IB Film HL1

Year at a Glance

Unit 1: History and the Greats of the Silent Era

1. Landmarks of Cinema (Lumiere Brothers, Melies, Porter)
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2. Charlie Chaplin (​The Kid)
3. Harold Lloyd (​Safety Last​)
4. Buster Keaton
5. PROJECT: Cinema Timeline

Unit 2: Cinematography
1. Cinematography terms
2. Apparatus Theory
3. Watch Hitchcock’s ​Rear Window​ (1954)
a. Short written analysis
4. PROJECT: 3 Angles Project

Unit 3: Screenwriting
1. Storytelling techniques/overview of a script
2. Psychoanalytic Film Theory and Male Gaze
3. Watch Hitchcock’s ​Vertigo​ (1958)
a. Short written analysis
4. PROJECT: Screenplay (group project)

Unit 4: Directing
1. Auteur Theory
​ 1960)
2. Watch Hitchcock’s ​Psycho (
a. Short written analysis
3. Director’s role
4. Director’s intent
5. PROJECT: Recreate a scene from an assigned movie

Unit 5: Editing
1. Editing terms
2. Formalist Film Theory
​ 2000)
3. Watch ​Memento (
a. Short written analysis
 4. PROJECT: Trailer Project (create a trailer for an already
made movie, but change the genre)

Unit 6: Sound
1. Sound terms
2. Foley
3. Watch ​A Quiet Place​ (2018)
a. Short written analysis
4. PROJECT: Foley Project

Unit 7: Soviet Montage

1. Background information on Soviet Montage/Marxist Film
Theory
a. What it is
b. Why it was used
c. Impact
2. Watch ​Battleship Potemkin​ (1925)
3. PROJECT: Socratic Seminar

Unit 8:​ ​German Expressionism

1. Background information on German Expressionism
a. What it is
b. Purpose
c. Impact
2. Watch ​Nosferatu​ (1922)
3. PROJECT: Practice Textual Analysis

Unit 9: French New Wave and Italian Neorealism

1. Background information on French New Wave
a. What it is
b. Purpose
c. Impact
2. Watch ​Hiroshima, Mon Amour​ (1959)
3. Background information on Italian Neorealism
a. What it is
b. Purpose
c. Impact
4. Watch ​The Bicycle Thief​ (1949)
 5. PROJECT: Practice Comparative Study (just information, not
video)

Unit 10: Genre Studies

1. Westerns
a. The Myth of the Frontier
b. Western Staples
c. Watch ​Stagecoach​ (1939)
d. Short textual analysis
2. Gangster/Film Noir
a. Elements of gangster movies
b. Production Code
c. Watch ​Scarface​ (1932)
d. Watch ​The Godfather​ (1970)
e. Class discussion to practice comparative study
3. Horror
a. Elements of horror
b. Watch ​The Shining (​ 1980)
c. Watch ​The Grudge ​(2004)
d. Class discussion to practice comparative study
4. Musicals
a. Elements of a Musical
b. Watch ​The Greatest Showman​ (2017)
c. Watch ​Rab ne bana di jodi ​(2008)
d. Small Comparative Study

FINAL PROJECTS:
1. Draft and complete Textual Analysis component of exam
2. Create your own practice collaborative film (for I.S. Film
Festival)