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Intro to & Video Honors – Pacing Guide 1st Quarter TN Standards Lesson Focus Resources Additional Notes Weeks 1-4 HS.1 Produce 3.A Unit #1 – Looking at Movies / Film Form / : The Sixth Sense, Little Projects: Design the presentation and Genres Shop of Horrors -AFI Research Poster distribution of collections of media Presentation artworks, considering combinations Looking at movies Clips: -Camera Shots exercises of artworks, formats, and contexts. -What is a movie? Film Noir: Double Indemnity, The -Seven story film -The movie director Postman Always Rings Twice, HS.1 Respond 1.A -Formal analysis Maltese Falcon Demos: Analyze the qualities of and Film Form Musicals: Wizard of Oz, -Camera basic functions demo relationships between the -Form and content Dreamgirls, Little Mermaid -Final Pro editing basic components, style, and preferences -Illusion of movement Western: Shane, Rosewood, functions demo communicated by media artworks -Manipulation of time and space Stagecoach and artists. -Realism and formalism Horror: Halloween, The Test: Unit #1 – LAM/Film Genres Conjuring, Us (first 5 min) Form/Genres - vs. documentary movies Gangster: Scarface (1931), The -Genre conventions Godfather, Boyz N the Hood -Six major American genres: Gangster, Film : 2001: A Space Noir, Science Fiction, Horror, Western, Odyssey, , Interstellar Musical

Weeks 5-7 HS.1 Produce 3.B Unit #2 – Film History Films: Singin’ in the Rain, Hugo, Projects: Evaluate and implement The Kid -Pop On/Off Effect & Stop improvements in presenting media -4 Approaches to Studying Film: Aesthetic, Motion exercises artworks, considering personal and Technological, Economic, Social History Clips/Shorts: Fred Ott’s Sneeze, local impacts. - Muybridge Series Photography Lumiere Films, Melies Films, The Paper #1: Genre (choice) -First Filmmakers: Edison, Lumiere Brothers, Great Train Robbery, Birth of a HS.1 Connect 1.B Melies, Porter Nation, The Battleship Test: Unit #2 – Film History Explain and demonstrate the use of -Classical Hollywood Style, D.W. Griffith Potempkin, Cabinet of Dr. media artworks to expand meaning -German expressionism Caligari, Nosferatu, The Jazz and knowledge, and create cultural -Soviet movement Singer, Modern Times, Gone experiences in emerging presentation -Hollywood golden age with the Wind, , spaces. -Silent comedians: Chaplin/Keaton/Lloyd Stormy Weather, Nanook of the -Birth of sound / Depression era North, Duck Soup, Night at the -Invention of color Opera, City Lights -Studio system -Citizen Kane, End of golden age

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Weeks 8-9 HS.1 Create 1.A Project Projects: Use identified methods to develop Students will work in small groups to -Silent Film final cut artistic goals, formulate multiple conceive of an idea, , plan, shoot, ideas, and problem solve in media and edit a silent film (2 minutes in length.) Paper #2: Director spotlight + 1 . Film techniques and concepts learned in film (choice) class must be utilized in this project.

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2nd Quarter TN Standards Lesson Focus Resources Additional Notes Weeks 1-4 HS.1 Respond 1.B Unit #3 – Films: Sunset Blvd, The Truman Projects: Analyze how a variety of media -The director of photography Show, Some Like It Hot, -3-point lighting exercise artworks manage audience -Production terms and tasks Moonrise Kingdom - pre-production experience and create intention -Cinematic properties of the shot -Sound film shooting through multimodal perception. -Lighting sources Clips: (opening -Lenses scene), North by Northwest Demos: HS.1 Create 1.A -Framing of the shot (airplane clip), Little Foxes -Lighting demo Use identified methods to develop -Proximity to the camera (7 basic shots) (poison scene), Film Noir -Camera advanced functions artistic goals, formulate multiple -Depth documentary, demo ideas, and problem solve in media - and height Documentary, O Brother Where arts. -Camera movement Thou Paper #3: Sequence breakdown -Speed and length of shots of shots (choice) -Special effects -Composition Test: Unit #3 - Cinematography -Rule of thirds Weeks 5-7 HS.1 Produce 2.C Unit #4 – Editing Film: , , The Projects: Demonstrate adaptation and -The film editor Bourne Identity, Raiders of the - exercise innovation through the combination -Functions of editing: Lost Ark -Sound film shooting of tools, techniques, and content in -Fragmentation -Sound standard and innovative ways to -Juxtaposition and meaning Clips: Scott Pilgrim vs. the -Sound film communicate intent. -Spatial/temporal relationships between World, Vertigo, Rear Window, shots Hero, Battleship Potempkin Demos: HS.1 Connect 2.A -Duration, pace, and rhythm (Odessa steps sequence), The -Final Cut advanced functions Demonstrate and show how media - and techniques Manchurian Candidate artworks and ideas relate to various -Master scene technique/180 degree rule Paper #4: Sequence breakdown contexts, purposes, and values. -Shot transitions of editing (choice)

