SPEAKING THEIR LANGUAGE

Film in AP Courses

 

AP National Conference

July 17, 2004

 

Jaimie and Robert Crawford

Pine Crest School

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

 

POWERPOINT PRESENTATION

 

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

A.                 Copyright laws

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”

5.   "A Beautiful Mind"

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

                           4.   "Pleasantville"

V.                 APPLICABILITY

A.                 Multidisciplinary

B.                 Multi-Media