SPEAKING THEIR LANGUAGE
Film in AP Courses
AP National Conference
July 17, 2004
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
I. RATIONALE
A. Multimedia Society
II. PURPOSE
A. Active versus Passive Viewing
1. legal ramifications
2. motion picture victims
B. Interdisciplinary Interaction
1. time
2. conceptual carryover
C. Media Literacy
III. PRACTICALITIES
B. Ratings
IV. PRACTICE
A. Choosing the Film
1. age group
2. multiple viewings
3. instructional purpose
-atmosphere/background
-adaptation/reenactment
-metaphor/application
4. interdisciplinary “glue”
B. Showing the Film
1. written summaries
2. worksheets
3. subtitles
4. jump start points
C. Analyzing the Film
1. factual
2. thematic
3. cinematic
V. APPLICABILITY
A. Multidisciplinary
B. Multi-Media