Pamela Krayenbuhl, University of Washington Tacoma The Screening Sheet is a tool I developed to help engage students in the very specific work of close, analytical moving image analysis. I…
Shara K. Lange, East Tennessee State University How does it feel to be misrepresented? was originally part of a series of assignments about integrating ethics into production course that I…
Sheila Schroeder, University of Denver This teaching resource provides an introduction to the assignment for instructors, a sample assignment sheet, raw footage, scripts, and other supporting documents for students to…
A (re-) editing exercise using footage, archival photos, transcripts, and interviews from the documentary Spirits of Rebellion: Black Independent Cinema from Los Angeles, produced by Zeinabu Davis (UCSD) and D….
Short film/PSA, 2:00 Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/17099641 Kanopy (subscription needed): https://www.kanopy.com/product/home-movies CREDITS written, produced, directed, and edited by Broderick Fox featuring Jennifer Burnham and Marcello Sousa. camera by Sarah Levy. “Turns assumptions…
This sequence from Berlanti’s Love, Simon lets us into the main character’s imagination, as we watch him play out this what-if scenario that subverts norms surrounding “coming out.”
An algorithmic, web-based mashup of white savior tropes and clips from popular cinema. WhitePeopleWon’tSaveYou.org
In this surreal satire, rapper, producer, writer, director, and activist Boots Riley challenges us to address our own complacency surrounding a society that profits off of oppression, abuse, and deceit….
Whip It makes use of a split screen in this scene explaining the basics of roller derby. By cutting between live-action practice and hand-drawn plays on a whiteboard next to…
Title cards efficiently communicate the film’s setting and main characters in this short, introductory scene. The classic use of freeze frames when introducing characters slows down the pacing of the…