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The Spiral Syllabus Free
This syllabus uses a spiraling structure: roles build one by one, and understanding deepens as students circle back through new layers of film and analysis. This page details a syllabus that I have built...
Activities
Making a Short Film Free
This page is a starting point for finding resources, understanding the process, and working through roadblocks on your short film. At the heart of every story is a guiding meaning, a purpose, and a reason...
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Director
In classical terms, the director holds the creative vision of the film; indeed Auteur Theory is based in the idea that the director is the ‘author’ of the film, with the crew carrying out their vision....
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TA: Current Selections - UPDATED
Here is where you can find out! You may only share the 3-5 you select for your class, and only at the beginning of the assessment period. These films are for students who complete the course in May/November...
Activities
The Auteur Project: Part One
A famous director wants to make a short film about a memorable moment of your life. You'll need to learn about their approach to filmmaking, their style, and common themes in their films so that you...
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Casting & Performance
Alternately... Although you will find great inspiration in Hitchcock's films, we feel like Scorsese might be closer to the mark on this one. Casting and performance can both be considered “film elements”...
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Verisimilitude
David Lynch Verisimilitude refers to the believably and authenticity that exists within the world of a film. It is important to understand that the world of a film doesn't need to be similar to our own...
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Navigating the Site Free
Or IB Film stuff. We actually have way more of that. The goal of this page is to give you a layout of our site and offer some clues as to how to best use it. Please note that there are two distinct...
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Use the Algorithm Free
…but if you can't beat 'em, join em. As much as I hate to admit it, I think that social media has some value. I didn't touch TikTok until my daughter wanted help finding recipes we could make for dinner...
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Intercutting, Crosscutting & Parallel Editing
While there is a lot of overlap and legitimate difference of definitions of these terms, it is helpful to identify how these three editing processes allow us as editors to move through time and space...