In 1965 Marshal McLuhan pointed out that old mediums become the content of the new medium. So, photography became the content of film, novels and drama became the source of films and films became the content of television.
Like traditional print texts, film and television have a grammar of their own, produced through camera techniques and editing. It is crucial in the 21 Century that children and teens are taught how to read, i.e. analyze and write, i.e. produce non-print media like film an