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Clive Young Digital Education Lead;
and Tony Slade, Head of Creative Media
Services and Teaching, UCL.
Relevant Sources from
Practitioners of the Craft in
the Field of Film and Video
Journalism in Print
Carroll, M. (2012) has excellent insights
into transferrable methods of collecting,
editing and presenting information,
which is at the core of good practice
to create good teaching materials
and a pertinent tone of the humanity in
meeting and recording people.
Charny, D. (2011). This work allows a
view of video making as a craft rather
than an art and stresses the value of
hands-on activity as a valuable element
in learning. Charny argues for the reinstatement
of craft values in society and
corrects myths about the origin of divisions
that occurred in the past.
Collins, P. (2012). The way a lecturer
speaks is informed by rhetoric traditions
and scientific formal argument.
The author takes the reader through a
sequence that ensures what is said in
front of an audience is thoroughly prepared.
Many of the ideas are applicable
to working in front of the camera.
Crucial is his reminder that speaking
is grounded in traditional rhetoric.
Preparation time is always in short supply
is key and a reminder that even the
experts do not find it easy. The author
was also Tony Blair’s scriptwriter, which
some people consider unforgivable. He
is now a Times columnist.
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Lakoff, G., & Johnson, M. (1980). Authors
explore metaphors and their
function in the embodied learning of
camera work in the form of terms such
as; depth, head room, falling out of the
screen, and thinking space. These terms
are examples of the physical nature of
language in learning which are often
only considered figures of speech.
Ondaatje, M. (2002). Conversations
with Walter Murch give a broad picture
of the film editing process. He has
a keen interest in education and many
insights in good communications that
can be used in an educational context.
Academics might find possibilities of
editing and manipulating visual messages
for clarity and impact that have
implications for resource creation in an
education context. Murch has a background
in radio. He brings to mind
the normal experience of editing in the
suites at BBC Broadcasting House, particularly
the visceral impact of edited
stereo location recordings, facing the
sound from speakers at eye level and
looking out over central London.
References
Booker, C. (2004). The seven basic plots:
Why we tell stories. New York: Continuum.
Campbell, J. (1988). The hero with a
thousand faces. London: Paladin.
Carroll, M. (2012). Breaking into TV
News: How to get a job & excel as a TV
reporter. USA: mikecarrollfilms.com.