Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to clarify the educational meaning of film appreciation and to report the practice of the experimental plan introduced in the article Film Education Approaches Art Education or Vice Versa (1). This paper is comprised of two parts; (1) a report on the practice of overall film appreciation activities conducted by the author, (2) an analysis of data based on students’ reactions to this practice. Each part contains the following discussion. (1) The author describes the process and contents of film appreciation classes practiced by the author as part of an annual program at Tokyo Metropolitan Senior High School of Fine Arts, Performing Arts and Classical Music. (2) The author compares students’ reactions which include both essays and visualized descriptions of the targeted films. The purpose of this comparison is to verify two hypotheses; (h1) Film appreciation activities aid students to build up their vocabulary for better understanding of the various styles and techniques in the field of cinema, and (h2) Film appreciation activities aid students to hold various points of view on films.
