a0\u00a0 http:\/\/scenariosusa.org\/educators\/makingmovies\/glossary.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n Exploring Language Composition Moving Images In The Classroom (bfi) MOVIE MARKETING The Movie Marketing Blog<\/a><\/p>\n A Case Study: Film Marketing & Judge Dredd<\/a>
\n<\/strong>The Importance of Screen Education
\n<\/em>http:\/\/www.bmm.qut.edu.au\/commentary.php?Commentary_ID=59
\n<\/a>
\n<\/strong>How Filmmaking Develops Higher Order Thinking Skills
\nhttp:\/\/www.thedirectorintheclassroom.com\/pdf\/TDICChapter3.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>The World In A Fresh Light: To Kill A Mockingbird<\/em> (Film as Text)
\nAustralian Screen Education,\u00a0 Issue #35, Winter 2004
\n<\/strong>
\nFilm Literacy<\/em>, Clearing House, Sep\/Oct98, Vol. 72, Issue 1<\/p>\n
\nJournal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, Nov. 2002, v.46, i3, p220 )<\/p>\n
\n<\/a>(this approach follows the UK recommendations for media studies)
\nfor more about the Key Concepts of Film Studies, this site<\/a> is highly recommended<\/p>\n
\nSOURCE: http:\/\/sumnet.summit.winston-salem.nc.us\/classrooms\/film_page.html
\n<\/a>
\n<\/a>Recommended Reading
\n<\/strong>
\nUsing Film to Increase Literacy Skills, English Journal, Vol. 93. NO. 3.
\nJanuary 2004<\/p>\n
\nhttp:\/\/www.englishjournal.colostate.edu\/images\/filmclass.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n
\n<\/a>
\nCenter for Media Literacy’s MediaLit Kit\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n
\n<\/a>
\nMedia Literacy Clearinghouse\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Using DVD In the Classroom<\/a> (Adobe Acrobat required)<\/p>\n
\nhttp:\/\/www.socialstudies.com\/c\/@PAA1S5GH732OA\/Pages\/whydvd.html<\/a><\/p>\n
\nhttp:\/\/www.dvddemystified.com\/dvdfaq.html<\/a><\/p>\n
\nhttp:\/\/www.ncte.org\/standards\/standards.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n
\nNational Standards
\n<\/strong><\/a>http:\/\/www.mcrel.org\/standards-benchmarks\/
\n<\/strong><\/a><\/strong>
\nRecommended<\/strong> Links\/Resources
\n<\/strong>Viewing the Films: Not Whether or Not, but How?
\nhttp:\/\/www.ncte.org\/about\/over\/inbox\/ideas\/109818.htm
\n<\/a>
\nUsing Film to Increase Literacy Skills
\nEnglish Journal, Vol. 93, No. 3, January 2004
\n<\/em>
\nUsing Film, Video, TV In The Classroom
\nhttp:\/\/www.indiana.edu\/~eric_rec\/ieo\/digests\/d36.html
\n<\/a>
\nFilm and the Composition Classroom: Using Visual Media to
\nMotivate First-Year Writers\u00a0\u00a0
\nhttp:\/\/sites.unc.edu\/daniel\/131spring99\/papers\/Mazer.html
\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\nLanguage of Film: To Kill A Mockingbird: pages 7 -11
\nhttp:\/\/www.filmeducation.org\/printpacks\/secdocs\/classics.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Film Language<\/a> (UK produced resource)
\n<\/a>Other websites on understanding films and film language
\n<\/a>Looking Closely at the Film<\/a>, by William Costanzo
\nRecommended books<\/a> about motion pictures\/films<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Reading Films\u00a0 Key Concepts for Analysing Film and Television <\/a>(BFI)
\nHow to Read A Film<\/a><\/p>\n
\n2\u00a0 Saturday Review, January 12,1963
\n3\u00a0 Reading <\/em><\/a>Films: Key Concepts for Analysing Film & Television <\/a><\/em>(BFI) pg.12<\/p>\n
\nTeacher Study Guide: Looking Closely At The Film, written by William Costanzo,
\nProfessor of English and Film, Westchester Community College<\/p>\n
\nLighting As Storytelling
\n<\/a>(full chapter from the text: Cinematography: Theory Into Practice<\/em>)
\nFilm Language: Use of Lighting<\/a><\/p>\n
