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Motion Pictures\/Film Study<\/h3>\n

\u00a9\u00a0<\/a>2006\u00a0 Frank Baker, Media Educator<\/p>\n

Resources on how to read a film, integrating film studies into instruction<\/strong><\/p>\n

See also:
\n– Language of Film<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0– For Your Consideration<\/a>: Analyzing Oscar Ads
\n<\/a>– Teacher’s Guide to the Oscars<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0–\u00a0Using Film in The Literature Classroom<\/a>
\n– Film Ed & The Common Core <\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 – \u00a0Movie Trailers As Persuasive Texts<\/a>
\n<\/a>– Teaching Critical Thinking w\/ Film <\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 – \u00a0Analyzing\/Creating Film Posters
\n<\/a>– Using DVDs to Teach Film Language<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 – Scriptwriting In The Classroom
\n<\/a>– Documentaries in the Classroom<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0– To Kill A Mockingbird<\/a>\u00a0film study guide<\/p>\n

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INTRODUCTION<\/strong>
\n<\/b><\/span>More than ever, teachers are using film in the classroom. This web site is designed to help educators better integrate film into instruction and help their students learn the “languages of film.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
NEW: Behind the Screen<\/a> (podcast)<\/strong>
\nPortraits of America: Democracy on Film<\/a>
\nCareers in Film Summit<\/a>
\nHitchcock & Truffault<\/a> (Doc)
\nTCM’s Film Noir Course
\n<\/a>Explore Filmmaking: Script to Screen<\/a>
\n25 Resources for Teaching Film\/Movies<\/a>
\nMovies: The New Literature<\/a>
\nIn Defense of Film<\/a>
\n7 Ways To View Films Critically<\/a>
\nTeaching Film & Common Core<\/a>
\nAcademy Originals Series Debuts<\/a>
\nFilm Canon Project<\/a> website seeks teachers input
\n7 Teaching Resources on Film Literacy<\/a>
\nFive Minute Film Festival Film Literacy<\/a>
\nTeacher uses film to teach analytical skills<\/a>
\nTen Tools for Reading Film<\/a>
\nQuestions Students Should Ask When Watching Films<\/a>
\nHow Does The Film Industry Actually Make Money?<\/a>
\nFilmmaking As A Classroom Tool<\/a>
\nInside the Script<\/a>: new\u00a0 ebook series
\nFilm: An Art Form That Should Be Taught<\/a>
\nDesigning the perfect movie poster<\/a>
\nHow to incorporate lessons about<\/a>\u00a0film<\/a>
\n<\/a>Website<\/a> (filmbuffet.com) for film educators\/students
\n<\/a>
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\n<\/a><\/td>\n		Film In The Classroom <\/a>revised <\/span>(PBS\/Masterpiece<\/span>)
\nChildren’s Storyboards: Key Tool for Media Literacy Ed<\/a>
\nFilmSkills<\/a>: Film Ed Multimedia Resource<\/a>
\nCinematic Magic: Using Film in Class<\/a>
\nUsing Film In Schools: A Practical Guide<\/a>
\nHow Movies Work<\/a> (streaming video clips)
\nHistory of Film<\/a>\u00a0 (TCM series)
\nAustralian SCREEN EDUCATION resources<\/a>
\nALA’s Knowledge Quest: special Film Ed issue<\/a>
\nOnline Animation Project Website<\/a>
\nMovie Making Featured in TV Ads<\/a>
\nBlueprint for Teaching The Moving Image<\/a>
\n(NYC curriculum)
\nMedia Literacy: Reading Between The Frames<\/a>, curricula
\nBecoming Screen Literate<\/a> (NY Times)
\nMovies no place to learn real history <\/a>
\nUsing Movies In The Classroom<\/a> (NCTE)
\nLiterature Into Film<\/a>\u00a0 (English Journal)
\nPBS series: history of Warner Brothers Studios<\/a>
\nFilm: A 21st Century Literacy<\/a>\/ The Meaning of Movies<\/a>
\nIndiana Jones Film: Production Elements<\/a>\u00a0\/Spielberg Directs\u00a0<\/a>
\nUK kids to study film as media education<\/a>
\nHollywood’s Version of Archaeology<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Analyzing Oscar: Deconstructing the Academy Awards<\/a><\/p>\n

