Dr. Limoncelli sets out to design a summer filmmakers
workshop for
high school students. She constructs the curriculum
with the idea
that learning to make their own visual stories will
help students with
their critical and creative thinking skills as well
as creating a process
that would help them to develop a more positive
self-image. This
study tells the story of the filmmakers workshop,
focusing on four
of the students who took part in the class, from the
point of view of
their teacher/researcher who follows them on their
journey. This
study has all the details of a how to guide for
English or Language
Arts teachers who want to support the filmmaking
endeavors of
their students. The students in this story learn to
analyze films and
then engage in discussions about character, narrative
structure, and
how themes are developed. They brainstorm story
ideas using
writing exercises and then develop their own ideas
for film. They
learn how tell their own story using techniques of
narrative imagery.
To read this journal-based study is to experience the
thoughts,
hopes, and struggles of the students and the teacher
as they share
the process of learning.
workshop for
high school students. She constructs the curriculum
with the idea
that learning to make their own visual stories will
help students with
their critical and creative thinking skills as well
as creating a process
that would help them to develop a more positive
self-image. This
study tells the story of the filmmakers workshop,
focusing on four
of the students who took part in the class, from the
point of view of
their teacher/researcher who follows them on their
journey. This
study has all the details of a how to guide for
English or Language
Arts teachers who want to support the filmmaking
endeavors of
their students. The students in this story learn to
analyze films and
then engage in discussions about character, narrative
structure, and
how themes are developed. They brainstorm story
ideas using
writing exercises and then develop their own ideas
for film. They
learn how tell their own story using techniques of
narrative imagery.
To read this journal-based study is to experience the
thoughts,
hopes, and struggles of the students and the teacher
as they share
the process of learning.