Grade+12+Film+Studies+-+ADV4M


 * Welcome to Film Studies in Room 106- Semester ONE 2013-14! **
 * Be prepared to see the stars, get behind the scenes, be on-set, get into the action, and to let the cameras roll! **


 * __ADV4M__: **
 * SUMMATIVE DATES: **
 * Storyboard and Shot Sequence Layout DUE: MONDAY, DEC. 16 **
 * Annotated Bibliography: DUE - Monday, Jan. 13 **
 * Complete List of Works Cited: DUE - Friday, Jan. 17 **
 * Digital Documentary Product: **
 * (worth 15% of final mark) - DUE - Monday, Jan. 20 **


 *  Portfolio ( worth 15% of final mark) - DUE: Thursday, Jan. 23 **


 * TUE. JANUARY 7 - Trip to NFB!!! **

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**"Too many terms Miss!!!!!!?" Don't worry, the movies are coming....**

Went to Lab in second half of period Discussed chart and took notes on supporting arguments and methods of development. || || PPT viewed: || Discussed audience appeal and targeted audience || Hand in Quotation Response for //The Eleventh Hour// at beginning of class. Handed out the **Final Porfolio** requirements (15% of mark): || Discussion || Brainstormed meaning of success. Began watching //I Am (2010),// a documentary by Tom Shadyack, the director of //Ace Ventura// || Discussion session for //The Eleventh Hour.// Teacher selected groups Handout with REFLECTION ASSIGNMENT for the //The Eleventh Hour//: Begin 2nd Documentary. || Viewed clips from //Thank You for Smoking, The Notebook, To Kill a Mockingbird// to review types of appeal. || Began watching //The Eleventh Hour (2007)// diCaprio || Began Documentary Unit: || Review SCENE ANALYSIS structure: Presentations CONTINUE tomorrow. There will be time tomorrow to do both today's and tomorrow's scheduled presentations. As well, Netflix was not working and we started watching //Memento// rather than finishing //Butch Cassidy.// Will continue with previous film when circumstances allow. || Begin film: //Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid// || ADV 4M Film display in the lobby Reviewed Structure for __Rear Window__ analysis (see 'EXAMPLE Critic INTRO OUTLINE, Nov. 4) || Set up Display board. View rest of __Rear Window__ critique. || Handed out writing assignment - sequence analysis with your interpretation of POV, SETTING, CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT, SUSPENSE || Discussed voyeurism and the frame-within-the-frame-within-the-frame as visual metaphor for POV || Began watching Hitchcock's //Rear Window// (1954) || Library Period to begin Genre Project: || Genre Readings: Continued working on Genre Grid (features and characteristics of each genre) ||
 * **Tue. Jan 14** || Went to lab in first half of period. ||
 * **Mon. Jan. 13** || **ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY DUE**
 * **Jan. 10** || Discussed specific methods of development for the movie. Applied methods to specific supporting arguments. Identified thesis. ||
 * **Tue. Jan.9** || [[file:Standard Argument Structure Note.doc]] Watched part of //Bowling for Columbine// and applied terms from Standard Argument structure and Methods of Development. Discussed Visual and Sound elements as methods of development.
 * **Mon. JAN. 6** || Finished //The March of the Penguins//. Discussed summatives. Returned reflections. ||
 * ** Friday, DEC.20 -**
 * Fri. JAN.3 ** || ** WINTER BREAK!!!! **
 * Stay jolly : ) ** Stay warm : ) ** BE SAFE!!!!! ** ||
 * **Thurs. Dec. 19** ||  ||
 * **Wed. Dec. 18** || Work period and continued watching //March of the Penguins// ||
 * **Tue. Dec. 17** || Watched PPT: [[file:Documentary Notesfor PPt.doc]]
 * **Mon. Dec. 16** || Library Period ||
 * **Fri. Dec. 13** || Began //March of the Penguins// (narrative exposition + entertainment) ||
 * **Thur. Dec. 12** || Finish //An Inconvenient Truth// (exposition)
 * **Wed. Dec. 11** || **LIBRARY PERIOD**
 * **Tue. Dec. 10** || **LIBRARY PERIOD** ||
 * **Mon. Dec. 9** || Hand in Part 1 of Summative
 * Handed out Part 2 Materials (Storyboard sheets and Shot Sequence Layout Sheet) that are due Monday, Dec. 16 (not all handouts available in digital format - see Ms. Mason)** ||
 * **FRI. Dec. 6** || Began watching //An Inconvenient Truth//. Discussed style difference compared to //The Eleventh Hour//, and the purposes and intended audiences for each film. ||
 * **THUR. Dec. 5** || LIBRARY PERIOD:use this planning guide to prepare SUMMATIVE material due on MONDAY: (interview questions and schedule) [[file:Documentary Planning Guide.doc]] ||
 * **WED. Dec. 4** || Finished //I Am//
 * **TUE Dec. 3** || Finished TEDtalk of Larry Smith "Why you will fail to have a good career."
 * **MON. Dec. 2** || Introduced SUMMATIVE DOCUMENTARY PROJECT:[[file:ADV 4MSummative-Documentary.doc]]
 * **FRI Nov. 29** || NATIONAL CAPITAL HISTORY DAY - information session by Ms. Riddell
 * **THURS. Nov. 28** || Continued with //The Eleventh Hour// ||
 * **Wed. Nov. 27** || Took notes on ETHICAL, LOGICAL, EMOTIONAL APPEAL
 * **Tue. Nov. 26** || **TOMORROW'S FIELD TRIP IS CANCELLED**
 * **Mon. Nov. 25** || Continue //Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid//
 * HW- Finish the topic sentences and concluding sentences from handout.** ||
 * **Tue. Nov. 19-**
 * Fri. Nov. 22** || Genre Presentations ||
 * **Mon. Nov. 18** || Genre Presentations were to begin, but due to technical difficulties, were post-poned.
 * **Fri. Nov. 15** || No classes: PD Day ||
 * **Thurs. Nov. 14** || Library Period ||
 * **Wed. Nov. 13** || Library Period ||
 * **Tue. Nov. 12** || **Analysis due**
 * **Mon. Nov. 11** || Remembrance Day Ceremony.
 * **Fri. Nov. 8** || Genre test
 * **Thur. Nov.7** || Library Period for Genre Project ||
 * **Wed. Nov. 6** || Library Period for Genre Project ||
 * **Tue. Nov.5** || In-class writing task, based on Readings provided yesterday: [[file:FINALmise en scene questions.doc]] ||
 * **Mon. Nov. 4** || Showed example of INTRO and OUTLINE for Hitchcock analysis: [[file:EXAMPLE Critic INTRO OUTLINE.doc]] ||
 * **Fri. Nov. 1** || finished //Rear Window//
 * **Thur. Oct 31** || Library Period for Genre - Genre Grid due tomorrow ||
 * **Wed. Oct. 30** || Library Period for Genre - Genre Grid due tomorrow ||
 * **Tue. Oct 29** || continued watching film
 * **Mon. Oct. 28** || Hitchcock PPT and handout: [[file:Hitchcock INTRO.ppt]]
 * **Fri. Oct. 25** || Robb Nash Presentations ||
 * **Thur. Oct 24** || Library Period for Genre Project ||
 * **Wed. Oct. 23** || View Robb Nash intro
 * **Tues. Oct. 22** || Viewed TWO Youtube overviews of GENRE
 * **Mon. 21** || PPT about Genre:[[file:GENRE+SubGenres.ppt]]