\nPainting With Light<\/a><\/em> by John Alton<\/p>\n
\nVisions of Light: The Art of Cinematography
\n<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n
\nChapter 5, Analysis of Production Elements, pp 226-227
\n<\/em>2 <\/em>Reading <\/em>Films: Key Concepts for Analysing Film & Television <\/a><\/em>(BFI) pg.12
\n3\u00a0 The New Literacy, The Language of Film and Television<\/em>, Chapter One\u00a0 pg. 7<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Film Language: Use of the Camera
\n<\/a>Making Movies Make Sense: Framing<\/a><\/p>\n
\n2 Media Analysis Techniques (2nd<\/sup> Ed.) Arthur Asa Berger
\n3\u00a0 Grammar Of Television\u00a0 from Berger found athttp:\/\/euphrates.wpunj.edu\/faculty\/yildizm\/SP\/
\n<\/a>also see How Media Products Make Meaning:http:\/\/www.uiowa.edu\/~centeach\/resources\/ideas\/media.glossary.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>1 Editing for Interpretation, Chapter 9 pg. 195, The Art of Technique, An
\nAesthetic Approach to Film and Video Production
\n2 The Hollywood Reporter, review, December 11, 1962
\n3\u00a0 Film Editing: Manipulating Time and Space, Activity Three: Creating Meaning,
\nTeacher’s Resource Guide, AMPAS\/Youth Media International, 2002
\n4\u00a0 cut and dissolve: definitions from A Glossary of Film Terms
\nhttp:\/\/homepage.newschool.edu\/~schlemoj\/film_courses\/glossary_of_film_terms\/glossary.html<\/a>
\n5 http:\/\/course1.winona.msus.edu\/pjohnson\/h140\/studentsf01\/tokillamockingbird\/<\/a><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Film Analysis (see editing)
\nhttp:\/\/classes.yale.edu\/film-analysis\/<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Film Language: Use of Editinghttp:\/\/www.filmeducation.org\/secondary\/concept\/filmlang\/docs\/lang7.html<\/a>
\nPutting the Pieces Together: What Does It Mean to Edit a Movie?http:\/\/scenariosusa.org\/educators\/makingmovies\/ch5.pdf<\/a>
\nFilm Editing Glossary\u00a0 http:\/\/www.learner.org\/exhibits\/cinema\/editing2.html
\n<\/a>Film\/Editing Terms\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 http:\/\/www.zerocut.com\/tech\/film_terms.html
\n<\/a>A Glossary of Film Terms
\n<\/a>http:\/\/homepage.newschool.edu\/~schlemoj\/film_courses\/glossary_of_film_terms\/glossary.html<\/a><\/p>\n
\nFilm Editing: A Hidden Art?\u00a0 http:\/\/imv.au.dk\/publikationer\/pov\/Issue_06\/section_1\/artc2A.html
\n<\/a>Film editing (history) http:\/\/www.factmonster.com\/ce6\/ent\/A0859784.html
\n<\/a>Film Editing\u00a0 http:\/\/www.filmmakers.com\/features\/editing\/
\n<\/a>Introduction to Film Editing (Lesson Plan)\u00a0http:\/\/www.thirteen.org\/edonline\/lessons\/editing\/b.html<\/a>
\nRecommended Texts<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>The Conversations: Walter Murch and the Art of Editing Film, Michael Onda
\n<\/strong>Film Editing: The Art of the Expressive, Valerie Orpen
\n<\/strong>Film Art: An Introduction, David Bordwell, Kristin Thompson
\nFirst Cut: Conversations with Film Editors, Gabriella Oldham
\nIn The Blink of an Eye, Walter Murch, Francis Ford Coppola
\nKey Concepts in Cinema Studies, Susan Hayward
\nThe Technique of Film Editing, Karel Reisz, Gavin Millar
\nWhen the Shooting Stops, The Cutting Begins: A Film Editor’s Story
\nRalph Rosenblum and Robert Karen<\/p>\n
\nhttp:\/\/www.elmerbernstein.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n
\nhttp:\/\/www.jefflangonline.com\/peck\/home\/index.htm<\/a><\/p>\n
\nFilm Score magazine www.filmscoremonthly.com<\/a>
\nFilm Music Bibliography\u00a0 www.filmsound.org\/filmmusic\/filmmusic-books.htm<\/a>
\nIntroduction to Film Sound\u00a0 www.filmsound.org\/marshall\/index.htm<\/a><\/p>\n
