IB Film II Summer Assignment – Class of 2019 Learning Menu

Home , La Grande Illusion, Nanook of the North

Directions: This summer you should spend some time completing the learning menu for IB Film II. This assignment will be the first project grade for IB Film II and will set you up for success with the IA and external assessments. Please read the menu carefully selecting items that both interest and challenge you in the area of film studies.

Appetizers

Directions: Select at least 5 videos to watch. As you watch, take notes on the key dates, people and terms. You should also consider other film topics that relate to the one discussed in the video.

Video Key Key Key Connections made to other film Dates People Terms topics

Movies are Magic #1

The First Movie Camera #2

The Lumiere Brothers #3

Georges Melies - Master of Illusion

The Language of Film #5

The Birth of the Feature Film #6

German Expressionism #7

Soviet Montage #8

The Silent Era #9

Breaking the Silence #10

The Golden Age of Hollywood #11

Independent Cinema #12

Home Video #13

World Cinema - Part 1 #14

World Cinema - Part 2 #15

Experimental & Documentary

Films #16

Entrée

Directions: Select at least 3 feature films to screen trying not to double-dip in any one category. As you watch, complete the suggested note-taking guide (or take notes in your preferred format) for each selection. In some cases, film substitutions or even television pilots+ will be accepted. Be sure to run it by Ms. Golobic at [email protected] first.

REALISM CLASSICISM FORMALISM

IB F I L M Utopian Films Soviet Documentary Italian Neorealism Avant-Garde It’s a Wonderful Constructivism Nanook of the North Bicycle Thieves L’inhumaine (1924), Life (1946), Shadow Battleship Potemkin (1922), Fahrenheit (1948), Rome, Open Berlin: Symphony of of a Doubt (1943), (1925) or Man with 9/11 (2004), or City (1945), or a Great City (1927), or Meet Me in St. a Movie Camera Modern Life (2008) Accatone (1961) or Sunless (1983) Louis (1944) (1929) Hollywood Studio Anti-Militarism System Expressionism Realism French Poetic La grande illusion Grand Hotel (1932), Nosferatu (1922), M Boudu Saved from Realism (1937), All Quiet on Sunset Blvd. (1950), (1931), Metropolis Drowning (1932), Le grand jeu the Western Front Singin’ in the Rain (1927), The Apu Trilogy (1934), Le quai des (1930), or Paths of (1952) Frankenstein (1955-1959), or brumes (1938), or Glory (1957) Slapstick (1931), Psycho Sweet Sixteen La nuit du Militarism City Lights (1931) (1960), and Batman (2003) carrefour (1932) The Birth of a or The General Returns (1992) Nation (1915) (1926) French New Wave American Feminism Socialist Realism Surrealism Les quatre cents Classicism Master of the House Alexander Nevsky Un chien andalou coups (1959), All about Eve (1925), His Girl (1938), Shchors (1928), Being John Hiroshima mon (1950), Casablanca Friday (1940), (1939), or Two Malkovich (1999), amour (1960), or Le (1942), or Taxi Charulata (1964), Stage Sisters (1965) or Duck Soup (1933) Beau Serge (1959) Driver (1976) or The Circle (2000) Propaganda Experimentalism Naturalism American Indies Film Noir Triumph of the Will Scorpio Rising Greed (1924), La Easy Rider (1969), The Maltese Falcon (1935), Fires Were (1964), Meshes of bete humaine Do the Right Thing (1941), Chinatown Started (1943), and the Afternoon (1938), or Secrets (1989), and Clerks (1971), or Blade Hearts of the World (1943), or Zoms and Lies (1996) (1994) Runner (1982) (1918) Lemma (1970) Liberalism Asian Cinema Postmodernism The Grapes of Tokyo Story (1953), The Auteur Theory Blue Velvet (1986), Wrath (1940), In the The Seven Samurai Dogma 95 The Seventh Seal The Big Lebowski Heat of the Night (1954), or The Celebration (1957), The (1998), Run Lola (1967), or Born on Chungking Express (1998), The Idiots Searchers (1956), or Run (1998), The the Fourth of July (1994) (1998), or Dogville The Three Colours Matrix (1999), or (1989) Asian Minimalism (2003) Trilogy (1993 and Inglorious Basterds Conservatism Platform (2000) or 1994) (2009) The Best Years of Three Times (2006) Our Lives (1946) Suggested Note-taking Guide

