December 10-18
Student Presentations and Final Exams
December 4 - 8
Student Choice Films
Final Project Film or PowerPoint Step 2 due
December 2
Finish Stand by Me
Student Choice Voting
November 30
Finish Dear Zachary
Official Epilogue
Begin Stand by Me
November 23-Sub
Begin Dear Zachary
November 19
Step 1 due today
Finish Inside Out
November 17
How do you feel today?
Begin Inside Out
November 13
Finish Foreign Film: The Intouchables
Discussion
Paragliding Scene - Analysis Worksheet
November 11
Begin Foreign Film: The Intouchables
November 9
Finish Brick
Film Noir Elements in Brick
The Brain Theory
November 5
Begin Brick
October 29
Film Noir Videos:
Visuals: The Endless Night
Final Project: Film or PowerPoint Step 1 due 11/19
October 27
Finish Memento
Discuss
Homework: Inside Leonard's Head
October 23
Begin Memento
October 21
Finish Pleasantville
Discussion
October 19
Begin Pleasantville
Pleasantville W.S. part 1
October 14
Reverse Storyboarding
Discussion: Use of Color in Film: Mood, Meaning, and Symbolism
View Trailers Saving Private Ryan, Sin City, Speed Racer, Coraline
October 12
Finish The Shawshank Redemption
Discuss
Storyboarding the escape
Essay #3 - And the Oscar goes to... Due 10/21
October 8
Continue The Shawshank Redemption
Close Analysis of this scene: Tommy's Death
Continue Viewing Worksheet
October 6
Special Effects Part 2
Begin The Shawshank Redemption
Begin Viewing Worksheet
October 2
Finish Forrest Gump
September 30
Notes - Crosscutting and Parallel Editing
Examples - Crosscutting & Parallel Editing
Special Effects Part 1
Continue Forrest Gump
September 28
In class: Analyzing terms in film clips from Rocky IV
Begin Forrest Gump
September 24
Finish Shaun of the Dead
September 22
n Class: Textual Analysis for Intro to Scream
Begin Shaun of the Dead
September 18
Finish Children of Men
Scene Analysis - Birth, Uprising
Discussion: Theme, Symbolism, etc. - ppt
September 16
Scene Analysis - Car Chase
Continue Children of Men
September 14
27 Science Fictions That Became Science Facts In 2012, 2013
Begin Children of Men
September 10
Finish True Grit
The Cinematography of True Grit
Comparison: Old vs. New
Genre Poster Assignment and Genre Film Review due Oct. 2
September 8
Western Genre Video
Continue True Grit
September 3
Begin True Grit
September 1
Essay #1 - High School Film Essay due by midnight in turnitin.com
Finish Hugo
Discuss and Connect
Film techniques: Steadicam, Train Sequence
History: George Melies: A Trip to the Moon
August 28
Continue Hugo
Hugo Frame Analysis
August 26
Mini-lesson: Sound in Film - Notes
View: Sound in Transformers
Practice: Complete this and discuss for Gravity clip and Hugo
Begin Hugo
August 24
Film term Quiz
Discuss The Breakfast Club
Essay 1: High School Writing Assignment - Due Sep. 1 to turnitin.com
August 20
Notes: Film Terms Part 2 - Camera Movement
Quiz Next Class
Continue The Breakfast Club
August 18
Notes: Film Terms Part 1
Explain Journal Format
Blank Film Journal Sheet
Begin The Breakfast Club
August 14
Book vs. Movie Comparison due 11/5
100 movie Quotes in 200 Seconds
Begin Personal Movie List
Register at turnitin.com
Getting to Know You
August 13
Class Introduction: Syllabus and Film Contract and Permission Slip