Film as Text
- Grade Level: Junior High (7-9)-Senior High (10-12)
- Subjects: Media Studies, English Language
- Produced By: Jennifer Ussi
- Year: 2005
- Country: Australia
- Language: English
- Running Time: 25m
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Topics include narrative conventions used by filmmakers in telling a story; narration: Narrator or through the eyes of a character; the Plot- the techniques used to express the plot in film; manipulation of time; shot construction and design; lighting; point of view; props and set dressing; sound design and music; the theme: metaphors and visual motifs; the characters and their development through a film; casting; wardrobe and makeup; shot construction; metaphors; editing: the expression of plot and character; resolution: How and why a film is resolved in a certain way.