Film Title: Year: Director: Country:

Background Information on Film History/Theory Category (include sources):

Prominent Cinematic Techniques:

o Screenwriter . Narrative – 3 Act Structure • Act I: What happens at the beginning? o Characters: o Setting: o Problem Introduced: . Act II: What happens in the middle? • Major Conflict in the film: . Act III: What happens at the end? • Resolution: o Director . Describe the mise-en-scene (set, costumes, makeup, hair, use of color, etc.):

o Cinematographer . Describe the mise-en-shot (camera angles, movement, etc.):

o Editor . Describe how the plot is constructed (cuts, transitions, corrections, etc.):

o Sound Designer . Describe the diegetic (sound from within the film such as character’s dialogue and sound effects) and non-diegetic (sound from outside the film such as soundtrack and voiceover):

Memorable Scenes (include timecodes):

Dessert

Directions: Revisit your Google Site from this year and select 2 production roles that you would like to reattempt or build upon. These 2 roles should NOT be the one that you used for your 3 minute film final project this school year.

Remember, your choices are: director, writer, cinematographer, sound designer, editor. IB does allow you to select one other production role for this assessment, but you will have to undertake a detailed study of this role on your own if you select this option.

Role 1: Role 2: Step 1 – Evaluate/Update your Google Site Step 1 – Evaluate/Update your Google Site Use the following questions to help you evaluate your Use the following questions to help you evaluate your exercises from IB Film I. Decide what you will use, exercises from IB Film I. Decide what you will use, revise, reattempt or in some cases, withhold from your revise, reattempt or in some cases, withhold from your portfolio. Update your Google Site page[s] accordingly. portfolio. Update your Google Site page[s] accordingly. 1. Is this a good demonstration of my best work in 1. Is this a good demonstration of my best work in the film production role? the film production role? 2. Does this demonstrate a new skill or learning? 2. Does this demonstrate a new skill or learning? 3. What were my influences? 3. What were my influences? 4. What research did I do? 4. What research did I do? 5. What else could I have researched to improve the 5. What else could I have researched to improve the quality of the work? quality of the work? 6. What did I learn? 6. What did I learn? 7. What would I do differently? 7. What would I do differently? 8. How might I use what I learned in another film? 8. How might I use what I learned in another film? 9. Are all the clips I have chosen the same? How 9. Are all the clips I have chosen the same? How can I include more diversity? can I include more diversity?

Step 2 – Plan an Exercise + Write Filmmaker Step 2 – Plan an Exercise + Write Filmmaker Intentions Intentions See the following pages for ideas for exercises in each See the following pages for ideas for exercises in each role or design your own. Remember, the total length of role or design your own. Remember, the total length of all exercises in this production role cannot exceed 3 all exercises in this production role cannot exceed 3 minutes! Once you have decided on an exercise in this minutes! Once you have decided on an exercise in this role, create a new page on your Google Site and write role, create a new page on your Google Site and write your filmmaker intentions incorporating research and/or your filmmaker intentions incorporating research and/or any preproduction documents that this role would any preproduction documents that this role would require. require.

Step 3 – Build it! [Note: Optional – For students Step 3 – Build it! [Note: Optional – For students unable to complete this exercise over the summer, some unable to complete this exercise over the summer, some time and resources will be provided to you at the start of time and resources will be provided to you at the start of the school year for you to build your film portfolio.] the school year for you to build your film portfolio.] If you have the time and access to the equipment you If you have the time and access to the equipment you need, you are highly encouraged to attempt this exercise need, you are highly encouraged to attempt this exercise on your own (or with other Justice HS students in on your own (or with other Justice HS students in different production roles). Be sure to document your different production roles). Be sure to document your process, add your finished exercise to your Google Site process, add your finished exercise to your Google Site and write a reflection. and write a reflection.