Reel Pedagogy: Cinema and the Art of Interdisciplinary Meaning-Making
Location
CAC 125
Start Date
4-6-2026 10:00 AM
End Date
4-6-2026 11:30 AM
Description
This workshop advances film as a significant pedagogical tool for teaching and learning, emphasizing its capacity to deepen critical inquiry and meaning-making in the classroom. Rather than treating film as merely illustrative, the session positions cinema as a rigorous site of analysis that engages students in complex questions about the human condition through both form and content. It also highlights the broader pedagogical importance of film in fostering engagement, interpretive skill, and interdisciplinary thinking. Participants will be introduced to key elements of cinematic language, including framing, editing, sound, and narrative structure, and will learn how these formal features shape meaning. Through guided examples, the workshop models strategies for helping students “read” film with the same attentiveness applied to written texts, with particular emphasis on the close analysis of scenes. The session also offers practical approaches for integrating film into courses. Participants will leave with foundational analytical vocabulary, concrete teaching strategies, and increased confidence in using film as an effective pedagogical practice. Joi Carr, Pepperdine University Oral Session 205E
Reel Pedagogy: Cinema and the Art of Interdisciplinary Meaning-Making
CAC 125
This workshop advances film as a significant pedagogical tool for teaching and learning, emphasizing its capacity to deepen critical inquiry and meaning-making in the classroom. Rather than treating film as merely illustrative, the session positions cinema as a rigorous site of analysis that engages students in complex questions about the human condition through both form and content. It also highlights the broader pedagogical importance of film in fostering engagement, interpretive skill, and interdisciplinary thinking. Participants will be introduced to key elements of cinematic language, including framing, editing, sound, and narrative structure, and will learn how these formal features shape meaning. Through guided examples, the workshop models strategies for helping students “read” film with the same attentiveness applied to written texts, with particular emphasis on the close analysis of scenes. The session also offers practical approaches for integrating film into courses. Participants will leave with foundational analytical vocabulary, concrete teaching strategies, and increased confidence in using film as an effective pedagogical practice. Joi Carr, Pepperdine University Oral Session 205E