\n2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The 101 Best Movies You’ve Ever Heard: The Film Score at 70<\/em>, FILM COMMENT, Nov\/Dec. 2003, pg.40
\n3\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 as quoted in the text Creative Filmmaking from the Inside Out: Five Keys to The Art of Making Inspired Movies and Television<\/em>, page 163
\n4\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 http:\/\/www.musicfromthemovies.com\/pages\/reviews\/to_kill_a.html
\n<\/a>5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cFearful Symmetry: The Making of To Kill A Mockingbird<\/em>\u201d
\n6\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Guardian interview, October 9, 2002<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Recommended Websites<\/strong>
\nFilm Language Sound\u00a0http:\/\/www.filmeducation.org\/secondary\/concept\/filmlang\/docs\/lang6.html<\/a>
\nExploring Language\u00a0 Sound\u00a0
\nhttp:\/\/english.unitecnology.ac.nz\/resources\/resources\/exp_lang\/sound.html<\/a>
\nFilm & Sound Links\u00a0 http:\/\/www.filmsound.org\/links.htm<\/a>
\nThe Art of Foley\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 http:\/\/www.marblehead.net\/foley\/
\n<\/a>Motion Picture Sound Editors\u00a0 http:\/\/www.mpse.org\/home.html<\/a><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>1\u00a0 Horton Foote and the Theatre of Intimacy<\/em>, pp. 45-46
\n2 \u00a0\u201cFearful Symmetry: The Making of To Kill A Mockingbird\u201d
\n3\u00a0 Quoting Films in English Class<\/em>, Richard Fehlman, English Journal<\/p>\n
\nScriptwriting\u00a0 http:\/\/scenariosusa.org\/educators\/makingmovies\/ch2.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n
\nHorton Foote : A Literary Biography <\/em>(Univ of Texas Press)<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Recommended Website<\/strong>
\nOther pages from the screenplay can be found here<\/a><\/p>\n
\nTo Kill A Mockingbird<\/a><\/em> screenplay<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>http:\/\/memory.loc.gov\/learn\/lessons\/98\/mock\/intro.html<\/a><\/p>\n
\nhttp:\/\/www.jimcrowhistory.org\/resources\/lessonplans\/amlit_lp_lee1.htm<\/a><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>
\nArt Directors Guild\u00a0 http:\/\/www.artdirectors.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>http:\/\/www.oscars.org\/teachersguide\/artdirection\/pdf\/artdirection.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n
\nCineaste magazine, Summer 2001<\/p>\n
\nHenry Bumstead and the World of Hollywood Art Direction\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>
\nhttp:\/\/www.utexas.edu\/utpress\/books\/horhen.html<\/a><\/p>\n
\nhttp:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1879505185\/qid=1064501470\/sr=11-
\n1\/ref=sr_11_1\/102-4437040-1300949<\/a>
\nArt Direction For Film & Video<\/em> (2nd Ed)
\nhttp:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/tg\/detail\/-\/0240803388\/ref=pd_sim_books
\n_2\/102-4437040-1300949?v=glance&s=books<\/a>
\nBy Design: Interviews with Film Production Designers<\/em>
\nhttp:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/tg\/detail\/-\/0275940314\/ref=pd_sim_books
\n_5\/102-4437040-1300949?v=glance&s=books<\/a><\/p>\n
\nAmerican Filmmaking: Behind the Scenes, February 2003)
\n2\u00a0 Henry Bumstead and the World of Hollywood Art Direction, pg. 7
\n3\u00a0 transcript of TCM interview with Bumstead, from the website
\n4 \u00a0 Universal Picture Showman’s Manual, pg 6
\n5\u00a0 http:\/\/course1.winona.msus.edu\/pjohnson\/h140\/studentsf01\/tokillamockingbird\/
