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Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016-May
Pages: 5
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-8274
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Textual Intervention and Film Literacy
Johanna Schmertz
English Journal, v105 n5 p48-52 2016
This piece introduces methods -- textual interventions -- for teaching close reading through film literacy. Editing is the mechanism that creates meaning out of moving images. To unlock a film's visual "secrets," we must break the sequences of editing; move its hinges; reread and revise the cut.
Descriptors: Film Study, Multiple Literacies, Editing, Critical Reading, Films, Constructivism (Learning), Writing Exercises, Language Arts, Video Technology, Visual Aids
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