Moving Images: Making Movies, Understanding Media - Hardcover

Casinghino, Carl

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1435485858 ISBN 13: 9781435485853

Publisher: Cengage Learning, 2010

Synopsis

Moving Images is the first comprehensive media studies and motion picture production textbook of its kind. Offering a series of thematically-driven units that provide opportunities for collaborative learning, enhancement of creativity, and development of higher order thinking, this book is designed to get readers excited about making movies. Readers will not only learn how to analyze and appreciate motion pictures, but they will also study the fundamental skills needed to create and produce their own movies. With an included interactive DVD readers will also be able to view short films, as well as use a selection of film files to enhance their editing skills.

About this title

About the Author:

Having engaged in cinema studies as an undergraduate at Princeton University, Carl Casinghino moved on to film production in New York University's Graduate Film and Television program of the Tisch School of the Arts, where he directed several shorts and worked as undergraduate film equipment coordinator. He served in the camera departments of a number of films, including a feature on the history of Princeton University and the award-winning short The Architect. Carl later earned an MA in Education from Union Institute and University, in which he focused on collaborative learning and teaching for creativity and developed further his approach to media literacy. Carl currently teaches media studies and digital production at Suffield High School in Connecticut. Among recent professional activities, Carl served as a presenter at the 2011 NAMLE conference in Philadelphia and was the opening speaker at the 2010 Connecticut Career and Technical Education conference. Carl has been selected as a finalist for Connecticut Teacher of the Year and was honored with a Special Commendation by the CT Association of Boards of Education for the 2012 school year. His Moving Images blog can be found at http://mediateacher.net.

Review:

1. Motion Picture Language. 2. Inventions and Origins. 3. Sound and Image. 4. Storytelling with Light. 5. Personal Expression and Studio Production. 6. Documentary. 7. Page to Screen. 8. The Professional Production Process.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1435485858
• ISBN 13: 9781435485853
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352