[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

Links related to film technique:

[3.8.1] Project-Based Learning: Video Guide
[3.8.2] The Complete Eejit's Guide to Film-making
[3.8.3] MediaEd: The UK Media Education Site

[3.8.4] Annenberg: How Are Hollywood Films Made?

[3.8.5] CineMedia: links to more than 16,000 film sites

For further reading:

Ballon, R.  (2005).  Blueprint for screenwriting: A complete writer’s guide to story structure and character development. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Bowden, D.  (2006).  Writing for film: The basics of screenwriting.  Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Davis, R. (2000). Complete guide to film scoring: The art and business of writing music for movies and TV. New York: Berklee Press.

Rona, J. (2001). The reel world: Scoring for pictures. New York: Backbeat Books.
Video production resources