Film literacy means for me the competence to critically watch a film and to analyse its content, cinematographic and technical aspects. To improve my language, I often watch a film in a language that is not my native language. Sometimes I use the subtitles to read the lines I haven’t understood. With this technique, I learn some new vocabulary. Mostly, I watch the films in English to improve my English even more. But I also watch some movies in Spanish with a German subtitle to get to know a few Spanish words. While improving my language skills, I also discover

Learning language and culture with film Film literacy isn’t about the content of the fil, itself. It’s more about the different angles we can use with the camera. It is also related to the music chosen in each scene and why. It’s also important to look at the film critically and to use technical resources in creative moving image production. I think that I learned a lot vocabulary and idioms of watching movies and series. But it’s important to watch films that haven’t been translated from another language into English, because sometimes the translations are wrong and you will take

Film literacy means being conscious about the choice of films as well as how understandable it is. Watching a movie critically. It means bringing the message to the viewer through different angles, places where the scenes are shot, music, etc. I learned most of my English because I started watching series and films in this language. It also taught me the English that people speak in their daily life and the slang and not just the school English. You can learn a lot of new vocabulary and idioms that you usually do not learn in school. Thanks to movies from

Film literacy is the level of understanding of a film. It’s the competence to analyse and criticize the story, the message the film wants to convey and the way the film was made. By watching a film in a foreign language you can improve your language because it helps you learn new vocabulary and it also helps you to pronounce the words right. Thanks to certain films we learn more about other cultures, about their way of life, but also everything we don’t see behind our prejudices. For example in the film “Blinded by the light” we learn more about

Film literacy to me personally means the way of producing films, creating an atmosphere where people keep watching and not going to be annoyed, by camera angles and the way of filming, the music, light and many different factors. It’s truly an art to combine that many different factors to create a successful movie. I think watching movies in English has really improved my English skills in many different ways, through listening to the pronunciation of words and getting in touch with expressions which you may not learn in school because you use them in other countries or only in

When you watch a film you have to be conscious of what are you choosing. It is important to understand those films you watch, because if you do not understand them you won´t understand the plot. When you pick a film you may search what is the movie about, sometimes you can be picking a terror film and you do not like them, also you have to look for the age the film is recommended to, so you shouldn´t pick a film that is not for your age, this is made mostly for kids, they can´t see every kind of

Film literacy is considered as the „seventh art“. As this art improves and keeps on producing better results, it also gets closer to the society in which we live nowadays. Film literacy means taking profit of every available resource so that the filmed scenes will transmit as better as possible the movie’s intention or ideas, and that plays a really important role in engaging the spectators and making them part of the action. Film literacy can also help people when learning a new language or about a foreign country. It is as closer as a person can get to another

Film literacy does a lot for me in the way it’s a way of me to relax and have something to do with my day, so I don’t just sit around rolling my thumbs in circles and do nothing. Most of my English comes from movies, together with gaming, and so it happens to most languages I can and speak from, as seen from movies or so. The intercultural stuff I have seen in movies have put a good experience and learning curve of how it is in different places and see how some cultures have it around the world.

Film literacy doesn’t mean much to me since I myself don’t really care all that much about how the movie is made. I only see a need for it when it comes to actually making a movie. I just want to be able to lean back and enjoy the movie without thinking “oh they made this scene by doing this and that”. It’s possible to learn a lot of language from movies due to there usually being subtitles. These make it easier to understand movies but we also subconsciously pick up some of the language through watching and reading I

Film literacy is the way of understanding the film. Like how you conscious you are when you pick a movie to watch and if you pick the wrong movie which does not suit your taste you obviously you pick another movie. I have a long history with film. I watch a good movie on a daily basis or I watch part of a movie, so I get a lot of English into my ear.  This way, I hear a lot of English and I understand by this point.  Sometimes, when I need something in the background, I put an English

To me film literacy means a lot as a film-watcher. You have to have a level of understanding the film you`re watching and you should have the ability to actually be curious and picky in the choice of the film you`re watching and at the same time be able to be critically and think deeply about the plot, topics, messages and characters. I want to be a good film-viewer to get the best experience and be truly able to analyse the entire thing I`m spending my time on. Films and TV-shows has helped me a lot over the years with

In my opinion, film literacy means how well you can grasp the content of a movie. The more you understand what the movie is about, the more literate you are. The first language I learned was Russian. After that cartoons and movies helped me learn English and Estonian. In fact, movies are probably the sole reason why my English is at such a level. Last year I acquired a C2 level of English. The highest achievable level, and I'm proud of it. Movies have helped me to get a better grasp of different cultures all around the world. I would

