What is Filmic Pruning

This chapter explores the process of using film, as described by participants in the three research projects that form the basis for this text. Using the gerundial coding method, a series of steps emerged based on interviews with teachers, including locating films, choosing key moments to emphasize, choosing how much of the film to share, and deciding on next steps in the instructional process. While not all comprehensive or universally applicable to all processes for including film as a text, this chapter holds implications for the complexity of film as a text in the classroom and generates a tentative model for what steps in utilizing film in literacy instruction might look like, particularly in secondary education settings.