FILM STUDIES 15
Prerequisite: None
Grade Level: 10-12
Classroom: Room 111
Period: Block 2 (2nd semester)
Credits: 5
Total Duration: 18 weeks
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UNIT 1: Comedy
THE VOCABULARY OF FILM (WE HAVE TO START SOMEWHERE...) NOTE PACKAGE
Basic Visual Literary Terms Handout
Example of a Long Take - Opening Shot of Touch of Evil (1958)
Top 10 Opening Shots of All-Time (CineFix - IGN Movies and TV Video)
Example of a Top Shot - Kaleidoscope Dance from 1933's "Footlight Parade" (Directed by Busby Berkeley)
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013) Question Booklet
MOVIES (THE ILLUSION OF MOTION) NOTE PACKAGE
Movies are Magic: Film History 1 (CrashCourse Video)
The First Movie Camera: Film History 2 (CrashCourse Video)
The Sprinkler Sprinkled (1895) (YouTube Video)
The Lumiere Brothers: Film History 3 (CrashCourse Video)
Bowfinger (1999) Question Booklet
EARLY HOLLYWOOD - THE SILENT ERA (1912-23) NOTE PACKAGE
Where Are My Children: Film Criticism (CrashCourse Video)
The Birth of the Feature Film: Film History 6 (CrashCourse Video)
Mabel's Busy Day (1914) (YouTube Video)
Safety Last (1923) (YouTube Video)
Kid Auto Races at Venice (1914) (YouTube Video)
The Gold Rush (1925) Question Booklet
THE RISE OF "TALKIES" - THE STUDIO SYSTEM ARRIVES (1923-34) NOTE PACKAGE
The Silent Era: Film History 9 (CrashCourse Video)
Breaking the Silence: Film History 10 (CrashCourse Video)
It Happened One Night (1934) Questions
LAUGHS, SEX AND THE HAYS CODE (1934-67) NOTE PACKAGE
Some Like It Hot (1959) Questions
THE EVOLUTION OF COMEDY (1934-1977) NOTE PACKAGE
THE EVOLUTION OF ROMANTIC COMEDIES NOTE PACKAGE
When Harry Met Sally (1989) Questions
COMEDY UNIT EXAM
UNIT 2: Horror
THE ORIGINS OF HORROR (GERMAN EXPRESSIONISM) NOTE PACKAGE
Le Manoir du Diable (1896) (YouTube Video)
German Expressionism: Film History 7 (CrashCourse Video)
Nosferatu (1922)/Shadow of the Vampire (2000) Questions
HOLLYWOOD HORRORS (1931-50) NOTE PACKAGE
ORIGINS OF FILM NOIR NOTE PACKAGE
Citizen Kane: Film Criticism (CrashCourse Video)
B-MOVIE CREATURE FEATURES (1950s) NOTE PACKAGE
The Golden Age of Hollywood: Film History 11 (CrashCourse Video)
BIRTH OF SLASHERS AND DEATH OF THE MPPC (1960s) NOTE PACKAGE
Psycho (1960)/Hitchcock (2012) Questions
ULTRA GORE TO PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLERS (1970s-Present) NOTE PACKAGE
Silence of the Lambs (1991) Questions
The Sixth Sense (1999) Questions
HORROR UNIT EXAM
UNIT 3: The Western
EARLY WESTERNS (1900s-20s) NOTE PACKAGE
The Language of Film: Film History 5 (CrashCourse Video)
Life of an American Fireman (1903) (YouTube Video)
The Great Train Robbery (1903) (YouTube Video)
GOLDEN AGE OF THE WESTERN (1930s-50s) NOTE PACKAGE
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) Questions
THE GLOBALIZATION OF THE WESTERN (1960s) NOTE PACKAGE
For a Few Dollars More (1965) Questions
DEATH OF THE WESTERN (1970s-80s) NOTE PACKAGE
Dances with Wolves (1990) Questions
WESTERNS LIVE ON (1990s-PRESENT) NOTE PACKAGE
WESTERN UNIT EXAM
FINAL PROJECT & EXAM
Actor/Actress Research Project
Producer/Director/Screenwriter Review Sheet
FINAL EXAM