IDEAS. WORDS.
IMAGES.
TEXTURAL ANALYSIS
THEY'LL
NEVER STOP TALKING
ABOUT FILM!
Textual analysis
Topics include the language of Film, mise-en-scene, costume, music, cinematography, lighting and camera movement. These are studies in the context of the prescribed film for the Film SL course. These films include Psycho, Breathless, The 400 Blows, Ikiru, The Good the Bad and the Ugly, Blade Runner, Pan's Labyrinth, Children of Men and Metropolis.
INDEPENDENT PROJECT
doc·u·MEN·ta·ry:
A work, such as a film or television program, presenting political, social, or historical subject matter in a factual and informative manner and often consisting of actual news films or interviews accompanied by narration.
Or in simpler terms:
A nonfiction story told through moving images and sound.
FILMS ABOUT FILM
Film history and theory
Topics include early cinema, German expressionism, musicals of the 30s and 40s, Italian neo-realism, film noir, French new wave, Japanese cinema, Mexican cinema, gender theory, auteur theory, Marxist cinema, and psychoanalytical film theory.
PRODUCTION PORTFOLIO
STAND OUT
FROM THE CROWD:
What is my film saying that is new, original, unique and/or insightful?
How do I want to be assessed
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Director
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Cinematographer
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Editor
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Sound Engineer
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Screen Writer
Film production
There are several practical production projects. These short films (1-2 minutes) usually focus on a particular area of the creative process, such as lighting, editing, how to film a dinner table conversation, diegetic and Foley sound, and the visual interpretation of a poem.