Using Film in the Classroom/How to Read a Film

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 15.04.01

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Rationale
  3. Objectives
  4. Enduring Understandings
  5. Essential Questions
  6. Content Background
  7. Strategies
  8. Activities
  9. Content Standards
  10. Bibliography
  11. Notes

Look Behind You! Mastering the Art of Suspense with Poe and Hitchcock

Margaret Mary Deweese

Published September 2015

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Enduring Understandings

The formal elements of literature are concepts that apply to film as well as literature.

  • Authors purposely create a desired effect in a reader through their use of the literary elements.
  • Filmmakers purposely create a desired effect as they use the formal elements of film (narrative, cinematography, mise-en-scene, sound and movement) are used to influence the audience’s perception and understanding and to create suspense.
  • Identifying the formal elements of film can help us become more critical viewers.

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