FILM STUDIES 15
Prerequisite: None
Grade Level: 10-12
Classroom: Room 111
Period: Block 1 (2nd semester)
Credits: 5
Total Duration: 18 weeks
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UNIT 1: Comedies/Musicals
THE VOCABULARY OF FILM/THE CREW - WHO PUTS A MOVIE TOGETHER? NOTE PACKAGE
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) /EARLY HOLLYWOOD - THE SILENT ERA (1912-23) 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)
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) Question Booklet
EARLY MUSICALS - HOLLYWOOD LEARNS TO SING NOTE PACKAGE
The Wizard of Oz (1939) Question Booklet
MUSICALS IN THE 1940s & EARLY 1950s - THE RISE OF THE FREED UNIT NOTE PACKAGE
Singin' in the Rain (1952) Question Booklet
LAUGHS, SEX AND THE HAYS CODE (1934-67) NOTE PACKAGE
Some Like It Hot (1959) Question Booklet
LATE 1950s & 1960s - RISE OF BROADWAY ADAPTATIONS NOTE PACKAGE
The Sound of Music (1965) Question Booklet
Casablanca (1942) Question Booklet
THE EVOLUTION OF COMEDY (1934-1989) NOTE PACKAGE
When Harry Met Sally (1989) Question Booklet
MUSICALS FROM THE 1970s TO THE PRESENT - DEATH AND RESURRECTION NOTE PACKAGE
World Cinema - Part 1: Film History 14 (CrashCourse Video)
O Brother Where Art Thou? (2000) Question Booklet
THE RISE OF INDIE COMEDIES - THE 1980s TO THE PRESENT DAY NOTE PACKAGE
The Rise of the Independent Film: Film History 12 (CrashCourse Video)
Napoleon Dynamite (2004) Question Booklet
COMEDIES/MUSICALS UNIT EXAM
UNIT 2: Horrors/Film Noir
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)
Ed Wood (1994) Questions
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 NOTE PACKAGE
The Sixth Sense (1999) Questions
HORROR/FILM NOIR 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)
High Noon (1952) Questions
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
Unforgiven (1992) Questions
WESTERN UNIT EXAM
FINAL PROJECT & EXAM
Actor/Actress Research Project
Producer/Director/Screenwriter Review Sheet
FINAL EXAM