Syllabus



These are your three main threads for this course:

1. watching movies from the AFI list (becoming an expert), 2. watching and discussing movies in class, and 3. making your own video.

You are responsible for working on these assignments both inside and outside of class, all on your own! Otherwise you'll miss out on what the real fun of this is all about--__**seriously**__.

= Timelin e Third Quarter = Complete steps 1 and 2 of the Becoming an Expert assignment. **Due Tuesday 2/9.** **Week 3 and 4:** (2/9-2/19) Chaplin assignment: Add Chaplin paragraph with image to your wikipage. Complete step 3 of the Becoming an Expert assignment. Contribute to the Star Power discussions. **Due Monday 2/22.** Begin step 4 of Becoming an Expert assignment. **Due Monday 3/1**. Continue step 4 of Becoming an Expert assignment. By now you have watched the film twice, taken notes on structure, acting, lighting, camera placement, etc. and you've watched all the extras that come with the DVD. **Week 7:** (3/8-3/12) Casablanca assignment: read pdf.s and respond to discussions. Watch Casablanca. Continue step 4 of Becoming an Expert assignment. By now you are on Tim Dirk's second page of tips. Remember to create evidence of your observations to be added to your wiki page. Embed video or still image of yourself viewing your movie.
 * Week 1: ** (1/25-1/29) AFI Website, What have you seen of the 100 Movies, Class Wiki, Profiles.
 * Week 2: ** (2/1-2/5) Keaton assignment: read pdf.s and respond to discussions.
 * Week 5: ** (2/22-3/1) Chaplin assignment: read pdf.s and respond to discussions. Citizen Kane assignment: read pdf.s and respond to discussions. Start watching Citizen Kane.
 * Week 6: ** (3/1-3/5) Finish watching Citizen Kane. Do Kane Film Terms assignment.
 * Week 8: ** (3/15-3/19) Watch North by Northwest. North by Northwest assignment: read pdf.s and respond to discussions.
 * Week 9: ** (3/22-3/26) Edit video scavenger hunts.

= = = 4th Quarter = **Week 1:** (3/29-4/1) Watch video scavenger hunts. Becoming an Expert assignment due. Pitch ideas for final videos. Watch Some Like It Hot. **Week 2:** (4/12-4/16) Watch The Graduate. Video Project Proposals **Due**. Begin logs for each group member's hours. Use Hero's Journey to begin script writing. **Week 3:** (4/19-23) Watch One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Begin story boards. Finish scripts, update logs, produce timelines with dates and shot lists with supplies and equipment for filming. **Due.** **Week 4:** (4/26-4/30) Watch 2001 A Space Odyssey. Begin filming, update logs. Story boards **Due.** **Week 5:** Watch Seven Samurai. Filming. Update logs and turn in for a grade. **Due.** **Week 6:** Watch The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. Filming. Update logs. Give me cameras to download footage.

**Week 7:** Watch Run Lola Run. Editing and designing advertising. Send out invitations to our film festival? Update logs. **Week 8:** Watch Ed Wood. Add titles and credits. All final videos **Due** with updated logs. **Week 9:** Exam Week: Watch Plan Nine From Outer Space. Contribute to and attend film festival. Review each others movies. Write a defense for your final video grade.

Possible 2010 Movies: The General, Modern Times, Citizen Kane, Casablanca, Some Like It Hot, North by Northwest, Psycho, The Graduate, The Godfather, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Dr. Strangelove, 2001 A Space Odyssey, The Searchers, Yojimbo, Seven Samurai, Hero, The Good The Bad and The Ugly, Apocalypse Now, Motorcycle Diaries, Run Lola Run. Possible In-Depth Looks: Directors (Alfred Hitchcock, Stanley Kubrick), Star Power (Dustin Hoffman, Johnnie Depp, Marilyn Monroe, Bogie, Bergman, etc.), Movie Shorts