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Intro to Film and Video

Intro to Film and Video

Theatre Arts IX  INTRODUCTION TO FILM & VIDEO       

Credit: 1.0

Prerequisite: None 

Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 

 

INTRO TO FILM & VIDEO examines the areas of film and television production from historical, theoretical, and practical applications. The studies of film as literature and film evaluations are emphasized. Students receive hands-on instruction with film and video equipment. Written and oral critiques are required for each unit of film study.  A $45 class fee is requested for supplies. 

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Unit Two
Unit Three

Film History



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Films We Screen:

Hugo, Modern Times, Singin' In The Rain

Unit One

Looking at Movies & Genres



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Films We Screen:

Bringing Up Baby, The Searchers, Little Shop of Horrors

Cinematography



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Films We Screen:

Sunset Boulevard, Life of Pi, Some Like It Hot

Unit Six
Unit Five

Editing



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Films We Screen:

Inception, The Bourne Identity

Unit Four
Unit Nine
Unit Eight

Sound



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PPT

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Films We Screen:

Wall-E, The Artist

Unit Seven

Acting



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PPT

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Films We Screen:

A Streetcar Named Desire, The General, Les Miserables, Enchanted, The Devil Wears Prada, Lawrence of Arabia

Unit Ten

Art Direction



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Films We Screen:

2001: A Space Odyssey, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Nightmare Before Christmas, It's a Wonderful Life

Screenwriting & Narrative



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PPT

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Films We Screen:

Pyscho, Jaws, The SIxth Sense

Documentaries



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PPT

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Films We Screen:

Game of Honor, Undefeated, and short documentaries

Visual Effects

 

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PPT

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Films We Screen:

King Kong, Star Wars, Avatar

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