A Conversation with Martin Scorsese: The Importance of Visual Literacy
In this short video Scorsese talks about the imortance of visual literacy in film making and how important film making can be to life. He talks about the ability to direct people's attention to a certain detail, or event with visual ques in a film. Scorsese says that it is important for people to know"how ideas and emotions are expressed through visual form." He also talks about the power of images and how to use them to portray an idea: "images are very powerful... we have to begin to teach younger people how to use them"
I agree with what Scorsese says about the power of images and their importance in the world. As a teacher it is important to teach students about visual literacy. It is important to teach them how to use images, and how to understand their use so that they do not find themselves manipulated by their use. As a teacher it is important to teach students anything they will need to survive in life after school, even if the things they need to know, such as visual literacy, are not on the curriculum.
In this short video Scorsese talks about the imortance of visual literacy in film making and how important film making can be to life. He talks about the ability to direct people's attention to a certain detail, or event with visual ques in a film. Scorsese says that it is important for people to know"how ideas and emotions are expressed through visual form." He also talks about the power of images and how to use them to portray an idea: "images are very powerful... we have to begin to teach younger people how to use them"
I agree with what Scorsese says about the power of images and their importance in the world. As a teacher it is important to teach students about visual literacy. It is important to teach them how to use images, and how to understand their use so that they do not find themselves manipulated by their use. As a teacher it is important to teach students anything they will need to survive in life after school, even if the things they need to know, such as visual literacy, are not on the curriculum.
1 comment:
I totally agree with you that if students are able to understand the use of images, they won't be as easily manipulated by them. Images are everywhere in today's society, and kids need to know how to handle this overload of images. Perhaps this does need to be in our schools....
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