Consumption and Production of Short Film: toward the Conceptualization of Multimodal Language Learning for Developing 6Cs Skills in the Digital Age

Abstract

Abstract The 21st century’s democratization and demonetisation of multimodal learning sources allows anyone to be both consumers and producers at the same time. The present study argues that the consumption and production of independent short films through affordable digital devices as beneficial for multimodal language learning, befitting the student’s interest and the building of the six essential skills of their 21st-century context. The present study was designed as library research observing 30 most recommended articles in the related topic by Google Scholar, published in reputable international journal from 2010 to 2020. It is argued that consumption and productions of short films can be used for enhancing the students’ language skills. They can be used to tap the students’ creativity, communicative skills, critical thinking, and collaborative skills. At the same time, they can also be used to enhance their compassion toward issues around their society and environment during the implementation of procedural and computational thinking in this consumption and productions of short films. These also place the students as the subjects of the learning process, where their views, opinions, and feelings about certain issues matter so they can play their role in making the world a better place to live in.