Intro to Camera Movement: Interstellar

AGENDA FOR MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30:

• Hand back work and collect storyboards
• Intro to camera movement
• Notes and examples:
• Zoom-in, pan, tracking, crane - Forrest Gump
• Whip pan - La La Land 
• Tilt - Star Wars
• Steadicam - The Shining
• Handheld - Bourne Ultimatum
• Virtual Camera - LEGO Movie

• Hand out sheet, begin Interstellar

HOMEWORK

• Complete storyboards if unfinished.
• "10 Shots" project due by October 8th (storyboards need to be in FIRST)

Cinematography Unit: Rear Window and Begin Project

AGENDA FOR THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26:

• Finish Rear Window
• Complete screening guide
• Go over "10 shots" project
• Work on treatment and storyboards for project

HOMEWORK

• Treatment for project due by Monday, September 30
• Storyboard due by Wednesday, October 2
• Final project due by Tuesday, October 8

Cinematography Unit: Rear Window (Cont.)

AGENDA FOR TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24:

• Rear Window: Recap
• Continue watching Rear Window
• Work on Rear Window screening guide

Cinematography Unit: Rear Window

AGENDA FOR FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20:

• Review Shot Types
• Go over viewing guide
• Watch Rear Window

NARRATIVE TEST!

AGENDA FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18

• Super-quick pre-test review
• TEST
• When done, pick up a "movie shot" and answer the following:
• "What do you think is going on in this scene?"
• "Why do you think the director chose to place the camera here?"
• When tests are all completed, we'll share begin our next unit
• Intro to Cinematography
• Shot Lengths
• Camera Angles
• Analyzing Shots exercise (take notes, what shots do you notice?)
• Jurassic Park
• Ice Age
• Predator
• You pick?

Film Stories Unit: Non-narrative Films, Test Review!

AGENDA FOR MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16:

• Finish Citizen Kane
• Complete Citizen Kane viewing guide, hand in
• Historical Background (with Jack Black)
• Mini-lesson on non-narrative films
• A film without a story
• "An Optical Poem"
• "Mothlight"
• "Weapon of Choice" - is it non-narrative?
• CLIP from Koyaanisqatsi
• Kahoot Review!
• Linear Narratives, Non-linear Narratives, and Non-Narratives
• Test on Wednesday on Narrative films!

HOMEWORK:

• Prepare for test on Wednesday

Film Stories Unit: Citizen Kane

AGENDA FOR THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12:

• Finish watching Citizen Kane
• Screening Guide due at the end of the screening!
• Extras: If time is left:
• Trailer
• Downfall of Orson Welles...
• Jack Black

HOMEWORK

• On Monday, we will have a quick summative reviewing the difference between linear and nonlinear films.

Film Stories Unit: Nonlinear Narratives

AGENDA FOR TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10:

• Introduction to non-linear storytelling
• Examples of non-linear movies: Rashomon, Memento, Forrest Gump
• Information on Citizen Kane
• Watch Citizen Kane
• Fill in screening guide - due at the end of the film!

Film Stories Unit: Finish Back to the Future

AGENDA FOR FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6:

• Complete Back to the Future
• Discuss each act, reflect on hero's journey
• Complete, hand in assignment
• Extra short, if time: Time Freak

Film Stories Unit: Hero's Journey, Back to the Future

AGENDA FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4:

• Brief introduction of the film and hero's journey
• Watch Back to the Future up to Act One
• Complete Act One in story breakdown worksheet
• Continue watching film
• End of class, please pass back in your worksheets