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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Essential Questions

  • How does an understanding of the essential literary elements assist a reader/viewer in “reading” what the author/filmmaker is trying to get across?
  • How do the elements of filmmaking, such as color, lighting, sound, use of angles, and camera shots, help tell a story?
  • How do writers create suspense in a literary work?
  • How do filmmakers create suspense in a film?
  • How does a filmmaker use setting to shape how we understand the story action? How is this similar or different from how an author uses setting?
  • How do film techniques influence our understanding of characters, mood, plot, or theme?
  • How do films and literature inform me about my humanity and that of others?

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