What is Literature to Film?
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What is Literature to Film?
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We’ll Call It….
FILMLITERATURE
Or…
FILM LIT.
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ME?
• Love film– Renting Top Gun– Checking out from local library for $1.00 each
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• Grew up in Chicago• Same high school as John Hughes (Ferris
Bueller, The Breakfast Club, Home Alone)
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My Philosophy
It is always better to know more than to know less.
Hard work leads to opportunities and choices, choices that YOU
can make
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When Do We Meet?
• Every day
• 1 period a day
• 1 semester long
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Credit?• When you pass the class at the semester…
– Receive .5 of an English credit
• What if I am on track to already get my 4 credits of English?
– This class will drop into the Elective category– You need 6 credits in Electives to graduate!
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What Will We Do?
• Study the history and evolution of film.
• Study the techniques used to make films.
• Examine clips of and full feature films.
• Analyze these films for their artistic, literary, and cinematic strengths and weaknesses
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What Else Will We Do?
• Take notes
• Read from the text book
• Read fiction short stories
• Read film reviews
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And….
• Read scripts
• Read film treatments
• Write research papers
• Write film analysis papers
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And….
• Write film treatments
• Write mini-scripts
• Create storyboards
• Listen to podcasts
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And….
• Create podcasts
• Create soundtracks
• Watch a ton of good stuff
• Yes, we will work in this class
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Warning…..Foreshadowing
• You can’t do little to nothing and expect to pass or to pass with an A, B, or C.
• You WILL be doing work in this class.
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But…
You will get out of the class what you put in to it!
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Assignment Pattern
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“Flipped Classroom” Philosophy
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Due Dates / Patterns1) Intro new theory / technique / methodology.
2) Watch clips that exemplify that.
3) Watch a film that exemplifies that.
4) Viewing guide for each film.
5) Items are due at completion of film / follow-up assignment.
6) End of unit = last turn-in (minus points)
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FOCUS
Teaching reading, writing, and thinking through and with the
use of film.
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We Won’t…..
• Use this as time to catch up on our sleep (since it will be dark a lot).
• Use this to catch up on texting.
• Just sit around, watch films, and say we like it or not.
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WEBSITE
• Class wiki (many people can add to it)
Lhsfilmlit.wikispaces.com
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MATERIALS
• Pen and pencil
• Notebook
• Folder
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Cell Phones / iPods
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You…
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Movies at Our Disposal
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Why Some…Not Others
• Thousands to choose from.
• Criteria…..1) Artistic / thematic merit2) Watchability3) Time4) School appropriateness
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Yes….Some are Rated R
• Syllabus sign-off
• Be prepared for mature topics and scenes– Will warm up to these…
– I NEED to know if this is going to be an issue with YOU…..and YOUR FAMILY
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ABSENT?
1) Access the wiki’s course schedule page.2) Go to the day you were gone.3) Download the handouts / assignments.
How do I make upseeing a clip or a
full film?
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Answer…..• The P Drive• P Drive / Student / Warner / Film Lit.
• See me during your off periods.
• See me during Interventions.
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Expectation
• I need to hear YOUR voice in terms of what YOU need.
• I can guess, but I’ll probably be wrong….
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Thank you!
• Thanks for taking a risk on a new course.
• Please give me your honest feedback as we go through.
• Let me know what you need more of along the way.