\n<\/a>6\u00a0 Trial brief, from Reel Justice: The Courtroom Goes to the Movies<\/em>, pg.142
\n7\u00a0 \u201cA Visit to the Imaginary Landscape of Harrison Texas: Sketching the Film Career of Horton Foote\u201d
\nin Literature Film Quarterly, Vol.17, No. 1 1989 )
\nAdditional note: According to the text Box Office Champs<\/em>, TKAM was #8 of the top grossing films of 1963, earning $7.5 million.<\/p>\n
\n1\u00a0 http:\/\/course1.winona.msus.edu\/pjohnson\/h140\/studentsf01\/tokillamockingbird<\/a>
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Variety’s Original Review
\n<\/a>Collection of Original Reviews<\/a>
\nFilm Quarterly’s Review (2002)
\n<\/a>Review<\/a> Marking DVD Release (1998)
\n<\/a>Film Site’s Review<\/a> webpage
\nFilm Review by James Berardinelli<\/a><\/p>\n
\nhttp:\/\/www.mrqe.com\/lookup?%22to+kill+a+mockingbird%22<\/a><\/p>\n
\nWriting A Film Review
\nhttp:\/\/www.trinityhigh.com\/curric\/english\/assignmt\/filmrevw.htm
\n<\/a>
\nWhat’s A Good Movie Review?
\nhttp:\/\/www.highschooljournalism.org\/teachers\/
\nLessonPlan_Display.cfm?Type=L&LessonplanId=299&AuthorId=173
\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\nRecommended websites<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nhttp:\/\/english.unitecnology.ac.nz\/resources\/resources\/exp_lang\/composition.html<\/a>
\nfor a good explanation of many film production terms<\/p>\n
\nhttp:\/\/www.bfi.org.uk\/education\/resources\/teaching\/secondary\/miic\/<\/a><\/p>\n
\nResources:<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n(17 page guide produced by BFI)<\/p>\n
![Original Review<\/a> (Dec. 11, 1962)\n<\/strong>Variety’s Original Review\n<\/a>Collection of Original Reviews<\/a>\nFilm Quarterly’s Review (2002)\n<\/a>Review<\/a> Marking DVD Release (1998)\n<\/a>Film Site’s Review<\/a> webpage\nFilm Review by James Berardinelli<\/a><\/p>\nOther TKAM movie reviews:\nhttp:\/\/www.mrqe.com\/lookup?%22to+kill+a+mockingbird%22<\/a><\/p>\nLesson Plans:<\/strong>\nWriting A Film Review\nhttp:\/\/www.trinityhigh.com\/curric\/english\/assignmt\/filmrevw.htm\n<\/a>\nWhat’s A Good Movie Review?\nhttp:\/\/www.highschooljournalism.org\/teachers\/\nLessonPlan_Display.cfm?Type=L&LessonplanId=299&AuthorId=173\n<\/a><\/p>\n1 VARIETY<\/p>\nGLOSSARY<\/strong>\nRecommended websites<\/strong><\/p>\nGlossary\u00a0\u00a0 http:\/\/scenariosusa.org\/educators\/makingmovies\/glossary.pdf<\/a><\/p>\nExploring Language Composition\nhttp:\/\/english.unitecnology.ac.nz\/resources\/resources\/exp_lang\/composition.html<\/a>\nfor a good explanation of many film production terms<\/p>\nMoving Images In The Classroom (bfi)\nhttp:\/\/www.bfi.org.uk\/education\/resources\/teaching\/secondary\/miic\/<\/a><\/p>\nMOVIE MARKETING\nResources:<\/strong><\/p>\nThe Movie Marketing Blog<\/a><\/p>\nA Case Study: Film Marketing & Judge Dredd<\/a>\n(17 page guide produced by BFI)<\/p>\nMarketing<\/a> (another BFI produced guide)<\/p>\nTeaching Trailers<\/a> (filmeducation.org)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD: SEEING THE FILM THROUGH THE LENS OF MEDIA…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[202],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-10502","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-to-kill-a-mockingbird-popular"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10502"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10502\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36913,"href":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10502\/revisions\/36913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"http:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/tkamhr.jpg\"){kind=link}