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Romero Walker, Alexis – Journalism and Mass Communication Educator, 2021
It is vital that critical media literacy be integrated in media programs' skills courses. For students to become well-rounded and inclusive media makers, educators need to help students gain critical media literacy skills when producing content. This can be done through understanding and using film theory, which demonstrates to educators how…
Descriptors: Media Literacy, Teaching Methods, Critical Theory, Inclusion
Romero Walker, Alexis – Journal of Media Literacy Education, 2022
This article explains the importance of including critical media literacy practices in skills-based classrooms in film education. Students continue to use methods of filmmaking that are inherently biased because they continue to be taught an age-old set of skills that do not engage in critical analysis. With the convergence of contemporary film…
Descriptors: Critical Literacy, Media Literacy, Teaching Methods, Films
White, Theresa Renee – Journal of Visual Literacy, 2012
This paper highlights the results of a project, in which a group of students, who were enrolled in an African American film criticism course at a large university in Southern California, participated in a community engagement project that incorporated visual and media literacy skills acquired in the classroom setting. The parameters of the project…
Descriptors: Film Study, Visual Literacy, Media Literacy, Criticism
Goncalves, Ana Luisa; Fandos, Manuel; Aguaded, Jose-Ignacio – Online Submission, 2011
This article synthesises an investigation of the making of a didactic programme as a consequence of the excess of consumption of audiovisual messages and the non critical and non-thoughtful attitude the youngsters have towards it. As an answer to this problem, the authors have produced a didactical programme about cinema and its language, the main…
Descriptors: Films, Elementary School Students, Grade 4, Grade 6
Man, Glenn – Educational Perspectives, 2009
The author describes how he instructs students in his introductory film course to show how one can reveal a film's ideological dimensions in teaching. In this article, the author traces the progress of his student's arc of learning, from their relative lack of awareness of film's influence on the construction of identity to a more sophisticated…
Descriptors: Films, Film Study, Art Appreciation, Audience Response
Ryan, Steve S. – Audiovisual Instruction, 1977
Fourteen steps are provided for teaching film literacy to students. These steps form the basis of a program in film education. (STS)
Descriptors: Film Study, Teaching Methods, Visual Literacy
Roller, George E. – 1971
A film study course written for the Dade County, Fla. public schools is described which covers techniques of motion pictures and their historical development. Techniques include the "language of pictures" (distance shots, angle shots, color, lighting, arrangement), the "language of motion" (camera movement, subject movement),…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Film Study, Photography, Visual Literacy

Hannigan, Jane A. – Journal of Education for Librarianship, 1973
The content of and rationale behind the Film in Communication'' course given at the School of Library Science, Simmons College is discussed. The course centers on the film as an art form, but consideration is also given to problems of collection building, programming, service and maintenance of film collections and equipment. (Author/KE)
Descriptors: Film Study, Librarians, Library Education, Visual Literacy
Stewart, Bruce – 1972
Designed as an introduction to the intelligent and active appreciation of films, this book provides an anecdotal discussion of current and past movies. Among the subjects discussed are the origins of the industry, the process of filmmaking, the role of the spectator, the development of various film genres, the debate over sex and violence, and the…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Documentaries, Film Study, Films
Anderson, David R.; Wilburn, Gary – 1971
This student manual is part of a kit that is designed to teach the use of visual language as a means of communication and self-expression. It provides space for note-taking and information the student needs to execute the practice projects assigned by the teacher. Three appendices in it offer a glossary of terms, bibliography, and brainstorming…
Descriptors: Film Study, Films, Guides, Photography
Williams, Christopher – Screen Education Notes, 1973
A background review of the three major current approaches to the study and teaching of film set in the context of a specific course in film study. (CH)
Descriptors: Courses, Curriculum, Film Study, Secondary Education

Nadaner, Dan – Studies in Art Education, 1984
Three conceptual frameworks for examining the cognitive response to film are reviewed. It is suggested that a phenomenological rather than atomistic conception of the film-viewer interaction will be most useful for the generation of further studies in this area. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Film Study, Films

Reilly, Susan Smith – Communication Education, 1981
Describes a visual media course which covers the following: (1) communicative value of basic elements of design in photographs; (2) construction of messages in photo essays and advertisements; and (3) technique of scripting for moving images in scratch films. (PD)
Descriptors: Course Content, Film Study, Higher Education, Photography
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