tHEATRE aRTS: Film Study#6820 (9-12) 1/2 Fine Arts Credit.

Course Description:

Students investigate how and what ideas, values and concepts are connected through film. In analyzing film, students will examine elements of plot, setting, style, and point of view. Class activities include viewing, listening, researching and analyzing film. Recommended before taking Video Production. District film policy requires parental permission before students can participate in the classroom viewing.

Extra Credit: See any Independent Film as listed at a Landmark Theatre or the Starz film center, check the newspaper. (Esquire Theatre, Mayan Theatre, Stars Theatre and U-Hills Theatre.)
Course cover letter, explaining the expectations of the course. Required parental signature.

Here is a comprehensive list of film terms, some of which will appear on your final exam.

Colorado Academic Standards: Theatre and Drama

Download this file for Film Terms with Examples

Use this link to access the online testing center. You must first ENROLL as a student to take the online test. Make sure you enroll with your hour first, then last name first name, all lower case and no spaces. 01sellerjay (Example: First hour, last name, and first name) Your password should be your student ID number, and you must enter an email account.

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Online Testing: Although this course makes use of online testing, students collaborating to complete tests by using the same IP address, similar time codes, multiple access, or similar answer/error reports will receive a zero on their test and a referral for breaking the academic honor code. See the Horizon High School, Academic Policy as listed on our school web site.

Film study lessons

Film History and Terminology

 

 

Aliens, 1986

Directed by James Cameron

As Good As It Gets, 1997

Directed by James Brooks

Boys Don't Cry, 1999

Directed by Kimberly Pierce

Boyz In The Hood, 1991

Directed by John Singleton

Bowling for Columbine, 2002

Directed by Michael Moore

Cellular, 2004

Directed by David R. Ellis

The Cove, 2009

Directed by Louie Psihoyos

Crash, 2004

Directed by Paul Hagis

Chicago, 2002

Directed by Rob Marshal

District 9, 2009

Directed by Neill Blomkamp

Disturbia 2007

Directed by D. J. Caruso

Dirty Dancing, 1987

Directed by Emile Ardolino

Departed, The, 2006

Directed by Martin Scorsese

Dreamgirls, 2006

Directed by Billy Conden

Eternal Sunshine, 2004

Directed by Michel Gondry

Eagle Eye, 2008

Directed by D.J. Caruso

Fargo, 1996

Directed by Joel Cohen

Fisher King, The, 1991

Directed by Terry Gilliam

General, The, 1927

Directed by Buster Keaton and Clyde Bruckman

Gold Rush, 1925

Directed by Charlie Chaplin

Gran Torino, 2008

Directed by Clint Eastwood

The Hurt Locker, 2008

Directed by Kathryn Bigelow

I Am Sam, 2001

Directed by Jessie Nelson

Invisible Children, 2006

Directed by Bobby Bailey, Laren Poole and Jason Russell.

Life is Beautiful, 1997

Directed by Roberto Benigni

Lost Boys, The, 1987

Directed by Joel Schumacher

Maria Full of Grace, 2004

Directed by Joshua Marston

Moulin Rouge, 2001

Directed by Baz Luhrmann

Opposite of Sex, The, 1998

Directed by Don Roos

Pirates of the Caribbean, 2003

Directed by Gore Verbinski

Platoon, 1986

Directed by Oliver Stone

Singin' in the Rain, 1952

Directed by Stanley Donen

Scream, 1996

Directed by Wes Craven

Some Like It Hot, 1959

Directed by Billy Wilder

Stand By Me, 1986

Directed by Rob Reiner

The Town, 2010

Directed by Ben Affleck

This Film is Not Yet Rated, 2006

Directed by Kirby Dick

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Film Research sites

Denver Film Society  
Film Site Internet Movie Data Base
Movie Gazette Cinema.com
Sense of Cinema Celebrity search
Academy of Motion Pictures Rotten Tomatoes
Hollywood Foreign Press Motion Picture Association of America

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