Film literacy is an important skill when watching anything more intelligent than Alvin and the Chipmunks or SpongeBob. It means how well you understand the film. Just like regular literacy is how well you can read a book (or your local news agency’s comment section), film literacy is how well you can “read” a film. Even though most of the time I am a relaxed watcher, just putting a film or a series on a screen and laying back to get entertained, some films manage to hook me up to find hidden meanings and themes in it. I’ll try to

Film literacy is something I find very interesting and captivating. It’s not something I actively think about a lot of the time while watching a film for the first time, unless there is a shot or a technique that I don’t see often. I do, however, love to analyse films after watching them and that is when film literacy becomes very useful. I find it to be the coolest thing when people point out little foreshadowing, Easter eggs and cool characterisation techniques about my favourite movies. To be frank, most of my English language skill has come from TV shows

To me, film literacy is the ability to watch a film consciously. So you can critically analyse what is happening around the characters. Also, why some characters act the way they do and what the film is trying to tell you. You can also decide whether the problems, situations and solutions that are shown in the film are realistically possible and spot loop holes or mistakes done in the film, that is if there are any. Learning a language with the help of movies and films is a very brilliant and fun way to do so as it is the

Film literacy means to me that people know how films are made, and different aspects of making a film. Also they know how to watch a movie critically and analyse camera and actors work etc. They know all the stages and elements that need to be done to get a great film. I am pretty sure that I have learned many new words and phrases from watching different types of films. But it must be noted that I haven't learned that much how those words are written, but more how they are pronounced. I think that films help to make

To me, film literacy means the content of the film itself; such as its story, actors, production etc. The film must have my preferences in order to peak my interest. I personally never use subtitles while watching a film because I understand English enough to appreciate the meaning of the film. Nonetheless, if I do watch a film that is in a language that I don’t understand, which never really happens, I add subtitles. I frequently learn and recognize new vocabulary while watching movies. It helps me to expand my English or any other language skill. I love when movies

Democracy is a good thing because it allows everyone to have a say in the laws which is a good thing I personally would rather have that than a dictatorship where I as a person would have no say in anything. Plus, if we can learn anything from the past then it’s that dictatorships are corrupt Democracy in our Country actually responds really well to us the way it works for us is we vote for a regiment with a bunch of people who then try to change the country in the way that they and the ones who vote

To me, democracy means a great deal.  It's  our way to be able to express ourselves and  have a voice. Thanks to democracy, we can  truly say what’s on our minds in our country without the fear of being put away, being tortured or even killed. I wish everyone could get a real democracy, so they would have  the right to speak their minds and be able to vote. I feel lucky because in Denmark we as citizens have way more freedom than people  in other countries. We  can, for example, go out and protest against our government if we

Democracy means a lot to me since it gives me my freedom and rights to a lot of different things and not just with that it creates the possibility for me to decide what is going to happen to my own country and give a free speech to what my family needs and so. Democracy responds well in my country, Denmark, and most people do go vote on one of the 30+ parties that exist. There is also a saying, you cannot complain about the politicians if you do not vote at all, as some people don’t ever vote. Some

Democracy is when people discuss what to do with the country and what the country need of laws if it needs to be changed or kept. When they don’t do that, they will talk about crises and what happens in the world and what to do about it if we need to interfere or stay out of it. For example, the war between Ukraine and Russia, we talk about if we need to send weapons or tanks and stuff like that, but we also discuss what we need to do in Denmark if we need to give place to the

Democracy means to me personally, that you have the right to choose how you want to be ruled by the government, to have a voice in your country and not be to be treated like you have no rights. Belgium is a Democracy since his independence in 1830. Democracy in Belgium gives us the opportunity to vote our government in our Community, in our Province, in our Region and in the German of Belgium speaking part. You can elect if you are over 18 years old, in every community can you go to the poles. In Belgium there are 13

A democracy is a government in which the people are sovereign. For me, democracy is a good form of government because people’s ideas are taken into account. I think there is still a way to improve this democracy, for example to ask more people’s opinion before making decisions, especially when it directly affects their way of life. What I also like in a democracy is that people are free to think and express their opinions, what is not possible in a dictatorship. Democracy in Belgium is complicated to implement because our country is divided into three regions divided by languages

