STANDARD COMPETENCIES:

 

 1. Demonstrate an understanding of the basic elements that comprise film through assigned reading and guided viewing and discussion.

 2. Apply the vocabulary of film’s stylistic and narrative systems in speaking and writing.

 3. Identify the relationships among the stylistic systems, narrative systems and audience reception through reading, writing listening viewing and discussing examples of film.

 4. Analyze film techniques and narrative by viewing, discussing and write about a variety of films of different genres.

 5. Demonstrate how to write, speak and think critically about cinema and film-related issues by studying assigned examples, participating in classroom discussions and completing written assignments.

 TOPICAL OUTLINE:

 

 I. Formulate a thesis

 II. Viewing films

 III. Critiquing films

 IV. Researching information on films

 V. Write and rewrite about film

 VI. Synthesize information about films

 VII. Study genres (suspense, film noir, science fiction, war, comedy, documentary)

 VIII. Uses of editing in film making

 IX. Acting and characterization used in films

 X. Sets and settings in films

 XI. Finding the point of view of films

 XII. Uses of lighting in film.

 XIII. Uses of sound in film.