The Third Dimension of Literacy: How to Bring Filmmaking and Media Literacy Into Your Classroom

This book is for educators, film lovers, and anyone who sees how important media literacy is in our current culture. The goal of this book is to help teachers integrate The Third Dimension of literacy into their existing curricula so that students are better able to analyze what they watch and responsibly create audio-visual media. What is the Third Dimension of Literacy?  Consider the first dimension of literacy a word, and the second dimension of literacy the stringing together of words to form a complete thought. The third dimension of literacy is the visualization of that complete thought by adding audio and video. So viewing audio-visual media becomes the third dimension of reading and making audio-visual media becomes the third dimension of writing. From an educational standpoint the classic essay transforms into a documentary film and the short story or creative writing project becomes a narrative, silent or experimental film. Take Two Film Academy has taught thousands of stude