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OK, I have to step in here. For those of you who have heard this rant
before, please delete and go on.
While what Diane says below is mostly true (this license doesn't cover
every film company,but it does cover the majors) it sets up an
atmosphere of "if I don't want to teach, I can just show any movie".
This sends a terrible message to faculty, and will perpetuate the
no-so-untrue myth of the Friday afternoon movie. The license described
below costs about $400 (depends on enrollment). Licensing individual
films for special showings like for a movie popcorn party for perfect
attenance each 6 weeks costs about $25 apiece (that is the Disney rate
-
others may be cheaper). You can have a lot of "special" showings for
$400. Add up the amount of time you spend watching movies each year.
If
you see a 1 hour movie every Friday, and there are 36 weeks in the
year,
that is 36 instructional hours - more than a week of instrucational
time. Is there any one of us who, at the end of the school year, says
"Gee, I ran out of content this year!" Of course not. We never have
time
to finish the content we are expected to teach. If you could get back
the week + time you spend watching non-curricular movies, how much
content could you cover? Or how much ACTIVE learning could you
substitue for that passive video watching? Can you justify the movie
license on pedagogical grounds? Remember, truly curricular showings
don't need ANY license.
OK, I'm off the soapbox.
>>> Diane Whitney <diwhi82925@YAHOO.COM> 09/07/01 04:54PM >>>
LM_NETer's
A good website to checkout for movie licensing issues
is : www.movlic.com
This site tells you how to be compliant when showing
videos in the school.
Diane Whitney
Greenbrook Elementary School
Hanover Park, IL
DiWhi82925@yahoo.com
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