In the last two weeks I have been meeting up with everyone involved in the film literacy project and slowly but surely my bibliography is growing, too.
One lady who has cropped up more than a few times is Cary Bazalgette. THE world expert in the field, she worked as Head of Education for the BFI and has been involved in shaping media education for decades. She lives in London and last week I dropped her an email to say hello and introduce myself. (I love the UK- this would have never been able to happen in Germany!!)
She was very friendly and actually agreed to meet up at the end of the week. As I was going down to London anyway, this is going to be a brilliant opportunity to meet the lady who has shaped the genre of film literacy almost single-handedly and ask her some questions about her experience. This is what I have come up with so far:
- Why are there no more well-documented case-studies about teachers using film literacy (in both senses of the word)?
- Where has using film literacy impacted on developments in reading and writing?
- Is the term 'film lietarcy' correct and useful or do we need new terms to establish what is going on in the classrooms?
- How much influence does the BFI really have over establishing what film education is?
- As the national representative for film (education), they clearly have a responsibility to advocate the need for media and film education to the government. Are they doing this effectively enough? And if not, how can that be improved?
She was also so kind to send me some general reading pointers and it looks like I will have to make a proper effort to get things done in time! There is a great wealth of information on her blog, which you can find here.
Keep your fingers crossed that I won't make an absolutely monkey out of myself!
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