Information Sources:

 

Center for Media Literacy: Free Media Literacy Kit to download.

 

Film Lexicon: Easy to read: easy to understand

http://shea.mit.edu/ramparts/commentaryguides/glossary/filmlexicon.htm#shotscale

 

Guide to Filmmaking: Basic Camera Directions and Movements defined.  Helpful ideas for getting started.

 

Internet Movie Database Glossary: Extensive!

 

Rosebud: Film Glossary:  This glossary has pictorial examples to aid understanding ( http://www.inform.umd.edu/rosebud/Glossary/#anchor28773 )

 

Videography for educators: http://ali.apple.com/ali_sites/ali/exhibits/1000019/1.html

QuickTime movies to explain concepts

 

Video Occasions: Shooting a Good Video

http://www.videoccasions-nw.com/voshoot.html#story

 

Visual Grammar: Definitions ( http://www.bctv.net/telcom/tel40text/2visualgrammar.html#anchor176150 )

 

 

Lesson Ideas on the Internet:

 

Making a movie based on a short story: http://home.cogeco.ca/~rayser3/movie.txt

 

Making Movies: This is a very thorough site with good handouts.

http://english.unitecnology.ac.nz/resources/units/movies/home.html

 

Making the movie Antigone : http://www.parkview.net/mainmenu/teachers/susangarber/antigone/movieproject.html

 

Math in the Movies: Mathematicians and the use of math concepts

 

Teaching With Movies: Less than $9 per year subscription. A bargain if you use lots of videos during the year. Check out the free examples!

 

What is a Video?: http://english.unitecnology.ac.nz/resources/units/video/home.html