This article outlines an exploratory approach to the delivery of film practice education, as developed and tested with a second-year undergraduate module in cinematography. Students were provided with two existing creative sound pieces composed by a professional sound designer within the context of an AHRC-funded practice research project entitled…

The study aims to investigate the reform and innovation of teaching methodology for digital cinema and television animation majors. The rapid growth of the animation industry and the need for skilled professionals, along with the drawbacks of traditional teaching methods, emphasize the need for reform in the way animation majors are taught. This…

The 2016 "Garth Boomer Address" considers the teaching of film. It challenges the orthodoxy that calls for a predominantly visual analysis, arguing that editing, sound and a fresh look at the script are equally important. This invites an understanding of characterisation and narrative in terms of the creation of "wholes" and…

This study contributes to the debate over the potential of film as a pedagogical aid. It argues that integrating film production into the assessment of undergraduate modules secures advantages for student learning: students connect their ideas more explicitly to "real world" examples; new voices and understandings are introduced to…

When students engage with technology to produce media, impetus and inspiration often come from the work of others. In today's new media environment in which students blur the line between school-based technologies and personal devices and engagement, educators find themselves standing on a railroad track facing a speeding high-tech train. If…

Suggestion on how to teach filmmaking are given. (HB)

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)

Discussed is the use of short (one to three minutes) films to trigger responses in students and to generate discussion. (LS)

All sides of the issue are examined in the course of a dialogue between four members of the Centre for Educational Television Overseas. (LS)

Media advocates too often obscure the extent to which media production is dependent on print. (JH)

This booklet is intended for teachers who are now teaching units in film production as part of a program in communication or who wish to begin work with filmmaking in such a program. The first section is intended to serve as a brief introduction to film theory, while a major portion of the rest of the booklet is devoted to film projects which may…

The current practice in most schools of selecting instructional films on the basis of their availability and compatability with particular curricula does not allow the evaluation of the film's effectiveness in achieving its ultimate goal, namely, significant learning in the pupil. This study explores a method of evaluating a particular film and of…

Using audio documentaries as a teaching technique can serve two purposes: provide students with information on any subject and, in the process of producing tapes, introduce writing, listening, research, interviewing, and extemporaneous speaking experiences--all skills that students can later apply to other situations. The live-on-tape format…