| Friday, May 2
-Teacher Evaluations
-Final Exam preview (Ebert handout, your running list)
-1st: "Raising Arizona" (1987) Coen Brothers
-3rd: finished 'Spinal Tap,' Eddie's Scoring Sheet due
Started "Raising Arizona" and talked about exploding bunnies
Wednesday, April 30
-First Film Papers due
-Journals 16 and 17 due
-"This is Spinal Tap" (1984)
-Terence taped 1st Period's 'First Film' pces.
Monday, April 28
-We will record First Film interviews Wednesday: be prepared
-Self-scoring of your essay due
-Read 387-392 and 134-154 in "Understanding Movies"
-Journal 17:(Based on pages 134-154 in Understanding Movies)
D.W. Griffith’s influence on the art of filmmaking was huge. Discuss the
techniques he developed and perfected that advanced the medium.
Friday, April 25
Both: Next (typed)version of First Film Project due Monday; bring notecards
and be prepared to talk about your Film on tape
-Continued Hitchcock's "North by Northwest"
**Bring your textbook Monday**
Wednesday, April 23
Both: One page of First Film Project due ; started Hitchcock's "North by
Northwest"
**Bring your textbook Friday**
1st: "Rushmore" scoring sheets due
3rd: finished "Tootsie" - scoring sheets due
Monday,April 21
1st: Cyrena's presentation of "Rushmore" (1998)
-scoring sheets to be handed out Weds.
-One page of First Film Project due Weds.
3rd: Alicia's presentation of "Tootsie" (1982)
Friday, April 18
Both: The Road Warrior
1st - Journal 16: Contrast the use of violence in Do the Right Thing, A
Clockwork Orange, and what you’ve seen of The Road Warrior. How are they
different? Would you consider any of the filmmakers to be pandering?
Wednesday, April 16
-1st Stephanie's 'Clockwork' scoring sheet due
Both: High Art vs. Low Art; pandering
"The Road Warrior" (1982)
-3rd Karla's 'Right Thing' scoring sheet due
Monday, April 14
1st-"A Clockwork Orange" (1971)
3rd-"Do the Right Thing" (1989)
Thursday, April 10 (sub; Callison out)
1st Period needs to finish watching Do the Right Thing. Oral Presentation
Scoring Sheets, and Marcus needs to come up with his Final Question for the
class to answer.Next up is Part One of A Decade Under the Influence, which
is a documentary about the revolution in American film in the 1970’s
3rd Period: Need to finish Blade Runner.
Journal # 16 :
“In what ways might Blade Runner be considered a Film Noir? Include
thematic elements as well as visual ones in your argument. Give specific
examples from the film.
Also, some viewers argue that Deckard is a Replicant. What do you think?”
Monday, April 7
1st: Do the Right Thing (1989)
3rd: Vertigo - end
"Blade Runner" (1982)
Friday, April 4
1st-finished Blade Runner
3rd-Hitchcock's "Vertigo"
Due: "A Decade Under the Influence" documentary (Part One)
Homework: 2oo words on "What is the revolution that all these people keep
referring to? In what ways did the American film industry change in the
1970's?
Wednesday, April 2
1st: Raging Bull conclusion; scoring sheets due
started "Blade Runner" (1982)
3rd: Rushmore conclusion
started "A Decade Under the Influence" documentary (Part One)
Homework: 2oo words on "What is the revolution that all these people keep
referring to? In what ways did the American film industry change in the
1970's?
Monday, March 31
1st: 2-sided homework due (Rocky Q., First Film assignment)
-Jimmy's "Rocky" presentation
3rd: First Film assignment due
-"Rushmore" (1998)
Wednesday, March 19
1st: Rocky
Double-sided assignment for over Break: Rocky Final Question, and First
Films Assignment
3rd: Chinatown scoring sheet due; First Films pce due after Break
Monday, March 17
1st-The Godfather scoring sheet due
3rd- Chinatown cont.
Friday, March 14
-Essays Due with Roughs and self-scored rubric
-1st: The Godfather cont.
-3rd: Rebecca's "Chinatown" presentation
Wednesday, March 12
1st The Godfather
3rd The Godfather(scoring sheets due)
Monday, March 10
-Essay drafts due; get a stamp on it for credit
-Proofreading assignment / Peer revision (due)
-Final Drafts due Friday
**1st: Pamela presents "Jaws"
*3rd: Cuckoo's Nest; presentation sheets due
Friday, March 7
1st: Finished Bonnie and Clyde
1st and 3rd:
- Online citiation
- Journal 15: Analysis of your print review
- Journals Due
Weds. March 5
1st:Val's Bonnie and Clyde presentation
3rd: Amanda's 'Cuckoo's Nest' presentation
Friday: Journals 11-15 due; be sure you're here for the online citation info.
