Martin Scorsese and George Lucas Discuss Cinema and Visual
Literacy in Education There are already plenty of universities
and colleges that teach communications and film, but very few
schools below that level get much further than basic art and
music classes. Teaching film in schools, or at least using the
language of film to help teach communications, is rarely
considered in these lower-level schools. Usually if films are
even shown, it’s when there’s nothing to teach, or as a break
from regular classes. In the videos below (which were recorded
in 2006 and 2005, respectively), Martin Scorsese and George
Lucas discuss the importance of visual literacy and using the
language of cinema in education. As communication beomces more
and more visual, and we consume more video than ever before in
the history of mankind, it might be time to reexamine the way
visual media has traditionally been used in teaching. I tend to
agree with both Scorsese and Lucas about visual literacy in
education. Of course it’s still import