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Course Description: This is a film study course with a focus on the literature, where students are allowed to explore literature and the direct tie it has to film of the same title. Students will read two required novels in the course and additional novels of choice are available for extra credit. This is an exciting course meant to open up the world of literature to the film buff and help students truly understand the connection, between a great story and a great film. Atonement and The Kite Runner are the two required books for 2008/2009 school year, they are available at Borders Books on 104th. (303-920-1594)
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Required permission for the in-class viewings. |
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Required novels and extra credit novels. |
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Film terms which will be referenced in this course. |
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Essential Learning's/Percentage of Course and Colorado Model Content Standards for Reading and Writing |
Assignment List
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ASSIGNMENT LIST |
DATE DUE |
| 08/19/08 |
Cover Letter, (25 pts) |
08/25/08 |
| 08/19/08 |
OT Wizard of Oz, (100 pts) |
09/01/08 |
| 08/19/08 |
Begin Reading Atonement, Due Oct. 1st. |
10/01/08 |
| 08/25/08 |
OT Baum Biography (100 pts) |
09/01/08 |
| 08/25/08 |
OT Film History (100 pts) |
09/01/08 |
| 09/02/08 |
OT Carrie (100 pts) |
09/11/08 |
| 09/08/08 |
Quiz Atonement (50 pts) |
09/08/08 |
| 09/12/08 |
CR Wizard of Oz (100 pts) |
09/12/08 |
| 09/08/08 |
OT Mystic River (100 pts) |
09/14/08 |
| 09/21/08 |
OT Blood Diamond (100 pts) |
09/29/08 |
| 09/21/08 |
OT Big Fish (100 pts) |
10/07/08 |
| 09/24/08 |
Europa, Europa (30 points) |
09/29/08 |
| 08/19/08 |
Novel Test Atonement (250 pts) |
10/01/08 |
| 10/06/08 |
OT About A Boy (100 pts) |
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Current Lesson |
Completed Lesson |
Literature to Film and composition Lessons
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Film History and Terminology
Lecture notes by Mr. Seller |
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How to take an online test |
Directions for viewing the PowerPoint presentations. Select the presentation that matches the PowerPoint application on your computer. Click 'save' when prompted. Open the PowerPoint presentation from your computer applications, and click on the presentation that you have selected to view.
Theatre History PowerPoint (MS-2003). Studio Systems, Productions, Shots and Technicolor PowerPoint (MS-2003). Successful Note taking hints PowerPoint. (MS-2007 & MS-2003).
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300, 2006
Directed by Zack Snyder, Novel by Frank Miller |
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About A Boy, 2002
Directed by Chris and Paul Weitz |
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Angela's Ashes, 1999
Directed by Alan Parker |
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Apollo 13, 1995
Directed by Ron Howard |
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Atonement, 2007
Directed by Joe Wright, based on the novel by Ian McEwan |
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Big Fish, 2003
Directed by Tim Burton |
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Blood Diamond, 2006
Directed by Edward Zwick |
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Capote, 2005
Directed by Bennett Miller |
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Carrie, 1976
Directed by Brian DePalma |
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Catch Me If You Can, 2002
Directed by Steven Spielberg |
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Chorus, The, 2004
Directed by Christophe Barratier |
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Children of Men, 2006
Directed by Alfonso Cuaron |
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Cold Mountain, 2003
Directed by Anthony Minghella |
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Cider House Rules,The, 1999
Directed by Lasse Hallstrom |
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Dracula, Bram Stroker's, 1992
Directed by Francis Ford Coppola |
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Everything is Illuminated, 2005
Directed by Liev Schreiber |
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Fight Club, 1999
Directed by David Fincher |
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Freedom Writers, 2007
Directed by Richard LaGravenese |
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Graduate, The, 1967
Directed by Mike Nichols |
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In Cold Blood, 1967
Directed by Richard Brooks |
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It's A Wonderful Life, 1946
Directed by Frank Capra |
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The Kite Runner, 2007
Directed by Marc Fosrster |
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Mystic River, 2004
Directed by Clint Eastwood |
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Million Dollar Baby, 2004
Directed by Clint Eastwood |
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Notebook, The 2004
Directed by Nick Cassavetes |
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Notes on a Scandal, 2006
Directed by Richard Eyre |
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Pianist, The 2002
Directed by Roman Polanski |
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Perfume, The Story of Murder, 2006
Directed byTom Tykwer |
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Psycho, 1960
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock based on the novel by Richard Block. |
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P.S. I Love You, 2007
Directed by Richard LaGravenese based on the novel by Cecelia Ahern. |
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Sideways, 2002
Directed by Alexander Payne based on the novel by Rex Picket. |
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Silence of the Lambs,The, 1991
Directed by Jonathan Demme |
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Sophie's Choice, (1982)
Directed by Alan J. Pakula |
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Snow Falling On Cedars, 1999
Directed by Scott Hicks |
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Stuart Little, (1999)
Directed by Rob Minkoff |
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Triplets of Belleville, 2003
Directed by Sylvain Chomet |
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War of the Roses, 1989
Directed by Danny DeVito |
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Wizard of Oz, The, 1939
Directed by Victor Fleming |
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, 1966
Directed by Mike Nicholas |
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Film Research sites
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Film Site |
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Internet Movie Database |
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Movie Gazette |
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Cinema.com |
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Sense of Cinema |
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Celebrity search |
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Academy of Motion Pictures |
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Rotten Tomatoes |
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Hollywood Foreign Press |
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Motion Picture Association of America |
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