Calendar Week | Lesson | Content | Tasks/Assignments |
23 Feb | 1 | Introduction / Course outline Film concepts Mise en scene |
☐ Task 1: Useful language for discussing film ☐ Task 2: Mise en scene ☐ Watch Into the Wild |
1 Mar | 2 | Discussion of Into the Wild Camerawork Sound Editing Language Describing and talking about a film (Room 8, Gridlock) |
☐ Task 3: Discussion of Into the Wild ☐ Task 4: Describing and talking about a film ☐ Watch Dallas Buyer’s Club |
8 Mar | 3 | Discussion of Dallas Buyer’s Club Editing Techniques The Kuleshov Effect Soundtrack |
☐ Task 5: Discussion of Dallas Buyer’s Club ☐ Create a Klushov effect to be presented in class |
15 Mar | 4 | Kuleshov effect presentation | ☐ Watch Touching the Void |
22 Mar | 5 | Discussion of Touching the void Genre Documentaries |
☐ Task 6: Discussion of Touching the void ☐ Task 7: Documentary ☐ Watch The Godfather |
5 Apr | 6 | Film analysis (The Godfather) Plot and plot analysis |
☐ Read and watch The Shawshank Redemption |
12 Apr | 7 | Film analysis (The Shawshank Redemption) Film criteria Create an assessment criteria for film |
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19 Apr | 8 | Assessing film using assessment criteria (Night on Earth) | ☐ Watch Goodfellas ☐ Read Nightmare at 20’000 feet |
26 Apr | 9 | ||
3 May | 10 | ||
10 May | Project week | ☐ Assessment due (Written) by Th. May 12 | |
17 May | 11 | Final presentations | |
24 May | 12 | Final presentations | |
31 May | 13 | Final presentations | |
7 Jun | 14 | Final presentations | |
14 Jun | 15 | Final presentations / Course evaluation |