{"id":11274,"date":"2014-07-09T17:55:41","date_gmt":"2014-07-09T17:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/?page_id=11274"},"modified":"2024-01-18T05:16:04","modified_gmt":"2024-01-18T10:16:04","slug":"language-of-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/language-of-film\/","title":{"rendered":"Language of Film"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Helping Educators Teach With &amp; About Film<\/strong><br \/>\nResources, Readings and Recommendations<br \/>\nCreated by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/my_bio.htm\">Frank W. Baker<\/a>\/<a href=\"http:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/\">Media Literacy Clearinghouse<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Teaching students how to interpret and create visual texts such as&#8230;film&#8230;is another essential component of\u00a0 the English Language Arts curriculum.&#8221;\u00a0 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncte.org\/library\/NCTEFiles\/Resources\/Books\/Sample\/StandardsDoc.pdf\">NCTE<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If people aren&#8217;t taught the language of sound and images, shouldn&#8217;t they be considered as illiterate as if they left college without being able to read or write?&#8221;\u00a0 George Lucas, film director<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We live in a world of moving image &#8211; it contributes greatly to the way we make sense of and engage with the world. This is fundamentally why moving image\u00a0 education has a vital role to play within a holistic approach to learning in the 21st century.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.walesonline.co.uk\/news\/education-news\/2009\/09\/17\/film-education-vital-in-the-21st-century-91466-24710467\/\">Peter Edwards, chairman of the Film Agency for Wales<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>NEW<\/strong>: Frank&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/film-documentaries\/\">recommended documentaries<\/a><\/p>\n<table id=\"table1\" border=\"0\" width=\"752\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#7ba418\" width=\"200\">\n<p align=\"center\"><b><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: xx-small;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/b><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Acting<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#7ba418\" width=\"200\">\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: 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src=\"http:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/language_of_film_files\/image002.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"134\" height=\"99\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"200\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/language-of-film-art-direction\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/language_of_film_files\/image004.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"134\" height=\"99\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"200\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/language-of-film-audio\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/f\/f0\/111807z2.jpg\/220px-111807z2.jpg\" alt=\"Image result for film audio\" width=\"130\" height=\"97\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#7ba418\" width=\"200\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><b><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><strong>Business<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#7ba418\" width=\"200\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Cinematography<\/strong><b><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#7ba418\" width=\"200\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Classic Films<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#7ba418\" width=\"200\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Costumes<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"200\"><span class=\"rg_ctlv\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/language-of-film-business\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/langua1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"139\" height=\"99\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"200\"><a 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