Test: Unit #4 - Editing

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Week 8 HS.1 Produce 2.B Sound Film Project Projects: Develop and refine a determined Students will work in small groups to -Sound film final cut range of creative and adaptive conceive of an idea, write, storyboard, plan, innovation abilities in addressing shoot, and edit a sound film (2 minutes in identified challenges and constraints length.) Intermediate techniques in lighting, within and through media arts shots & framing, and editing must be utilized productions. for this film.

Semester Review & Exam -Exam compiled from lectures, notes, EdPuzzle homework, and film viewings) End of 2nd Quarter End of 1st Semester 3rd Quarter TN Standards Resources Lesson Focus Additional Notes Weeks 1-5 HS.1 Connect 1.A Unit #5 – Mis-en-Scene Films: Black Panther, The Hunger Projects: Access, evaluate, and integrate -Design Games, The Princess Bride -Production design schematic personal and external resources, such -The , exercise as experiences, interests, and cultural -Elements of design (setting, décor, and Clips: Gone with the Wind, The -Hunger Games Costume Project experiences, to inform the creation of properties) Great Gatsby (2013), Planet of original media artworks. - and construction the Apes (1968) & (2001), Rise of Demo: -Make- and hairstyling the Planet of the Apes, Edward -Color blending HS.1 Produce 2.A - Scissorhands, Titanic Demonstrate progression in design, -Lighting (quality, ratios, and direction) Paper #5: Use of color design artistic, technical, and soft skills, as a (choice) result of selecting and fulfilling specified roles in the production of a Test: Unit #5 – Mis-en-Scene variety of media artworks. Weeks 6-8 HS.1 Respond 2.A Unit #6 – Narrative Films: Psycho, , Hidden Projects: Analyze the intent, meanings, and -Narration/narrator Figures -Writing exercise reception of media artworks, focusing -Characters -5 minute on personal and cultural contexts. -Narrative structure Clips: , Up -The Demo: HS.1 Create 3.A -Elements of narrative (story & plot, order, -Conflict in writing demo Demonstrate deliberate choices in events, duration, suspense vs. surprise, organizing and integrating stylistic repetition, setting, scope) Paper #6: Character study conventions and aesthetics to convey (choice) meaning in creation and production processes. Test: Unit #6 – Narrative

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Weeks 9-10 HS.1 Create 2.A 3rd Film Project (Pre-Production) Projects: Apply aesthetic criteria in developing, -Students will work in small groups to -3rd Film Pre-Production Book proposing, and refining artistic ideas, finalize a screenplay idea and create a pre- plans, and prototypes for media arts production book. This will include an productions, considering original inspiration and design layout, storyboard, inspirations, goals, and presentation , mission statement, and context. producer’s report in preparation for the shooting and editing of the 3rd film (5 HS.1 Produce 1.A minutes in length.) Integrate various arts, media arts forms, and content into unified media arts productions, considering the reaction and interaction of the audience. End of 3rd Quarter

