Unlocking the Moviemaking Mind

Unlocking the Moviemaking Mind explores how our innate abilities as storytellers can be used in the K-12 classroom to stimulate new approaches to learning. Relying on data collected during a multi-year research project in a variety of school settings, this book relies on story and synthesis to present tried and true methods of introducing media making practices in the classroom. Unlocking the Moviemaking Mind also offers strategies for overcoming individual and systematic barriers that educators and administrators are likely to encounter when incorporating storytelling into their curricula.

Michael Schoonmaker, John M. Wolf

Preface Introduction Part One: Keys Chapter 1: Telling Stories and Storytelling InstinctConnectionNatureMotivationChapter 2: Video Is Not Vocation ExpressionPurposeSolutionIntegrationChapter 3: Destination and Journey in Video Production ReasonInventionResiliencePart Two: Locks Chapter 4: Behind the Camera, In Front of the Lens: Video and Self-Discovery BoundariesAcknowledgmentPathsChapter 5: Video and Voice ListeningHearingPerspectiveNoiseFringeHumanity Part Three: Unlocking the Moviemaking Mind Chapter 6: Media and Literacy ReciprocityEmpowermentTransformationChapter 7: The Mess Is the Message MotiveConfabulationConclusion References