CI5472 Teaching Film, Television, and Media

 Module 3: Film Techniques

Module 3

Analysis / Evaluation of Film Technique

As students are learning about different aspects of film technique, they are also analyzing the use and effectiveness of film techniques in films. They could bring in video clips and share their analyses with a class, describing their perceptions of the techniques employed. Or, they could find on-line trailers or video clips and share analyses using the whiteboard feature in tappedin.org by posting the URL for the trailer or video clip. Again, in sharing their analyses, they need to be able to not only identify the types of techniques employed, but to also describe the purposes for using these techniques.

Links related to film technique:

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

Annenberg: How Are Hollywood Films Made?

CineMedia:
links to more than 16,000 film sites

Nathan Snanza’s film project

Visual Literacy: Starting with the Image

Studying Images through Still Photography

Comics and Film Technique

Film Techniques

Lighting

Editing

Sound

Using Film Techniques to Convey Cinematic Meanings

Defining Purposes for Editing Decisions: Creating Storyboards

Analysis/Evaluation of Film Technique

Film History

Television History

Accessing On-line Films / Film Reviews / Ratings / Information

Animation and Special Effects

Film Study Methods

Writing about Films

Film Study Resources

Film Journals/Magazines

References

Teaching Activities


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