File in the Classroom

I think teaching film in the art classroom is very important because people don't realize that it is considered an art form.  They think of drawing and painting when they think of art.  It's also important because who doesn't watch movies??  Teaching film helps them know the history, how films are made, etc.

I would start off by making sure they know the correct vocabulary and giving them a quiz on them to make sure they're paying attention like the parts of the film, which are the frame, shot, scene, and sequence.  Also the types of shots they use in the movies, like extreme long, long, medium, close up and extreme close up.  To test them with this, I would show different shots and have them say which type of shot it is.

For their project, I would have them work in a group and assign a year, starting from the year that movies were created and they have to do a presentation on how movies changed and developed that year.