Reading: Grid1: Grid2: Grid 3:

[] [] Choose Genre for your project. Watched clips from //T////he Deer Hunter (1978)// and 40 minutes of //Patton (1971).// Pay attention to the notion of the war film as being a mechanism of propaganda. //Patton// was made during the Vietnam War//, but// **it was about** WWII, and //The Deer Hunter// came out **after** the Vietnam War. How does //The Deer Hunter// represent war? In which ways could one read //Patton// as commentary about the Vietnam war, or just war in general? || Handed in Scripts and Storyboards. Work Period for Film Production ||
 * Great Genre websites: **
 * Genre Project: [[file:UNIT 3- Genre study PROJECT.doc]] **
 * FILM DUE: OCT. 30 for in-class viewing** ||
 * **Fri. Oct. 18** || Began Genre Unit by looking at Preliminary Layout for the assignment.
 * GENRE - COMBAT + A VEHICLE FOR PROPAGANDA OR PATRIOTISM?**
 * **Thurs. Oct 17** || Library period for making films. ||
 * **Wed. Oct 16** || Viewed Youtube videos regarding lighting, camera movement, and camera angles.
 * **Tue. Oct. 15** || Group Work Rubric: [[file:GROUP work EVALUATION Rubric.doc]] ||
 * **Thurs. Oct. 10** || Watched AFI Youtube about Storyboarding and then one about the Call-Sheet and organizing the shoot. Handed out more Storyboard templates and the template for the Call-Sheet.
 * REMINDER: The storyboard, script and call-sheet handouts can be found in the AFI Basics Handbook (posted on this page on Oct. 8).**
 * EACH group member must hand in a copy of the script. ALL SCRIPTS WILL BE IDENTICAL for each group member.
 * **Script must be formatted properly - as indicated on the handout**

