Curated OER
Striking it Rich with Chemistry
Students identify the composition of different pennies. In this chemistry activity, students use a post 1982 penny to observe chemical change. They explain how to turn a penny from copper to gold.
Yale University
Yale University: Film Analysis Guide
A guide to the vocabulary of film and to the cinematic techniques of filmmaking, with links to film clips that illustrate select terms or topics. Includes two examples of film analysis to illustrate how shots in a filmed sequence can be...
Other
University of Cologne: A Guide to Narratological Film Analysis
University-level essay that dissects films as a narrative genre. Useful reference that precisely defines many different elements of film scripts and film production and that also explores different approaches to analyzing films.
Other
A Glossary of Film Terms
Designed to suppliment a film production course. A full glossary of filmmaking terminology. Not to be seen as an encyclopedia.
Other
Bfi Screenonline: Glossary of Film and Television Terms
Follow this link to the British Film Institute's glossary of film and television terms.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Terms and Materials: Film
From classic paintings to contemporary works, art continues to inspire filmmakers to develop their craft, explore the power of making images, and look at the world through a different lens. Use this glossary to familiarize yourself with...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Terms and Materials: Literature
You may have come across some terms in the previous films that were new to you, or that need some further explanation. Take a look through the glossary below for a few terms in more detail:
South Carolina Educational Television
Etv: Artopia: Film and Television Word Bank [Pdf]
A glossary of special terms, such as camera angle and wide shot, used in the production of films and television programs.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Epilogue
This in an encyclopedia entry for the word "Epilogue." It defines the term, provides background information, and discusses its use in literature and in film.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Hedy Lamarr: Feminism in Hollywood
Learn how Hedy Lamarr struggled to transcend the "bombshell" label placed on her by Hollywood in this media gallery (three videos) from the American Masters film Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story. During a time when women in Hollywood...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Setting: Eatonville, Florida
In this media gallery from the American Masters film Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun, students will learn about Eatonville, Florida-Zora Neale Hurston's hometown and the setting of her most famous novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God....
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Their Eyes Were Watching God
This video [4:00] from the American Masters film Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun examines Zora Neale Hurston and her famous novel "Their Eyes Were Watching God." In this resource, students delve into the novel's title in greater...
Other
Miami Dade College: Vic 1000 Visual Comm Lecture: Storyboard Guidelines [Pdf]
These are the lecture notes from a course on visual communication that uses Herbert Zettl's book "Sight Sound Motion." This PowerPoint outline (in PDF format) summarizes Zettl's guidelines for creating storyboards. It lists the main...
Ted Nellen
Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Bildungsroman
This is a glossary entry for the term "Bildungsroman" referring to characteristics of a "Coming Of Age" type story. A link to more information is provided.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Pov Collection
POV (a cinema term for "point of view") is television's longest-running showcase for independent non-fiction films. POV premieres 14-16 of the best, boldest and most innovative programs every year on PBS. Since 1988, POV has presented...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Nova: Addiction: Community Screening Guide
NOVA Addiction is a film that explores the impact of the opioid epidemic on individuals and society, examines the neurobiology of opioid addiction, and discusses current harm reduction approaches and treatments and how they might be...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Point of View: Almost Sunrise: Lesson Plan: Moral Injury and the Moral Ambiguities of War
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a term many young scholars may know. This lesson invites student to gain a deeper understanding of moral injury and develop greater empathy for the challenges returning veterans face. Using video...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Point of View: Almost Sunrise: Lesson Plan Clips
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a term many students may know. This lesson invites student to gain a deeper understanding of moral injury and develop greater empathy for the challenges returning veterans face. Using five video...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Nova: The Cannabis Question: Collection
The NOVA documentary, The Cannabis Question, explores the story of cannabis from the criminalization that has disproportionately harmed communities of color to the latest medical understanding of the plant. What risks does cannabis pose...
PBS
Pbs: American Experience: 1968 Miss America Protest
This PBS article traces the history of the Miss America pageant protest by the New York Radical Women in 1968. The term "Bra burners," caught on due to this protest.
English Club
English Club: Vocabulary: Cloze Games: Arts 4
Choose from a word bank to complete ten sentences about terms used in film making. Hints are available if needed, and a percentage score is displayed once answers are submitted.
University of Virginia
Virginia Center for Digital History: Television News of the Civil Rights Era
A rich collection of streaming video samples of television news footage from 1950 to 1970, along with an assortment of primary source documents, first-person accounts, a glossary of terms, and essays and analysis for learning about the...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Project Ideas: Rocketology: Baking Soda and Vinegar
The objective of this science fair project is to determine the correct ratio of baking soda to vinegar that will result in the highest launch of a plastic film canister. The Science Buddies project ideas are set up consistently beginning...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Understanding the Wet Collodion Process
The wet collodion process was a photographic process used to produce a negative.