Semester 2 Curriculum Map
Course Curriculum Map
|
Week(s) |
Genre/Focus |
Story/Film |
Assignments/Projects |
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1-2 |
Script and Story Basics
● Writing Good Dialogue ● Three-Act Structure ● The Hero’s Journey (Outer Want vs. Inner Need) ● Loglines and Trailers |
Toy Story |
- Typed 2-3 page screenplay (using standard formatting) of any film scene of student’s choice - Toy Story Tracking Sheet |
|
3-4 |
Film History
● Brief history of early staged drama ● Timeline of drama from stage to screen ● Key figures in early cinema and major periods in film history |
Singin’ in the Rain
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- Tracking Sheet - Innovations in filmmaking technology, including music, sound, color, and special effects |
|
4 |
CGI/Documentary |
Pixar Shorts The Making of Pixar
|
- Movie Notes - Animation/Cartoon - One Pager on Movie |
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5-6 |
Block Buster Adventures
● Blockbuster films ●Tentpole franchises ● Differences between stories written for the page and stories presented on the screen |
Jurassic Park Film/Excerpt from the book by Michael Chrichton |
- Producer Notes - Movie Notes - Discuss elements of both science fiction and adventure - Students may be assigned a written assignment in which they make arguments for other existing intellectual properties that would make for a similarly successful blockbuster franchise - - Tracking Sheet |
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7-8 |
Four Quadrant Films
● Four Quadrant Appeal 8 ● Marketing and merchandising film properties ● Franchise material |
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope |
- Tracking Sheet |
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9-11 |
Comedy ● Types of comedy ● Major figures in comedy history ● Comedy as the inversion of expectations |
What About Bob & Gone Fishin’ |
- Characteristics of Parody - Exploring the differences between light and dark comedy - Satire, sarcasm - Movie Notes/Tracking Sheet |
|
12-13 |
Sports |
Remember the Titans |
- One Pager on Movie of your choice - Civil rights and sports in 20th century America - NCAA rules - Movie Notes |
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14-16 |
Drama |
The Shawshank Redemption/ Schindler’s List |
- Movie Notes - Reflection |