New Student Films
Envelope Run The Curse of the Red Balloon
May 11/12
Final Exam
May 5-8
Presentation of student films and PowerPoints
May 1/4
Finish student selected movies
Final PowerPoints and Films due next class
April 29/30
Begin student selected movies - Silence of the Lambs, Zoolander, or Friday Night Lights
Extra Credit Options - Performance
Final Film: Step 2 - Due Today
April 22/23
Finish Grizzly Man - Discussion
Final Essay Assignment - Pick 1 Documentary
Breakdown of Due Dates: A Day B Day
April 20/21
Collect Final PowerPoint Step 1
Begin Grizzly Man
April 16/17
Finish: Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father
Discussion
Two other short films by Kurt Kuenne: Validation & Rent-a-Person
Collect Final Film: Step 1
Final PowerPoint Step 1 Due Next Class
April 14/15
Final Film: Step 1 - Due Next Class
Begin Documentary: Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father
Final Essay Assignment
April 8/9
Watch City Lights
April 6/7
Finish The Kite Runner
Discussion Questions due next class
April 2/3
Background Information: Where in the world is Afganistan?
The Major Ethnic groups of Afganistan
Begin The Kite Runner
March 31/ April 1
Finish Tombstone
Writing Assignment: Rate the Westerns due 4/6 or 4/7
March 27/30
Begin Tombstone
March 25/25
Finish Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Notes: Characteristics of the Western
Writing Assignment: Rate the Westerns
March 23/24
Begin Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
March 12/13
Finish A Beautiful Mind
Discussion Questions
March 10/11
Continue A Beautiful Mind
March 5/9
PQP for Personal Narrative - Final Draft due next class
Begin A Beautiful Mind
March 3/4
Finish Stand by Me
Creative Writing: Prewriting map, sequence chart, and a 1st draft
Feb. 27/Mar. 2
Begin Stand by Me
Feb. 25/26
Finish Brick - Discussion
Film Noir Essay Assignment due next class
Feb. 23/24
Begin Brick
Film Noir Essay Assignment
Feb. 19/20
Finish Memento - Discussion
Inside Leonard's Head
Feb. 17/18
Begin Memento - Today's Post-Viewing Questions
Feb. 11/12
Collect High School Writing Assignment
Watch: American Cinema - Film Noir - Packet
View Online here, but you might need to download player.
Film Noir Notes
Feb. 9/10
Finish The Breakfast Club
Discussion: Use of Color in Film: Mood, Meaning, and Symbolism
In class color assignment: Watch these clips Do the Right Thing, Band of Brothers, Speed Racer, Coraline
Review the use of color in The Red Balloon - 1 paragraph
Feb. 5/6
Continue The Breakfast Club
Feb. 3/4
Finish Grease
Lighting, Montage, and Symbolism Activity for Rocky IV
Begin The Breakfast Club
The High School Movie Writing Assignment due Feb. 11 or 12
Jan. 30/Feb. 2
Continue Grease
Jan. 26/29
Finish The Shawshank Redemption, Discussion and Oscar Assignment
Storyboarding Activity for Brook's Final Scene
Begin Grease
Collect Viewing Questions
Jan. 22/23
Continue The Shawshank Redemption
Jan. 20/21
Special Effects in Forrest Gump
Begin The Shawshank Redemption
Jan. 15/16
Finish Forrest Gump
Film Term Quiz
Jan. 13/14
Notes: Film Terms Part 2
Student YouTube video with film term examples.
Continue Forrest Gump
Jan. 9/12
Handout: Parent Permission Slips
Notes: Film Terms Part 1
Begin Film Journal: Format, Journal Sheets
Begin Watching Forrest Gump
Jan. 7/8
Continue Personal Movie List
Book vs. Film Comparison - Due March 25
Final Project Option 1: Film - Step 1 - Due April 16
Final Project Option 2: PowerPoint - Step 1 - Due April 20
Jan. 5/6
Introduction: Syllabus and Viewing Contract - Return contract next class
Begin Personal Movie List with help of AFI's 10 Top 10's.