what is literature to film?. we’ll call it…. me? love film – renting top gun – checking out...
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What is Literature to Film?
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We’ll Call It….
FILMLITERATURE
Or…
FILM LIT.
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ME?
• Love film– Renting Top Gun– Checking out from local library for $1.00 each
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• Grew up in Chicago• Same high school as John Hughes (Ferris
Bueller, The Breakfast Club, Home Alone)
• Northwestern University• Roomed with a Radio / TV / Film major
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• 2002– Conference on using film in English classes– Loved it ever since as an instructional tool.
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My Philosophy
It is always better to know more than to know less.
Hard work leads to opportunities and choices, choices that YOU
can make
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When Do We Meet?
• Every day
• 1 period a day
• 1 semester long
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Credit?• When you pass the class at the semester…
– Receive .5 of an English credit
• What if I am on track to already get my 4 credits of English?
– This class will drop into the Elective category– You need 6 credits in Electives to graduate!
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What Will We Do?
• Study the history and evolution of film.
• Study the techniques used to make films.
• Examine clips of and full feature films.
• Analyze these films for their artistic, literary, and cinematic strengths and weaknesses
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What Else Will We Do?
• Take notes
• Read from the text book
• Read fiction short stories
• Read film reviews
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And….
• Read scripts
• Read film treatments
• Write research papers
• Write film analysis papers
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And….
• Write film treatments
• Write mini-scripts
• Create storyboards
• Create mini-film scenes
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And….
• Create soundtracks
• Watch a ton of good stuff
• Yes, we will work in this class
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Assignment Pattern
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FOCUS
Teaching reading, writing, and thinking through and with the
use of film.
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We Won’t…..
• Use this as time to catch up on our sleep (since it will be dark a lot).
• Use this to catch up on texting.
• Just sit around, watch films, and say we like it or not.
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WEBSITE
• Added a page to mine
• Class Overview
• Class Resources
• All assignments and a calendar of what we’ve done
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Class Wiki
• Need to enroll in this.
• Projects / papers will be written on here.
• Daily schedule of assignments
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MATERIALS
• Pen and pencil
• Notebook
• Folder
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Turnitin.com
• Have you used it before?
• Do you have an account?
• If so….”enroll” in Film Lit course
• If not…make an account….then enroll in the course!
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ABSENT?
• We have a strange scenario for this class if you are absent:
How do I make upseeing a clip or a
full film?
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Answer…..• Class DVD• Clips• Assignments• PPs
• The P Drive• P Drive / Student / Warner / Film Lit.
• We’ll “punt” if these don’t work out for each scenario that comes up!
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Thank you!
• Thanks for taking a risk on a new course.
• Please give me your honest feedback as we go through.
• Let me know what you need more of along the way.