Film Studies
- My Film Unit Materials
and Assignments
The
Student Critic: Critiquing a Black and White Film
Approved List
of Black and White Films
Film Terms:
A Visual Grammar
A Baker's Dozen:
Questions for Reading a Film
Is This Film
Art? Criteria for Evaluating a Film
Reviewing the
Reviewers
Outside Resources
Annenberg Institute American Cinema — ten-part series using over 300 movie clips to trace the history and influence of American cinema.R
British Film Institute Glossary
Duke University Writing Studio — Writing the Film Review. Also Watching Film Analytically.
Movie Clips — Extensive collection of short movie clips from thousands of movies. Affiliated with Rotten Tomatoes but seems objective.
Museum of the Moving Image — Free curriculum.
New York Film Academy Student Resources — Includes information to prepare and follow film studies as a college major. Extensive resources.
New York Times Learning Network — “On the Scene: Analyzing Scenes in Film and Literature” lesson plan.
New York Times Anatomy of a Scene — Film directors analyze a single scene from their movie, sharing insight with viewers.
Oscar Week Special: 7 Teaching Resources on Film Literacy from Edutopia uses current Academy Award-nomiinated films.
University of North Carolina Film Analysis — Writing the Film Analysis Essay.
Yale Film Studies — Extensive overview website focusing on film analysis and film-making.
- Links for Historical Research
American Film Institute’s 100 Years…100 Movies — updated list
Cinema: Film History since 1880 — small fan site but well-done
Film 100 — a ranking of
the 100 most influential people in the history of cinema. No longer available but discussed here.
Filmsite.org — extensive site for film buffs, covering individual films, history, and genre. Great Quote page.
Greatest Films Film
History by Decade — covers major films and stars
Internet Movie Database — search by film for photographs, posters, quotes, trivia, and
external reviews.
The Silent Film Era — from the Museum of the Moving IMage. Offers information from that era
Women in Film — includes links to professional sites for women in film. (Suggested by Avery Beahan.)
Links for Film-making and Script Research
Drew's Scripts-O-Rama
IMSDB Internet Movie Script Database
Simply Scripts
Wikiversity Film-making Guide
Links for General Research
Academy
of Motion Picture Arts — Awkard and cumbersome to navigate, but worth spending some time.
AMC Studios Backlot — Interesting interviews.
American Film Institute — Interesting lists and information on film conservation.
British Film Institute — Includes career materials with a focus on film-makling. Teacher resources.
Film Threat Online — Contemporary blog focused on recent films.
Hollywood Reporter — Contemporary blog focused on recent films.
Internet Movie Database — Huge detailed database Always a good place to start.
Movie Clichés
List — Quirky and fun. Surprising.
MovieWeb — Contemporary blog focused on recent films.
Turner Classic
Movies — Articles explore Silent Films, go Behind the Classics, and summarize reactions in Critics Corner. Also covers specific genre.
- Links for Viewing Guides for Specific Films
Journeys in Film hopes to inspire global understanding through film study. Includes instructional films on techniques and important people in film and current events.
K12 Movies offers inexpensive viewing guides for familiar titles, free handouts, and free guides for may common holiday films.
SparkNotes offers inexpensive guides to specific films.
Teach with Movies literally offers hundreds of free teaching units for films to be used in school. Divided into teaching categories and considers any possibly difficult content.
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