4th Quarter TN Standards Resources Lesson Focus Additional Notes Weeks 1 HS.1 Create 3.A 3rd Film Project (Production) Demonstrate deliberate choices in -Students will continue their work from pre- organizing and integrating stylistic production into the shooting phase of the conventions and aesthetics to convey filmmaking process. Advanced techniques in meaning in creation and production film lighting and shots & framing must be processes. utilized in this project. Weeks 2-3 HS.1 Respond 3.A Unit #7 – Sound Films: Wall-E, Jurassic Park, The Projects: Evaluate media art works and -Sound production (design, editing, Artist -Sound dream design production processes at decisive recording, and mixing) -3rd film additional production stages, using identified criteria and -Pitch, quality, loudness Clips: Dunkirk, Chariots of Fire considering context and -Diegetic vs. nondiegetic Demos: -On vs. offscreen / Internal vs. external -GarageBand demo HS.1 Create 3.B -Types of film sound (vocal, environmental, -Recording techniques demo Refine and modify media artworks, music, silence) honing aesthetic quality and -Functions of film sound (audience Mini-Test: Unit #7 - Sound intentionally accentuating stylistic awareness/expectations, expression of pov, elements, to reflect personal goals rhythm, characterization, emphasis, and preferences. continuity,

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Weeks 3-4 HS.1 Produce 2.B 3rd Film Project (Post-Production) Develop and refine a determined -Students will continue their work from range of creative and adaptive production into the editing phase of the innovation abilities in addressing filmmaking process. Advanced techniques in identified challenges and constraints film editing must be utilized in this project. within and through media arts productions. Weeks 5-6 HS.1 Produce 2.A Unit #8 – Documentary Films: Undefeated, Forrest Projects: Demonstrate progression in design, -What is truth Gump -3rd Film re-shoots and polishing artistic, technical, and soft skills, as a -Documentary formula -3rd Film final cut result of selecting and fulfilling -Factual/instructional/persuasive films Clips: , The Thin -3rd Film exhibition specified roles in the production of a -Interviews/archival material/re-enactments Blue Line variety of media artworks. -Expository/observational/poetic docs Paper #7: Documentary (choice) -Participatory/performative docs HS.1 Respond 3.A -Reflexive docs Mini-Test: Unit #8 - Evaluate media art works and Documentary production processes at decisive stages, using identified criteria and considering context and

Week 7-8 HS.1 Produce 1.A Unit #9 – Television Clips: Goodnight, and Good Projects: Integrate various arts, media arts -History of TV Luck., Morning Glory, All the -Tape live TV show forms, and content into unified media -Role of news/journalism President’s Men, Shattered -TV segment exercise arts productions, considering the -1st Amendment Glass, The China Syndrome, The reaction and interaction of the -Local news study Soloist Demos: audience. -TV roles and positions -TV equipment demo -TV equipment -TV directing demo HS.1 Connect 2.B Critically evaluate and effectively Paper #8: Local TV news interact with legal, technological, program systemic, and contexts of media arts, while considering ethics, media Mini-Test: Course reflection literacy, social media, virtual worlds, and digital identity. Week 9 Semester Exam & Review -Exam compiled from lectures, notes, EdPuzzle homework, and film viewings) End of 4th Quarter

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List of Films and Clips to watch if time allows:

2001: A Space Odyssey Planet of the Apes (1968) & (2001) All the President’s Men Rear Window Avatar Rise of the Planet of the Apes Battleship Potempkin (Odessa steps sequence) Rosewood Birth of a Nation Scarface (1931) Boyz N the Hood Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Cabinet of Dr. Caligari Shane Citizen Kane Shattered Glass City Lights Some Like It Hot Double Indemnity Stagecoach Dreamgirls Star Wars Duck Soup Stormy Weather Dunkirk Sunset Blvd The Artist Film Noir documentary The Battleship Potempkin Fred Ott’s Sneeze The Bourne Identity Gone with the Wind The China Syndrome Gone with the Wind Goodnight, and Good Luck. Halloween The Great Gatsby (2013) Hero The Great Train Robbery Hoop Dreams The Jazz Singer Interstellar The Manchurian Candidate Life of Pi The Matrix Little Foxes (poison scene) The Postman Always Rings Twice Little Mermaid The Princess Bride Lumiere Films The Soloist Maltese Falcon The Thin Blue Line Melies Films Modern Times Titanic Moonrise Kingdom Touch of Evil (opening scene) Morning Glory Up Us (first 5 min) Night at the Opera Vertigo North by Northwest (airplane clip) Visions of Light Documentary Nosferatu Wizard of Oz O Brother Where Art Thou

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