CI5472 Teaching Film, Television, and Media

 

Module 3

Film Techniques

Objectives

Through studying this module, you should learn to:

  • understand the ways in which still images convey meanings through composition techniques

  • understand the connections between techniques employed in comics and in films

  • understand the use of different types of techniques to convey certain meanings: shots, angles, lenses, lighting, color, sound, editing

  • know how to access and use film databases and review sites

  • understand the evolution of techniques and content in film and television history

  • know basic aspects of screenwriting, storyboarding, video production, and editing using IMovie

  • understand aspects of animation and special effects

  • foster critical response to film through classroom discussion and writing

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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