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Runtz, Robert J., Jr. – Communication Education, 1978
Describes a teaching technique for preparing students for film viewing. (MH)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Film Study, Films, Mass Media
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Bowman, Barbara – Journal of Teaching Writing, 1985
Offers an approach to using film as an object of analysis for writing classes having no previous knowledge of film terms and techniques. Provides 19 study questions to stimulate identification and a description of a director's techniques to facilitate an interpretation of what the film means. (JG)
Descriptors: Assignments, Film Study, Higher Education, Integrated Activities
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Fehlman, Richard H. – English Journal, 1987
Argues for the validity and effectiveness of using film excerpts to teach high school English. Suggests various methods for using commercial films on VCRs to study themes, formal elements of literature, literary terms, and the aesthetic decisions behind film adaptations. (JG)
Descriptors: English Instruction, Film Study, Films, Integrated Activities
Greiner, Charles F. – Media and Methods, 1979
Offers suggestions on how to make a film study course challenging and enjoyable, through using a variety of films, defining visual literacy, choosing films with cinematic and literary value, and deciding on a specific approach for the course. (FL)
Descriptors: Film Study, Films, Secondary Education, Teaching Guides
Bue, Marion; Matoian, John – Media and Methods, 1979
Suggests that older feature-length films can be uplifting, relevant to the curriculum, and inexpensive. Offers tips on how to select and use them and a list of ten such films. (FL)
Descriptors: Film Study, Films, Secondary Education, Teaching Guides
Szeker, Marianne – Media and Methods, 1980
Describes activities selected from study guides supplied by educational film distributors that provide a feel for the experimental approach to film appreciation and a stimulus for teachers to develop similar activities. (FL)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Film Study, Films, Learning Activities
Media and Methods, 1980
Describes a film study program to help students open up to the beauty that exists around them. Notes that key ingredients of the program are a linkage between the films shown and the asking of probing questions. (RL)
Descriptors: Course Organization, Film Study, Questioning Techniques, Secondary Education
Hodgkinson, Anthony W. – Journal of Visual/Verbal Languaging, 1985
Suggests a simple, adaptable pattern for teaching the grammar of films and television, i.e., its agreed conventions of vocabulary and syntax. A variety of feature-length films and extracts are listed to illustrate the concepts being taught as well as film distributors and addresses. (MBR)
Descriptors: Film Study, Films, Language, Production Techniques
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Moss, Robert F. – Journal of General Education, 1985
Discusses film-oriented writing classes as a way of expanding student vocabularies and illustrating such literary devices as metaphor, irony, and imagery. Offers guidelines for writing instructors wishing to add films to a course plan, using "King Kong,""The Godfather," and "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" as examples. (DMM)
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, English Instruction, Film Study, Films
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Ferguson, Roy; Shorr, Jon – Social Education, 1976
Specific learning activities to increase the visual literacy of elementary students by involving them in the production of their own materials are described. (DE)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Educational Media, Elementary Education, Film Study
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Gallagher, Brian – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1986
Suggests a method of tapping students' visual literacy to reach four interconnected pedagogical aims by using a brief film segment in conjunction with a series of writings tasks. Offers two additional incentives regarding teacher's knowledge of film and the necessary element of play to keep students engaged. (JK)
Descriptors: Film Study, Higher Education, Instructional Innovation, Teaching Methods
Litle, Michael – Journal of the University Film Association, 1982
Details an approach which involves taking students through the problems of film production while teaching (1) theory; (2) actual tools of production; and (3) practical methods of organizing work. Contends that precise, challenging, technical exercises performed in an interactive social framework maximize skill development. (PD)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Film Production, Film Study, Higher Education
Kanin, Fay; Wagner, Robert W. – Journal of the University Film Association, 1980
Presents a sample of college and university screenwriting programs for writers and directors. Includes opinions of faculty and professionals in the field of writing on the specific objectives of screenwriting courses, as well as methods of teaching. (JMF)
Descriptors: Course Objectives, Film Study, Films, Higher Education
Camre, Henning; And Others – Journal of the University Film Association, 1980
Describes the Danish Film School's program in screenwriting. Three faculty members offer insights into their objectives in teaching and the emphasis they each place on various aspects of writing. (JMF)
Descriptors: Course Objectives, Faculty, Film Study, Foreign Countries
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Anderegg, Michael A. – Literature/Film Quarterly, 1976
Discusses a course combining Shakespeare and film and describes in detail the film selection and adaptation for classroom use. Available from: Literature/Film Quarterly, James M. Welsh, Ed., Salisbury State College, Salisbury, MD 21801. Subscription Rates: libraries, $8.00; individuals, $6.00; students, $5.00; single copies, $2.00. (MH)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Course Content, Course Descriptions, Course Objectives
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