The following is meant to be a resource for teachers in starting and maintaining a Film Study or Literature to Film and Composition course in their high school.

Feel free to copy and use any of the following information, please credit those repsonsible for the research and work they have contributed.

Course Description: Students investigate how and what ideas, values and concepts are connected through film. In analyzing film, students will examine elements of plot, setting, style, and point of view. Class activities include viewing, listening, researching and analyzing film. Recommended before taking Video Production. District film policy requires parental permission before students can participate in the classroom viewing.

Lecture and lesson on the film Dead Again (1991), directed by Kenneth Branagh.

Course Description: This is a film study course with a focus on literature, where students are allowed to explore literature and the direct tie it has to the films of the same title. Students will read two required novels in the course and additional novels of choice are available for extra credit. This is an exciting course meant to open up the world of literature to the film buff and help students truly understand the connection, between a great story and a great film.

Students will understand:

• A variety of genre in connection to American Cinematography. Theatre Standard V – 20%
• Terminology between dramatic arts and cinematography. Theatre Standard VI – 10%
• The historical and society development and effects of film. Theatre Standard I, II – 30%
• How to evaluate a film. Theatre Standard V, IV – 10%

Students will respond critically to Cinematography and the Dramatic Form. Theatre Standard V, VI, II – 30%

1. Students develop interpersonal skills and problem solving capabilities through group interaction and artistic collaboration.
2. Students understand and apply the creative process to fundamental skills of acting, play writing, and directing.
3. Students understand and apply the creative process to skills of design and technical production.
4. Students understand and relate the role of theatre arts to culture and history.
5. Students analyze and assess the characteristics, merits, and meanings of traditional and modern forms of dramatic expression.
6. Students know and apply connections between theatre and other disciplines.

Field of Dreams This guide has been written to help you study a feature film, Field of Dreams. It is specifically written for students in England and Wales, studying media for assessed work in English in Key Stage 4 of the National Curriculum (GCSE). It may be of interest to students of film generally. Source: Andrew Moore, Universal Teacher

Nazism in Film This guide has been written to help you study feature films dealing with Nazism in Films. It is specifically written for students in England and Wales, studying media for assessed work in English in Key Stage 4 of the National Curriculum (GCSE). It may be of interest to students of film generally.

How to Organize a Film as a Literature Class (companion piece to Using Film to Increase Literacy Skills)

Non-optimal use of video in the Classroom Learning, Media and Technology Vol. 31, No.1, March 2006, pp. 35-70

AFI Film Study Curriculum for the 21st Century Educator

Focus on Film: learning It Through the Movies Middle Ground Journal, NMSA, October 2006

Media Literacy Film Resources Teacher resources for media literacy films to show in the college classroom