Teachingmedialiteracy.com: A Web-Linked Guide to Resources and Activities

Chapter 3: Film Techniques

[3.2] Visual Literacy: Starting with the Image

[3.3] Studying Images through Digital Editing

[3.4] Comics and Film Technique

[3.5] Teaching Film Technique

[3.5a] Lighting

[3.5b] Editing

[3.5c] Sound

[3.6] Exploring Film Technique through Video Production

[3.7] Exploring Editing Through Storyboards and Animations

[3.8] Analysis/Evaluation of Film Technique

[3.9] Film History

[3.10] Television History

[3.11] Responding to and Analyzing Films

[3.12] Fostering Classroom Discussions of Film

[3.13] Image-Sound Skim

[3.14] Writing about Films

[3.15] Film Study Resources

[3.16] Film Journals/Magazines

[3.17] References

[3.18] Teaching Activities

Chapter 3

[3.5] Teaching Film Technique s

Background reading on various techniques:

[3.5.1] Bordwell and Thompson’s (2004) Film Art, An Introduction (7th ed.) — a sample chapter on Film Production, Distribution, and Exhibition

[3.5.2] Louise Giannetti (2005) (2002), Understanding Movies, (Prentice Hall, 9th ed.) Click here for an online study guide to this textbook.

[3.5.3] James Monaco’s (2000) How to View a Film (Oxford University Press, 3rd ed.) which is available as a book, as a “multimedia edition” which provides for extensive use of pdf files and visual materials.

[3.5.3a] IFC Film School units contain lessons and activities related to film, video production, and literature

Movie resources:

[3.5.4] British Film Institute: Understanding the Moving Image Cut (2002).

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[3.5.6] Useful Vocabulary for Film Studies

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[3.5.8] Film Terms

[3.5.9] Geocities film classroom

[3.5.10] Thinkquest: The Motion Picture Industry Behind-the-Scenes

[3.5.11] Cyber Film SchoolBBC: Video production skills

[3.5.12] Director in the Classroom: Resources

[3.5.13] Lots of links to film technique resources

[3.5.14] English Online: Making Movies

[3.5.15] Frame-Grab Tutorial: from Jeremy Butler, Blaine Allan and Gary Copeland, Television: Critical Methods and Applications

[3.5.16] MovingImages.com: database of clips

[3.5.17]Young Minds Inspired (YMI) and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences study guides: Screenwriting

[3.5.18] Young Minds Inspired (YMI) and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences study guides: Cinematography

Examples of storyboards:

[3.5.19] Applemusic.com commerical

[3.5.20] Pepsi commercial

[3.5.21] Mac ad

[3.5.22] “Splat” storyboard development

[3.5.23] Plot-O-Matic: Create a screenplay


    
   
    

 

 

 

 

 

 

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