December 11-18
Student presentations
Documentary - Dear Zachary
December 3-7
SLO Post test
Student Choice Films
Step 2 Due
November 27-30
Film Noir Videos:
Visuals: The Endless Night
Finish Memento - Discussion
November 20/26
Pleasantville Socratic
Begin Memento
November 16/19
Finish Pleasantville
Socratic Prep for next class
November 13/14
November 9/12
Student Film Examples
Extra Credit
Begin Pleasantville
November 7/8
Finish Lady Bird
Discussion
Final Project Instructions in Google Classroom
November 5- Senior Skip Day
November 1/2
Finish: Halloween
Discussion
Begin Lady Bird
Venn Diagram
October 30/31
Continue: Halloween
Mis-en-scene analysis
October 29 = C Day
Foreign Film: The Intouchables
Begin: Halloween
October 25/26
Why Props Matter - Questions in google classroom
Foreign Film: The Intouchables
October 23/24
Discussion: Use of Color in Film: Mood, Meaning, and Symbolism
View Trailers Saving Private Ryan, Sin City, Speed Racer, Coraline
Foreign Film: The Intouchables
October 19/22
Finish The Shawshank Redemption
Storyboarding the escape
October 17/18
Continue The Shawshank Redemption
Close Analysis of this scene: Tommy's Death
October 15/16
Begin 1994 Film #2: The Shawshank Redemption
Begin Viewing Worksheet
October 11/12
Finish Forrest Gump
Discussion
Book vs Film comparison for Forrest Gump
Special Effects Part 3
Makeup Video and Analysis W.S.
October 9/10
Film Editing Terms part 1
Editing Analysis - Rocky IV
Special Effects part 1
Continue Forrest Gump
October 3/4 - Sub and shortened class
Begin Forrest Gump
October 1/2
September 27/28
Film Editing Terms part 1
Continue Get Out
September 25/26
In Class: Textual Analysis for Intro to Scream
Begin Get Out
September 21/24
Scene Analysis - Birth
Finish Children of Men
Scene Analysis - Uprising
Discussion: Theme, Symbolism, etc. - ppt
September 19/20
Tyurnitin Reflection
Scene Analysis - Car Chase
Continue Children of Men
September 17/18
27 Science Fictions That Became Science Facts In 2012, 2013
Begin Children of Men
September 14 - A Day - Bonus Film and Extra Credit
September 12/13
Finish True Grit
The Cinematography of True Grit
Comparison: Old vs. New
Genre Poster Assignment and Genre Film Review
September 10/11
Western Genre Video
Continue True Grit
September 6/7
Begin True Grit
September 4/5
Finish Hugo
Discussion and videos
Film techniques: Steadicam, Train Sequence
History: George Melies: A Trip to the Moon
August 30/31
Continue Hugo
Hugo Frame Analysis
August 28/29
Mini-lesson: Sound in Film - Notes and Roles
View: Sound in Transformers
Practice: Complete this and discuss for Dunkirk clip and Hugo
Begin Hugo
August 24/27
Quiz, Quiz, Trade, Quiz
Finish and Discuss The Breakfast Club
MLA handout
August 22/23
August 20/21
August 16-17
Book vs. Film Essay Due 10/29
Film Analysis Pre-Test - Citizen Kane opening scene
100 movie Quotes in 200 Seconds
Begin Personal Movie List
August 15
Syllabus, Film Contract, Permission Slips
Getting to Know You