December 10-17
Student Presentations Film or PowerPoint
Collect Film Binders - Explain Journal Format
Collect extra Credit
December 4-9
Student Choice films and scene analysis
December 2/3
Begin Student Choice Films
1 - Jaws
7 - City of God
Final Project Film or PowerPoint Step 2 due 12/4, 12/5
November 26/December 1
Finish Dear Zachary
Viewing Guide
Official Epilogue
Student Choice Voting:
November 24/25
Documentary Notes
Begin Dear Zachary
November 20/21
Finish Foreign Film: The Intouchables
Discussion
Final Project: Film or PowerPoint Step 1 due next class
November 18/19
Discuss Brick and the Brain Theory
Begin Foreign Film: The Intouchables
November 14/17
Final Project: Film or PowerPoint Step 1 due 11/24 or 11/25
Extra Credit
Finish Brick
November 12/13
Film Noir Videos:
Visuals: The Endless Night
Begin Brick
November 7/11
Scene Analysis - Natalie
Finish Memento
Discuss
Homework: Inside Leonard's Head
November 5/6
pollev.com/maxfield
Continue Memento
November 3/4
Socrative - Pleasantville
Begin Memento
October 29/30
Finish Pleasantville
October 27/28
Discussion: Use of Color in Film: Mood, Meaning, and Symbolism
View Trailers Do the Right Thing, The Pacific, Speed Racer, Coraline
Begin Pleasantville
October 23/24
Finish The Shawshank Redemption
Discuss
Collect Viewing Worksheet
In Class: Reverse Storyboarding
Essay #4 - And the Oscar goes to... Due 10/4 or 10/5
October 21/22
Continue The Shawshank Redemption
Close Analysis of this scene: Tommy's Death
Continue Viewing Worksheet
October 16/20
Begin The Shawshank Redemption
Begin Viewing Worksheet
October 13/14
Finish The Lion King
Discussion
October 9/10
Begin The Lion King
October 7/8
Finish Forrest Gump
Special Effects Part 2
October 3/6
Special Effects Part 1
Continue Forrest Gump
October 1/2
Discuss Silence of the Lambs
Scene Analysis - Parallel Editing
Poster Analysis
Begin Forrest Gump
September 29/30
Notes - Crosscutting and Parallel Editing
Examples - Crosscutting & Parallel Editing
Finish Silence of the Lambs
September 25/26
Begin Silence of the Lambs
Character Tweets
September 23/24
Finish Children of Men
Scene Analysis - Birth, Uprising
Discussion: Theme, Symbolism, etc. - ppt
In Class: Textual Analysis for Intro to Scream
September 19/22
Scene Analysis - Car Chase
Continue Children of Men
Shortened Schedule
September 17/18
27 Science Fictions That Became Science Facts In 2012, 2013
Begin Children of Men
September 15/16
Finish Tombstone
Discussion/Connection/Historical Powerpoint
Genre Poster Assignment and Genre Film Review due Oct. 7/8
Turnitin Review
September 11/12
In class: Analyzing terms in film clips from Rocky IV
Continue Tombstone
September 9/10
Western Genre Video
Begin Tombstone
Identifying genres by posters w.s.
September 5/8
Discuss and Connect
Film techniques: Steadicam, Train Sequence
History: George Melies, Buster Keaton
September 3/4
Finish Hugo
Essay #1 - High School Film Essay due tonight before midnight
August 29/ September 2
Continue Hugo
Hugo Frame Analysis
August 27/28
Camera Movement: "Andrew's Confession"
Mini-lesson: Sound in Film - Notes
View: Sound in Transformers
Practice: Complete this and discuss for Gravity clip and Hugo
Begin Hugo
August 25/26
Film term Quiz
Discuss The Breakfast Club
Cultural References: 1 2 3 4 5
Essay 1: High School Writing Assignment - Due Sep. 3 to turnitin.com
August 21/22
Notes: Film Terms Part 2 - Camera Movement
Quiz Next Class
Continue The Breakfast Club
August 19/20
Notes: Film Terms Part 1
Explain Journal Format
Blank Film Journal Sheet
Begin The Breakfast Club
August 15/18
Explanation of Long Term Projects:
Book vs. Movie Comparison due 11/7
100 movie Quotes in 200 Seconds
Begin Personal Movie List
Register at turnitin.com
Watch student films from last year
August 14
Class Introduction: Syllabus and Film Contract and Permission Slip