This is the title of an interesting article written by Anne Hart (Sacramento Holistic Family Health Examiner).
My answer is a big YES. I've studied this method almost an year and the results are absolutely amazing. Screenwriting and film production have to be part of school curricula all over the world ( Also in my previous post Wim Wenders: Film is a language that can be taught) The future is about how we will be able to communicate using the film language: moving pictures, sounds and words, all together and sometimes in real time.
"It's time to teach the children to write, produce, and promote their own films. This will give them job skills they'll use later in life at all levels of leadership." Anne Hart
Read more on : http://www.examiner.com/holistic-family-health-in-sacramento/is-screenwriting-therapy-or-film-production-helpful-to-teenagers-distress
Showing posts with label FILM EDUCATION. Show all posts
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Saturday, October 30, 2010
Wim Wenders: Film is a language that can be taught
I have spent the last 4 years working on a system that could bring films in school on a equal position with mathematics and grammar. I am happy to share the same vision with the legendary german film director Wim Wenders.
Wenders argues for teaching children “slow but good film food”
from http://www.cineuropa.org/
The public hearing on Cinema and European identities, which took place on October 27 in the Brussels’ headquarters of the European Parliament, launched the four-week screening cycle of the three films competing for the 2010 LUX Prize
At his speech, German director Wim Wenders warned that many EU citizens perceive Europe as a mere economic and bureaucratic structure. "The administration of Europe has become the image of Europe", he said. Films are "the secret weapon" that can transform this "sagging" image.
"Movies practically invented the American dream. They can do the same for Europe," added Wenders. He explained that European films tell European stories and reflect the values, history and diversity of the continent and, as such, nurture its European identity.
Wenders was particularly worried that children were equating cinema with blockbusters. Children are abandoning books for television and the Internet. This is their focus, he said, yet schools do little to help them understand what they are watching or educate them so that they can make more diverse choices in what they see.
The filmmaker argues that schools can teach children visual language. It has its own grammar and vocabulary and should be part of school curricula throughout Europe, he said. He suggested that the new MEDIA Programme could fund film education in schools. Once children learn the language of moving pictures, they can then choose to see "fast food" movies or the "slow but good film food" of Europe.
See photos of Wim Wenders in Cineuropa’s facebook profile.
© Pietro Naj-Oleari
http://www.flickr.com/photos/european_parliament
Wenders argues for teaching children “slow but good film food”
from http://www.cineuropa.org/
The public hearing on Cinema and European identities, which took place on October 27 in the Brussels’ headquarters of the European Parliament, launched the four-week screening cycle of the three films competing for the 2010 LUX Prize
At his speech, German director Wim Wenders warned that many EU citizens perceive Europe as a mere economic and bureaucratic structure. "The administration of Europe has become the image of Europe", he said. Films are "the secret weapon" that can transform this "sagging" image.
"Movies practically invented the American dream. They can do the same for Europe," added Wenders. He explained that European films tell European stories and reflect the values, history and diversity of the continent and, as such, nurture its European identity.
Wenders was particularly worried that children were equating cinema with blockbusters. Children are abandoning books for television and the Internet. This is their focus, he said, yet schools do little to help them understand what they are watching or educate them so that they can make more diverse choices in what they see.
The filmmaker argues that schools can teach children visual language. It has its own grammar and vocabulary and should be part of school curricula throughout Europe, he said. He suggested that the new MEDIA Programme could fund film education in schools. Once children learn the language of moving pictures, they can then choose to see "fast food" movies or the "slow but good film food" of Europe.
See photos of Wim Wenders in Cineuropa’s facebook profile.
© Pietro Naj-Oleari
http://www.flickr.com/photos/european_parliament
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