IB Film Y1

IB Film Y1Cymry DeBoucherKim-ree de-boo-shay

GoalStudents will develop and demonstrate an understanding of the art of film making and film language as demonstrated through the creation of films, trailers, documentation of their own film making processes, and written film history and analysis projects.

Classroom UpdateLast year Started with a pencil cup and a sign-in sheet

Added Cameras and an editing computer built by the film club

This year E810 will become the new film classroom with editing computers and a small green screen room

Classroom expectationsBe prompt and attend class regularly.Dress appropriately. (Students are expected to meet school dress code requirements every class period, including the wearing of a school ID.)Use classroom time and equipment respectfully.Use of cell phones for classwork is allowed. Personal use of cell phones is not acceptable.

Materials

Composition book to use as a film journal to maintain notes about films viewed in class and outside of class.

Flash drive (optional) - it is useful for each student to have their own (16 32 GB) to keep film projects on once they start creating films in the lab.

Grading PoliciesHonors quality work is expected for every assignment. Late work and/or shoddy and incomplete work will receive points off whether the assignment is formative or summative.

Formative - Points for completion will be entered into the grade book students will receive a feedback score indicating the rubric level achieved so that they understand how their work is progressing toward the final internal and external assessment scores

Summative - Final projects scored on the IB rubrics and/or the fine arts rubric

Semester 1Early Cinematic HistoryIntroduction to interpretation and analysis of films through discussion of: Hugo and The Artist

Foreign Film History Projects (German Expressionism, Soviet Montage, New Wave French, Italian Neo-Classical)View selected excerpts from Nosferatu & Metropolis

Semester 1 continued..Short films: Paper Man, Head Over Heels, Guacamole, Run Boy Run

Interpretation of Suspense: Rear Window, Psycho, Argo, The Year of Living Dangerously

Interpretation of Science Fiction: Avatar, Looper, The Matrix

Semester 1 continued..Using the camera, downloading video, basic editing in Premier

Storyboarding and creating 30 second moviesIB films and assessments

Generic trailer characteristicsCreating 1-minute holiday film trailers

Semester 2Interpretation of Noir: Maltese Falcon, Chinatown, Blade Runner, Dead Men Dont Wear Plaid

Interpretation of Historical Fiction: The Help, The Kings Speech, 42, Lincoln

Semester 2 continued..Interpretation of the Western: The Good the Bad and the Ugly; The Good the Bad the Weird; 3:10 to Yuma; Tombstone

Planning and creating foreign language films

Planning and creating other films for the spring film fest

Semester 2 continued..Documentaries Walt and Kurasawa

Researching and planning for the IB Independent Study (Documentary Script)

Thank You!Please contact me with any questions or concerns.cdebouch@amphi.com

Thank you in advance for your support.