A lot of new and interesting points were made by Martin Scorsese in his interview. I found it interesting that as a small child he noticed differences that could be made by what type of lens a director shot in or the angle that was used that impacted the movie so much. I agree with him that these tools (i.e. angles, lenses, movement, distortion, etc.) are important to a movie or film in the same way that vocabulary is important to literature. The more tools/words you have the more meaningful your work will be. This discussion reminded me of how I could approach my classroom in the near future. Scorsese believes that a student should be "trained" to look at a video or story told in visual terms and interpret what they see as something else. I agree with him because in my opinion students should learn that there is hidden meaning and symbolism all around us in our world and by teaching them to pay attention to how many different ways something such as a scene in a video can be portrayed or viewed they can learn how to appreciate symbolism around them. I can teach this in my classroom through forms of literature or also videos in all kinds of subjects.
I did not agree with Scorsese that it is ok to portray violence in a "reap what you sow" sort of way because I believe that in a classroom that can be harmful to younger children. But I think that he had a lot of good ideas to offer.
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I agree with you about the "reap what you sow" comment Scorsese made. I don't think that revenge is a very appropriate thing to teach young children! Good Post!
Very informative blog.
Oftentimes, parents don't realize what image they are setting for their children and need understand what is and is not appropriate to teach children.
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