What is Filmic Representation

This chapter examines the affordances of film for literacy instruction with attention to research literature and notes the composition and design of film. Teacher voices from the network of studies provide insight into the instructional possibilities for using film and highlight the aspects of film that make unique pedagogical moves possible, pushing back on the notion of film as a simplistic medium and expanding a sense of what makes film a potentially valuable text for literacy instruction. The researcher contends that it is the use of multiple modes for multiple purposes, which are established early on the field or content of study, that might foster a more layered approach to filmic pedagogy.