Curriculum of the Week |
| | 8th Grade Advanced Drama | 8th Grade Film making | 7th Grade Film Study | 7th Grade Advanced Drama |
Week 1 | Reading at least three plays, analyzing them and choosing one to work with on a project. | Classifying films by various Genre. Determining the ways in which Film is a historical record. | Classifying films by various Genre. Determining the ways in which Film is a historical record. | Technical Theatre Projects , making a movie about your technical theatre job. |
Week 2 | What is the role of the Director? Directors Book Project | Film Terminology and Camera Angles Film as a Historical Record. RAFT Essay | Continuation of film as a Historical Record RAFT Essay 5 Stages of film making. Who is involved in making a film? Production Chart that will be filled in as part of ongoing understanding of filmmaking process
| Technical Theatre Projects and Presentations |
Week 3 | What are the Major periods in theatre history and how do they differ from one another? | Video Scaventer Hunt and How to use a flip camera and windows movie maker to film and edit a suspense sequence | Steven Speilberg, and storytelling in film Analysis of ET
| Technical Theatre Projects and Presentations |
Week 4 | Theatre History Projects | What is a Documentary? Making of Apollo 13 Georgia Art and Artists
| Defining, Describing and Identifying various Cinematic Effects | The relationship between theatre and history...a film and theatre study. |
Week 5 | Theatre History Projects and Presentations | Creating a suspense scene on film. Researching and creating a Documentary short about a Georgia Artist | Defining, Describing and Identifying various Cinematic Effects in the film Pirates of the Caribbean | The relationship between theatre and history...a film and theatre study. |
Week 6 | Theatre History Presentations and Timeline | Researching and creating a Documentary short about a Georgia Artist | Make up and Costume Designers, how these reflect history and character | The relationship between theatre and history...a film and theatre study.
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Week 7 | What is Commedia D'elle Arte and how do I perform in the style of the Commedia? | Watching Examples of Movie Montages. Students will Create a Music montage film using all of the skills they have learned about film making.
| Defining and Identifying animation and CGI, and how are they used in the film The Lion King/Avatar | Stage Geography |
Week 8 | Commedia Performance | Students will work in partner parirs to write a film treatment. They will notate camera angles, where to shoot the scene, potential cast with famous actors and create a soundtrack for their short film project on Bullying. | Film Board Game.
| Creating a Theatre Board Game. |
Week 9 | Year Review | Student Work film Festival and Evaluation Quarterly Assessment Review
| Film Board Game. Exam Review | Theatre Board game playing |
