A Pedagogy of Craft: Teaching Culture Analysis with Machinima

Jenna  Ng; James Barrett

A Pedagogy of Craft: Teaching Culture Analysis with Machinima

Jenna Ng, James Barrett

Theatre, Film, TV and Interactive Media

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Abstract

In this chapter, we explore the question of how machinima may be seen as craftwork. We elaborate on the significance of linking machinima to craft as a means to the learning of knowledge and skills. As we will explain, the process of making imparts valuable skills and contextualizes learning in frameworks of experience and practice, re-formulating concepts and ideas to make them more memorable and allowing for more effective analysis. Machinima as craft thus offers pedagogy the possibility of making—and thus learning—in numerous contexts, such as film, music video, theater, design, architecture, and performance, in relatively cheap and efficient ways, and without the need for costly equipment such as physical cameras or complicated logistics of
onset filming and recording.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Understanding Machinima
Subtitle of host publication	essays on filmmaking in virtual worlds
Editors	Jenna Ng
Place of Publication	New York; London
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing
Chapter	12
Pages	227
Number of pages	244
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4411-0448-9, 978-1-4411-4052-4
Publication status	Published - 2013

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