I will expect this to be included in your paper Friday
Monday, March 3
1st: finished American Graffiti; OP Sheets due
3rd finished Bonnie and Clyde; OP Sheets due
**Drafts of 2nd AFI Essay due Monday, March 10, and Finished Versions
are due Friday, March 14
Friday, Feb. 29
1st: Print Reviews due
-Jobs in the industry handout
-"American Graffiti" (1973)
3rd: Jordan's "The Godfather" (1972)
Print Reviews due Monday
Monday, February 25 (T-Th testing)
-1st Period: finished Chinatown, Oscars recap and scoring
Homework: Bring a print review
-3rd Period: Senior Picture
Friday, Feb. 22
1st: Chinatown, cont.
Journal 14: connects to handout "Rated R, For Obscure Reasons"
2 Parts: 1. Your thoughts on movie ratings 2. Half reaction and half summary
on the handout
3rd Period: short summary of the handout followed by your reaction /
anything new to you regardig the ratings system
Wednesday, Feb. 20
1st: Strangelove - end
-Oscar guesses for Sunday's awards
-"Chinatown" (1975)
3rd Period: "2001:A Space Odyssey" Lauren's presentation and scoring sheet
Friday, Feb. 15
1st: Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
3rd:The Graduate, scoring sheets
Journal 13: What do you know about the MPAA ratings system that The Graduate
& Bonnie and Clyde helped change? Also, how do you think the Graduate
reflected social change / the changes in American culture in the late 1960's?
Wednesday, February 13
"The Graduate"
1st- Maya's scoring sheet due
3rd- Randy's presentation; to 1:19 point
Monday, February 11
-"Psycho" cont.
1st Period: Journal 13: A response to the handout "Shock and Awful":Does
the new breed of horror film gross you out or intrigue you? Can the ante
keep being upped?
-"The Graduate" (1967)
3rd Period:"Psycho" scoring sheet
"The Sound of Music" (1965)
Friday, February 8
-Director Essays due w/completed rubrics
-"Necroville" at the Guild
-new UNM program info
-"Psycho" cont.
-All AFI second essays are due March 14
Wednesday, February 6
-Director Essays: Final Drafts are due this Friday (get a rubric)
-Journal 12: 1st Period's connected to To Kill A Mockingbird:
technical considerations, Scout's POV, if the trial occurred today.
3rd Period's was a response to the handout "Shock and Awful":Does the new
breed of horror film gross you out or intrigue you?
-"Psycho" (1960)
Monday, February 4
-Typed 1st drafts of your Director Essays due; Final Drafts are due Friday,
the Eighth
-1st Period: To Kill A Mockingbird
-3rd: Doctor Zhivago,
Thursday, January 31 (Tuesday was a snow day)
-signature slips due
*-Typed 1st drafts of your Director Essays are due Monday, the 4th
-Computer Lab for half the period; Plagiarism tutorial / quiz
1st started "To Kill A Mockingbird"
3rd started "Dr. Zhivago"
Monday, January 28
-signature slips due
-due: A one-page outline of your Director Essay
--1st drafts are due Monday, the 4th
-finished "The Apartment"
For Weds.: 1st-'Mockingbird' 3rd-'Zhivago'
Friday, January 25
-get a stamp on Journal 11 for credit
-"The Apartment" (1960) 1st to 1:02, 3rd to 1:18
-your input for changes to the Oral Presentation forms
-DUE MONDAY: A one-page outline of your Director Essay
Wednesday, January 23
-signature slips due for full credit
-signup for Director Essay firmed up
1st- Rebel W/out a Cause- end
3rd- Manchurian Candidate- end
- both - Journal 11: 1st 100 words: what do you think a movie director does?
Read pages 305-315 in text; from that info. what changes are there in your
understanding of what the director's duties are?
**Get a stamp on this for credit beginning of class Friday**
Thursday, January 17 (Wednesday was a testing day)
-Parent signature slips handed out
-Director Essay assigned; due February 8
1st- finished The Searchers, started Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
3rd- finished Night of the Hunter, started The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
-your input to improving the Oral Presentation Scoring Sheets
Monday, January 14
-got our new text, "Understanding Movies" from the Book Room
-1st continued w/ Andrea's AFI choice, "The Searchers"
-3rd voted to move on to "The Night of the Hunter" (1955)
Friday, January 11
-finished Rear Window
both periods: What do you think of Westerns?
