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Film & Video Program
Syllabus
Film and Video Arts Department Facts:
• The Film and Video Arts department will begin with approximately
25 students in a multi-age classroom setting - freshman through senior
during its first year.
• Students will be evaluated according to grade level appropriate
standards.
Film History:
• During the first semester, all students will study the history
and development of film during the last hundred years.
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• Students will explore how technical developments gave rise
to stylistic changes in the medium up to and including modern film.
• Key films will be analyzed, discussed and written about.
Visual Literacy and Cinematic Styles:
• Students will study the language of film and analyze how cinematic
elements are used to create effect including: dramatic storytelling,
experimental filmmaking, documentary filmmaking, news and commercials.
• The filmmaker’s toolkit (visual images, movement, color,
composition, sound, music, words) will be considered and analyzed in
relationship to specific films.
Filmmaking Lab:
• The filmmaker’s tools will be utilized in project-based
learning which will include some of the following: dramatic storytelling,
experimental filmmaking, documentary filmmaking, news and commercials.
• Students will be responsible for developing and planning their
projects (including budgeting and scheduling), all aspects of production
and complete post-production.
• Crossover opportunities exist in incorporating MSA creative
writing, dramatic arts, dance and music into student projects.
• An emphasis will be placed on film and video as a communications
tool. To that end, school and community outreach will be required and
encouraged both within the curriculum and in extra curricular opportunities.
Extra Curricular Opportunities
• NPAT
• School News
• Film Festivals
• MSA program documentation and promotion
State
Visual and Performing Arts Content Standards for California Public Schools
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