Teaching Filmmaking

Dr. Limoncelli sets out to design a summer filmmakers
workshop for
high school students. She constructs the curriculum
with the idea
that learning to make their own visual stories will
help students with
their critical and creative thinking skills as well
as creating a process
that would help them to develop a more positive
self-image. This
study tells the story of the filmmakers workshop,
focusing on four
of the students who took part in the class, from the
point of view of
their teacher/researcher who follows them on their
journey. This
study has all the details of a how to guide for
English or Language
Arts teachers who want to support the filmmaking
endeavors of
their students. The students in this story learn to
analyze films and
then engage in discussions about character, narrative
structure, and
how themes are developed. They brainstorm story
ideas using
writing exercises and then develop their own ideas
for film. They
learn how tell their own story using techniques of
narrative imagery.
To read this journal-based study is to experience the
thoughts,
hopes, and struggles of the students and the teacher
as they share
the process of learning.

Autorentext

Rosanne Limoncelli is the Director of Production for Tisch Schoolof the Arts, at New York University. She received her BFA from the Dept of Film & TVat TSOA, NYU and her Ph D in Teaching Reading, Writing, and Media from NYU'sSteinhardt School of Education. She has been teaching writing and filmmaking tostudents and professors since 1989.

Klappentext

Dr. Limoncelli sets out to design a summer filmmakersworkshop for high school students. She constructs the curriculumwith the idea that learning to make their own visual stories willhelp students with their critical and creative thinking skills as wellas creating a process that would help them to develop a more positiveself-image. This study tells the story of the filmmakers workshop,focusing on four of the students who took part in the class, from thepoint of view of their teacher/researcher who follows them on theirjourney. This study has all the details of a "how to" guide forEnglish or Language Arts teachers who want to support the filmmakingendeavors of their students. The students in this story learn toanalyze films and then engage in discussions about character, narrativestructure, and how themes are developed. They brainstorm storyideas using writing exercises and then develop their own ideasfor film. They learn how tell their own story using techniques ofnarrative imagery. To read this journal-based study is to experience thethoughts, hopes, and struggles of the students and the teacheras they share the process of learning.