Unit 1: Magical Thinking
- Introduces the basic concepts of motion pictures with a survey of historical moving picture viewing devices and the key figures responsible for the evolution of the artistic, scientific, and technological development of the medium.
- Students will work with the still images to produce a stop-frame video and personal moving image montage.
Date |
Lesson |
Resources |
Homework |
September 3/4 |
Lesson 1: Trompe l'Oeil - Animated Loop |
Lesson 1 Handout Google Drive |
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September 5 |
Lesson 3: The Process Journal and Montage Assignment |
Lesson 3 Handouts Google Drive |
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September 6 |
Lesson 4: The Creative Process and Success Criteria |
Lesson 3 Handouts Google Drive |
Finish planning your story/montage |
September 9 - 12 |
Lesson 5: Story boards and filming |
Value |
Continue to work on montage assignment |
September 12-13 |
Lesson 6: Flipbook |
Continue working on Montage Brainstorm ideas for your flip book |
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September 16 |
Continue Flipbook and Photo Montage Assignments |
Collect notes and ideas in your Journal |
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Video Montage Video |
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Norman McLaren Tribute Video |
Unit 2: Seeing is Deceiving
- Examines film clips and music videos to determine how the scenes are constructed
- This exercise will enable students to use the camera as a tool to communicate with the visual language of film.
Date |
Lesson |
Homework |
Additional Resources |
Oct 7 |
Music Video Assignment Studying different camera techniques |
Music Video Assignment Complete the assignment for two songs or commercials |
Unit 2 vocabulary handout to be placed in journal |
Ongoing |
Back to the Future Sound Essay |
Back to the Future Essay |
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Ongoing |
Film/Drama Script Writing |
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Unit 3: Hearing is Believing
- Students will understand how sound and editing impact mood and pace of a film.
- Students will identify different careers in the film industry and play the role of a foley artist by manipulating dubbed sound.
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Unit 4: The Parody Film Festival
- Students will research and analyze the different genres of film in small groups and then apply their findings to a parody of the genre in the Spoof It project.
- As the culminating task, this project will consolidate learning by fully utilizing the creative and critical processess as students showcase their mastery of skill and knowledge.
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