Democracy for me means that people have their own right to vote and to be listened, so it is a way for people to make some changes in some laws or rules community does not like o rare against so it is how we can make sure that everybody counts. Spain is a country in which the form of government is a parliamentary monarchy. People participate on the public issues through the representatives that they have already voted on the national elections. The division of powers implies attributing the exercise of the different forms of political power-legislative, executive and judicial-

Democracy means ruled by the people. The people elect their representatives. For me it means that everyone in society has a voice and the right and possibility to change something in their country and in the world. In a democracy your freedom and your rights can be guaranteed. In Belgium, democracy is sometimes very difficult because of the language and cultural differences. Because of that it is even more important for us Belgians to work together and do whatever we can to make democracy work. It is definitely not perfect. The Belgian election system is complicated. A lot of Belgians

To describe democracy in easy words, it means „power of the people “: a way of governing which depends on the will of people (Council of Europe, n.d.). To me personally, democracy means freedom and equality. The whole population choses which people should have power and which don’t. So, in simple words, democracy is a decision taken by citizens entitled to vote who to elect their representatives. Nobody is treated differently just because of their money or because of their nationality. In a democratic state, people practice law-making power either directly through their elected representatives… My home country, Luxembourg, is

Democracy is a form of government, which is based on freedom and equality. Democracy isn’t the same in each country but the idea is always the same. I think democracy is also a condition for freedom. Because when you live in a dictatorship; for example, you can’t express your opinion and there is only one person who takes decisions for the whole country. Since October 2021 all the Belgians from the age of 16 have been allowed to vote for the EU-Parliament. Belgium was one of the first countries to introduce this law. Because of the many differences in our

Democracy is a topic of many discussions nowadays. We are surrounded by political matters in every aspect of our life, thus we need to understand what all of these subjects actually mean. Democracy has played an important role at allowing our society to grow and get stronger, but it goes further than that. It gives a sense of responsibility to people and makes them feel listened to and taken care of. However, our current system is still light-years away from perfect. In Spain we often find that politicians can barely talk to each other without being disrespectful, and a negative

Democracy for me means that the people should be the ones in charge of the country. The people should get the opportunity to decide on serious matters and to steer the country in the right direction. Although this was the main idea of democracy when it was first implemented, it has been anything but that lately. Everyone can have a feeling that their actions are impactful, when in fact they're not. The sad truth is that only the elites have sway over the political parties. Democracy in my country doesn't differ from the democracy around the world. Everyone is allowed

Corruption, power and money are three words which are used the most to describe politicians lately. With dictatorial countries they have been widely known problems for centuries, but lately those words have been used a lot to describe western leaders also, like ex-American president Trump, or Mailis Reps from Estonia. Before we can talk about what is wrong with democracy we first need to know what it actually is. It has its roots in the ancient Greek city of Polis, from where we also have quite a few well known philosophers and public talkers, the most well-known being Plato, who

The word democracy comes from the Greek words "demos", meaning people, and "kratos" meaning power; so democracy can be thought of as "power of the people": a way of governing which depends on the will of the people (Council of Europe, n.d.) In my eyes, democracy should be a form of power where all the people are equal. It provides freedom to the citizens and every citizen has an opportunity and the right to speak their mind. Every person in society has equal says in matters involving government regulations and issues. In my country, Estonia, every Estonian citizen has the

Democracy means to me that every citizen can vote for whoever they want no matter what their ethnicity or income is. I feel that there will never be an agreement on what is the perfect democracy. I think that many countries, who claim to have a great democracy, are corrupted instead. For me honesty is a really important part of democracy and also giving up on power for greater good. My country has representative democracy.  We can choose who will represent us in a parliament. And they are voting for our laws and discussing our wellbeing. They also are nominating

To me, democracy is when everyone’s votes are taken into account, no matter their race, gender or sexual orientation. Everyone is equal in the eyes of democracy. In Estonia, the president serves a more representative role while the prime minister has the power to actually make a difference. There’s also the parliament which consists of 101 citizens of Estonia, all from different political parties. The parliament represents the people’s voices. We as the citizens can choose who will be the leading party through a voting system. We as a group discussed what qualities are needed to be a good politician

Democracy is something you always hear a lot about. We always praise it as something fundamentally great and amazing. The crown jewel we've carried with us since Ancient Greece. We talk about it, as it is the best thing to ever happen to humanity, whilst always complaining about what the government is doing and how politics are always so bad. There seems to be a fundamental disconnect between these two trains of thought. I think we are still high on the original idea of democracy, whilst not living up to it in reality. I feel like democracy doesn't represent the