Making movies matter
How the moving image can become part of literacy in the 21st century
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New proposals to create a more informed and cine-literate population through long-term investment in moving image education are in this report by the Film Education Working Group (FEWG).
FEWG calls for a fresh approach to the moving image by education policy-makers. Critical understanding of film, video and television will be a key competence and integral part of literacy in the 21st century. And the spread of digital technologies means acquiring creative skills in moving image production will grow in importance.
FEWG urges the UK's moving image industries to recognise that education is a long-term investment, not merely an aspect of marketing. Our films, television and moving image media deserve knowledgeable, lively and critically aware audiences. These cannot be created overnight.
FEWG's 22 proposals set a coherent, practical strategy for transforming moving image education in the UK. This strategy, for making movies matter, concerns education policy-makers and film exhibitors, broadcasters and teacher trainers, funding bodies and school inspectors. Realising FEWG's vision involves all of them.
The Film Education Working Group was formed in 1998 at the request of the Department of Culture, Media and Sport to explore ways of developing a more 'cineliterate' audience for cinema. The group's 25 members included teachers and lecturers in Film and Media Studies and representatives from the film and television industries and institutions, including the BBC and the BFI. Over 40,000 interested parties were consulted.
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