Welcome to Senior English & Film!
This site is your home base for information about the course and assignments. Below you will find our documents from our initial unit on becoming acquainted with film and its language. As we move into new units, subpages will be created and updated with documents and assignments.
Essential Questions
- What does it mean to be an engaged, active viewer in the 21st century?
- How is our understanding of the world both impacted by and reflected in images? What is the nature of this relationship?
- How are media messages constructed using a creative language to convey unique points of view?
- What composition skills are necessary to effectively communicate and participate in today’s world?
What you should know because of this unit:
- Define and use film terminology accurately
- Identify a director’s purpose in using a variety of image making techniques
- Analyze scenes and films based on the director and cinematographer’s techniques and decisions
Final Assignment
- Anatomy of a Scene using a Hitchcock film of your choosing
Thurs 8/29
In class:
- Film Questionnaire & Film Terminology Pre-test
- Syllabus Review
Review Basic Film Terms & “The Shot: Mise-en-Scene”
Fri 8/30
Film Terminology presentation
Tues 9/3
Film term presentation cont. (pick up with “score”)
Wed 9/4
Film term presentation cont.
Learning elements of mise-en-scene project (on google classroom)
- Read your assigned section
- Identify key terms and main ideas
- Start to plan/script out video
- What clips will you use?
- How will you organize your information?
- Analyzing scene/film still
Thurs 9/5
Working on project with partner(s)
Fri 9/6
In-class work day
HW: Project due Tuesday at beginning of class
Mon 9/9
Drop (per 3)
In-class work day (per 6)
Tues 9/10
Mise projects due
Hitchcock on Hitchcock
Reading your assigned section with your group
- Main ideas
- Define key terms
- Confusing info or questions your have about his statements
- Find clips online he is discussing to apply the main ideas
Groups
- 285-287
- bottom 287-290
- 290-293
- 294-top 297
- 297-end
HW: Review 5 of the videos for film terms on mise-en-scene
Wed 9/11
Presenting Hitch on Hitch and reviewing clips from films
HW: Review the rest of the videos for film terms on mise-en-scene
Thurs 9/12
Counselors
Fri 9/13
Film term review
Intro to North by Northwest
- What is Hitchcock’s purpose with North by Northwest? What is he trying to say?
- How does he construct and achieve this purpose?
- Shots
- Scenes
- Film Techniques
HW: Response on google classroom
Mon 9/16 – 9/19
Overview of final assignment
Watching and taking notes on North by Northwest
HW: Notes on Hitchcock interview with Dick Cavett
Fri 9/20 – Fri 9/27
Video essay on North by Northwest
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Friday 9/27
Video essays due
Intro to Visual Culture
HW: Reflection on video essay (Google Classroom)
Arri Weeks 