HONORS FILM STUDIES

“I WILL NEVER WATCH MOVIES THE SAME AGAIN”

SEMESTER 2:

Watch and analyze films by type and form.

End of Year:

Write and produce your own screenplay.

SEMESTER 1:

Learn how movies work.

HONORS FILM STUDIES

Figure out and discuss how:

Narrative builds

Setting and costume create

Camera angles manipulate

Editing works

Sound envelopes you

Animation tells the truth

Documentary creates new truth

Chicago lives on the screen

Films change the world

Why you love what you love

Sample of films watched (changes every year):

• Spiderman *(millennial Sam Raimi version)
• I Saw the T.V. Glow
• Hunt for the Wilderpeople
• NOPE
• Parasite
• The Truman Show
• Kajillioinaire
• Sound of Metal
• Sherlock Jr. (Buster Keaton)
• The Shining
• Everything Everywhere All at Once
• Psycho (Hitchcock)
• Evil Dead II
• Wall*E
• My Neighbor Totoro
• Grave of the Fireflies
• Widows
• Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
• How to Blow Up a Pipeline
• A wide selection of documentary films
• A wide selection of shorts
• Student made films!
• A handful of campaign based video games
• And more! You help choose!

WRITE YOUR OWN SCREEN PLAY! GET IN ARGUMENTS ABOUT MOVIES!

Two types of assessments: analytic/evaluative and creative

DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS IF:

• You want to be on your phone during class (movies need eyes and ears at all times)

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• You don’t want to watch a few dozen thought provoking, world challenging films

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• You don’t want to complete a mix of writing assignments analyzing films and creative, hands on projects that use our in class studies