![]() This resource, along with the new media studies kete on TKI, will help them to do just that. Students need to be able to critically examine which images are local and which are global, which images inform and which manipulate. The dominance of film and television in society makes it necessary for all of us – including school students - to think carefully about what we see. ![]() Visual language and the understanding of visual text is part of the using language, symbols and texts key competency in the new curriculum. They provide layers of information that go beyond text or even static images. Teachers know that film and television images provide a rich resource material for education. ![]() A picture may not be worth a thousand words, but it can certainly bring a lot of information together in a very focused way. Why are these images important to students?īecause we know that students, like adults, respond powerfully to the visual image. Role of visual images in teaching and learning This can come in a variety of forms – a television interview or current affairs item, a short drama or early silent amateur film, a documentary or a TV commercial.Īll these images provide a distinct sense of time and place, of cultural heritage and social mores, of gender and racial distinctions – of a national identity. The Film Archive is playing a crucial role in finding, preserving, and curating these images and, most importantly, making them publicly available, often for the first time.įilm provides a clear picture of many aspects of our national identity and how this has changed over time. Images of New Zealand and New Zealanders help make up our national identity. By knowing about ourselves, by understanding ourselves, by celebrating ourselves, we will become a stronger, richer, more vibrant country. One of our goals is to develop a strong sense of our national identity. This government has set some broad goals to transform New Zealand into an advanced and innovative 21st Century economy and society. It is good to see so many examples, from both amateur and professional filmmakers, represented in the entire ON DISK series. They are a part of our long tradition, dating back more than a hundred years, of making exciting and entertaining films in this country. We’ve just seen some wonderful samples of the images in the Archive that are now part of the ON DISK series – images to shock and delight, to make us laugh and cry. You have achieved a great deal in a short space of time, which speaks volumes for the hard work and dedication of your staff and many supporters. I believe that this year you are celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Film Archive. My thanks to the Chief Executive of the New Zealand Film Archive, Frank Stark, for inviting me to speak to you and for showing me around your excellent facilities. I am very pleased to be here today for the launch of the ON DISK library for New Zealand secondary schools. Tena koutou, tena koutou, tena koutou katoa. Speech notes for an address at the launch of the New Zealand Film Archives ON DISK Library, New Zealand Film Archives, Taranaki Street Wellington
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