Example of Lesson Units:

·  Early Hollywood Genres in Colour (Drama)

·  Magic Realism, Sci Fi and Fantasy in real life (Drama)

·  Character study (Drama and Tech integrated unit)

·  The Directors (Drama)

·  Zoom Film (Drama)

·  Scriptwriting to film - Short Film Production (Drama)

·  Being Heard: The Power of Silence and Sound (Tech)

·  Making Magic : Fantasy special effects (Tech)

·  Colour Temperature: as technique and creative tool (Tech)

·  Documentary Filmmaking - Technique and Approach (Tech)

·  Summative Film - One Character Speaks: Spoken Word or monologue to film.

Specific Curriculum Content:

Aesthetics and Criticism
Close reading of films: cinematic & dramatic effect
In-class critique and presentations
Formal film reviews
Essays in film theory and analysis / Classical Genres and World Cinema and Film History
Exploring Hollywood film genre characteristics
Mythic patterns and genre hallmarks
Satire and the social implications in genre filmmaking
Creating original meaning within traditional filmic contexts
Youth in film - coming of age films
Pre-Production Process
The actor and the camera - cinematic effect
Storyboard to animatics
Treatments and pitching
Scriptwriting continued - archetypes and themes / The Directors and Directing
Focus on groundbreaking masters in directing
Critical Analysis cinematic style and approaches
Technical Analysis of Film as style
Close reading of films and analysis
Character development and subject focus
Character bone structure
Visual and cinematic character style
Stanislavski AND acting for camera
Character analysis through film history - archetypes