EACH group member must put their name on the sheets that they have done. Wrap up __The Hurt Locker__ __WORK PERIOD time__: work on your script and storyboard. Bring your own laptop if necessary. || Pitch your Remembrance Day film plans. (Evaluation) || Watch for the juxtaposition of long shots with extreme close-ups. Note music and sequences in which there is no music. Look for visuals intended to emphasize chaos, distortion, civilized/uncivilized, extreme conditions. What other kinds of juxtaposition are used? Why might the director be choosing these particular contrasts, or using montage in this way? || Discussed ARCHETYPE: Viewed PPT: //Citizen Kane - // Worked on the first stages of the script in preparation for writing: Pre-writing, outline, and treatment. || Returned Benny and Joon reflections Viewed example reflection Viewed presentations. || Handed out project for this week: || Paying special attention to camera angle and mise en scene. || Chose an interesting job and researched it: || Viewed "Odessa Steps" sequence from //The Battleship Potemkin// || Finished PPT (Block booking to Nosferatu) || PPT: || Watched Charlie Chaplin's "Oceana Roll" scene from //The Gold Rush.//
 * EACH group member must contribute to the Storyboard and hand in at LEAST three panels, labeled as indicated on the handout. STORYBOARD must be submitted in story order, not shooting order.
 * EACH group member must hand in a Call-Sheet. It CANNOT be a duplicate of someone else's in your group. The Call-Sheet must have your name on it.
 * ENJOY THANKSGIVING !!!!!**
 * REMINDER: ONLY the Scripts and Storyboards are due on WED. 16 Oct.** ||
 * **Wed. Oct. 9** || View PPT: The Sound Era: [[file:3 The Introduction of Sound to Cinema.ppt]]
 * **Tue. Oct 8** || **LIBRARY PERIOD - write script using proper format. Start storyboard - ALL group members must hand in a script and //their own version// of the storyboard. [[file:AFI_BasicsHandbook.pdf]] If you need to look at the formatting for the script, or view the storyboard of shots and shot angles, please look at the above HANDBOOK from AFI.** ||
 * **Mon. Oct. 7** || Introduction to Storyboard and Scriptwriting with handout: [[file:2 AFI Script and Storyboard.doc]]
 * **Fri. Oct. 4** || ** Pitch RUBRIC: [[file:PitchRubric.doc]] **
 * Continued viewing __The Hurt Locker__. **
 * **Thurs. Oct. 3** || Reviewed DRAFT of PITCH RUBRIC and asked for input from students. Began viewing __The Hurt Locker__. ||
 * **Wed. Oct. 2** || **LIBRARY PERIOD - research Pitch and tighten up ideas.** ||
 * **Tue. Oct. 1** || Viewed PPT: Narrative: The Plot cont'd: [[file:NARRATIVE (the plot).ppt]]
 * **Mon. Sept. 30** || Handed out Production Roles notes: UNAVAILABLE FOR WIKI
 * Introduced Remembrance Day Project: ** [[file:AFI PreProd.doc]]
 * **Fri. Sept 27** || Presentations ||
 * **Thurs. Sept. 26** || //Citizen Kane Questions:[[file:CITIZEN KANE.doc]]// ||
 * **Wed. Sept. 25** || Library research period ||
 * **Tue. Sept. 28** || Library research period: ||
 * **Mon. Sept. 23** || Finished //Citizen Kane//
 * **Fri. Sept. 20** || Viewed the first hour of //Citizen Kane//. Discussed Kane's relationship with parents and how his character is being developed.
 * **Thurs. Sept. 19** || Went to library and researched the work of a Film Crew:[[file:FilmIndustryRoles.pdf]]
 * **Wed. Sept. 18** || Watched PPT on Cinematic Techniques[[file:cinematic techniques powerpoint.pptx]]
 * **Tue. Sept .17** || Collected //Benny and Joon// reflections.
 * **Mon. Sept. 16** || Terms quiz
 * **Fri. Sept. 13** || Finished //Benny and Joon.// Viewed the "Odessa Steps Sequence" from Eisensteins's //Battleship Potemkin.// ||
 * **Thurs. Sept. 12** || Worked on 9 Key Scenes.

Began watching //Benny and Joon.// Discussed mental health and the movie's representation of mental illness. Handed out assignment, **DUE Tuesday, Sept. 17: ** || Began 9 Key Scenes. || Finished Terms on B side of sheet. Watched PPT about Narrative structure: SEE second screening (full edition on Oct. 2) || Started FLIPBOOKS and STORYBOARD || || Handout: ||
 * **Wed. Sept. 11** || Worked on Flipbook assignment.
 * **Tuesday, Sept. 10** || Finished the note on //The Kid.// [[file:The Kid-Intro.doc]]
 * **Monday, Sept. 9** || Finished //The Kid//.
 * **Friday, Sept. 6** || Movie Day!!! Viewing Charlie Chaplin's //The Kid// (1921). No homework this weekend! There will be activities next week though. If you were absent on Friday, come see me about borrowing the DVD of the //The Kid.// ||
 * **Thurs. Sept. 5** || Reviewed TERMS from yesterday. Viewed **Early Film History PowerPoint** about the first cameras and moving pictures. Filled in supporting handout (Early Film) and Part B of Unit One terms.
 * **Wed. Sept. 4** || Watched "Paperman" and a short clip from "Falling Down. Discussed the language of film, signs, codes, conventions, and Barthes 5 Codes of Meaning. Applied terms to film clips.
 * **Tuesday, Sept. 3** || [[file:ADV4M Course Outline.doc]] ||