KEY QUOTES<\/p>\n

“To read or write the language of media and understand how it creates meaning within particular contexts, one needs some understanding of frame composition, color palette, editing techniques, and sound-image relations <\/span>as well as the context of signs and images, sound as a conveyor of meaning, and the effects of typography…Such principles as screen direction, the placement of objects in the frame, color choices, morphing, cuts and dissolves all do much more than make a screen communication aesthetically pleasing. <\/span>They are as critical to the creation of meaning as adverbs, adjectives, paragraphs, periods, analogies and metaphors are to text. <\/span>Dean Elizabeth Daley, USC School of Cinematic Arts (from, Expanding the Concept of Literacy)<\/span><\/p>\n

“If video is how we are communicating and persuading in this new century, why aren’t more students writing screenplays as part of their schoolwork?”\u00a0Heidi Hayes Jacobs, education consultant<\/p>\n

“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, interview for GLEF.org<\/p>\n

“Of all art forms, film is the one that gives the greatest illusion of authenticity…of truth…A motion picture takes a viewer inside where real people are supposedly doing real things…We assume there is a certain verisimilitude, a certain authenticity, but there is always some degree of distortion.”
\nAnnette Insdorf, film historian (author of Indelible Shadows: Film and the Holocaust) quoted in the documentary “Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust”<\/p>\n

“Movies are a door to knowledge–about society, about prejudice, about history, about art –and teachers are eager for someone to help them make the link between education and film.”
\nMargaret Bodde, The Story of Movies\/The Film Foundation\u00a0 (Source<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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Additional Resources<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

\"Films<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Because<\/td>\nRead my exclusive interview<\/a> with\u00a0Steve Werblun, the storyboard artist from the Walden Media production of “Because of Winn-Dixie;” plus see some of his original storyboard drawings<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nWeekly Reader’s WRITING magazine (February-March 2007) themed issue Reeling with Words: Screenplays, home movies, and film reviews–we show students what it takes to write for and about the movies. Resources<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nHOORAY FOR HOLLYWOOD (Jan. 2007)\u00a0 <\/small>Can you believe that the earliest movies cost only a nickel and that the first movie stars were silent? In the January 2007 issue, discover how the first, soundless motion pictures developed into “talkies” and then full-color films. Learn why the film industry moved from the East Coast to a dry, sparsely populated town in California, and discover what light bulb inventor Thomas Edison had to do with it. Learn how Hollywood remakes old classics, works to preserve original films, and uses computer-generated technology to thrill viewers today. Meet the visionary men behind the earliest studios and movies, like producer Samuel Goldwyn and animator Walt Disney. Join COBBLESTONE \u00ae as we explore America’s love affair with motion pictures by looking back to when it all began.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Media Literacy Film Resources<\/a>:
\nTeacher resources for media literacy films to show in the college classroom<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Focus On Film: Learning It Through The Movies<\/a>,
\nMiddle Ground Journal, NMSA, October 2006<\/p>\n

*LIGHTS, CAMERA, EDUCATION!,
\nAFI curriculum available via Discovery’s UnitedStreaming
\n(link to <\/span>press release<\/a><\/span>; release; link to curriculum<\/a>)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Reading Movies<\/a> (profile of the Story of Movies Project)<\/span><\/p>\n

MOVIES AND VIDEOS MIS– USED IN THE CLASSROOM<\/a>
\n(June 2006) link<\/a> to full study<\/p>\n

Viewing the Films: Not Whether or Not, but How?
\nhttp:\/\/www.hhsdrama.com\/documents\/OrganizingaFilmClass.pdf<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Using Film to Increase Literacy Skills
\nEnglish Journal, Vol. 93, No. 3, January 2004
\n(companion: How to Organize a Film as a Literature Class<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Using Film, Video, TV In The Classroom
\nhttp:\/\/www.ericdigests.org\/pre-929\/film.htm<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Film and the Composition Classroom:
\nUsing Visual Media to Motivate First-Year Writershttp:\/\/sites.unc.edu\/daniel\/131spring99\/papers\/Mazer.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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