-The Searchers, (1956)
Wednesday, January 9
1st and 3rd: a little conversation about grades,
Hitchcock's "Rear Window" (1954)
Friday, December 21
3rd Period's Final, 7:40am
Exam composed of Mult. Choice, In-Class Essay, and Commentary components
Wednesday, December 19
1st Period's Final, 7:40am
Exam composed of Mult. Choice, In-Class Essay, and Commentary components
Monday, December 17
1st- finished 'Some Like,' Review for Final Exam, 'Wonderful Life'
3rd- finished 'Some Like,' Review for Final Exam
Friday, Dec. 14
1st- cont. w/ Some Like It Hot
3rd- Some Like It Hot
Wednesday, Dec. 12 (sub)
1st finished On The Waterfront, started Some Like It Hot
3rd finished All About Eve, started A Place In The Sun
Monday, December 10
-Complete a rubric and defend your score for your essay
-1st: On The Waterfront to about 1:35
-3rd: All About Eve to 1:05
Thursday, December 6
***AFI Essays are due by end of day Friday, the 7th***
1st Period -PP Groups 9 + 10 presented; Group Critiques 7-10 due
-Starr's Sunset Blvd O Presentation Forms due
-On The Waterfront (1954)
3rd Period - PP Group 8 presented; 7, 9, and 10 are up Monday
-Alicia's 'Sierra Madre' Presentation Forms due
-All About Eve (1950)
Monday, December 3
1st:PP Groups 7 + 8 presented; quizzes still to come from 6 + 8
-Finished Sunset Blvd. Neither critique sheet collected
3rd:Neither PP Group 7 or 8 were ready
-continued with 'Sierra Madre' to 1:21 point
***AFI Essays are due by end of day Friday, the 7th***
Friday, November 30
-Group PowerPoint Questions and Answers as a Word
document on a portable drive are due today for 100 points
-more PPoints
1st: Sunset Blvd
3rd: started 'Sierra Madre'
Wednesday, Nov. 28
1st:-PowerPoint group presentations, Groups 5,6, Steven S.
Sunset Blvd. (1950)
Monday, Nov. 26
-1st: 'Sierra Madre' scoring sheets due
-PowerPoint group presentations, Groups 3 + 4
-3rd: Film Noir / Sunset Blvd.
-PowerPoint group presentations, Groups 3 + 11
**For Friday the 30th: Group PowerPoint questions and answers as a Word
document, on a portable drive
Monday, November 19
1st: Casablanca scoring sheets due; Treasure of the Sierra Madre
3rd: 'Oz' scoring sheets due; Sunset Blvd.
Friday, November 16
-Participation Grades given
-1st finished Casablanca
-3rd started The Wizard of Oz
Wednesday, November 14
1st: PPoint Group One finished up, + Group Two
Eric presented Casablanca
3rd:PPoint Groups Two and Three presented
Ashley presented The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
Monday, November 12
1st finished The Philadelphia Story;
3rd finished Casablanca
-Journals are due for 3rd
-Reminder about textbooks
-1st Text Jigsaw groups presented - get those quiz questions and answers to
Mr.C on a Word document ASAP
Friday, November 9
-Round One of AFI "Choose Two" essays is due for everyone Friday, December 7
-Updates on our Running List
-2 Essential Questions on a notecard
Journal 10: Focus on the writing of (1st Period)The Philadelphia Story(1940)
(3rd Period) Casablanca (1942)
From the Film Analyis handout focus on Theme, Plot, and Script
(include 2 dialogue quotes)
-Journals Due
Wednesday Nov. 7 (Monday was an In-Service)
1st - Bringing Up Baby
3rd - The Philadelphia Story
Friday, Nov. 2
-PowerPoints Due
1st started Bringing Up Baby
3rd started The Philadelphia Story
Wednesday, October 31
-Group PowerPoints (include Group #) need to be brought to me on a memory
stick by end of day Friday
-Journals are NOT due today - Happy Halloween
-Young Frankenstein (1974) 1st up to 1:23 point, 3rd up to 1:19
Monday, October 29
-Last class time in Lab for PowerPoints
-Essay rubrics handed out for AFI Essays
Friday, October 26
-1st handed in Gone With the Wind Presentation forms
and watched the original Frankenstein (1931)
-3rd finished Bringing Up Baby
Wednesday, October 24
-3rd got essays back / started portfolios
-Computer Lab for work on PowerPoints
-Extra Credit for going to see author Sherman Alexie read at UNM tonight
Monday, October 22
-Journal #9: Are the most popular movies the best? Can you think of
personal examples of when this is not true?
-PowerPoints are due one week from today
-more Gone With the Wind
Friday, Oct. 19
-PowerPoint work - don't use the text as your only source of info.
-Make sure your work is saved on the Network Public Folder so I can check it
there. Keep it on a thumb drive too.
Wednesday, Oct. 17
-PowerPoint work
-Example of student Text PowerPoint shown
-1st watched Nicole's Gone With the Wind (1939) presentation
-3rd watched Edna's Frankenstein (1931) presentation
Monday, Oct. 15
-1st got essays back and started portfolios
-3rd critiqued Shantel's Swing Time presentation
-Both classes went to the Computer Lab, and started a folder under ID# on
the Network Public Folder. This is how your Jigsaw grades will be checked -
be sure you have a folder in the correct place on the Network.
-Started work on Jigsaw PowerPoints
Friday, Oct. 12
-Group Work on Text Jigsaw
-1st watched part of Chaplin's City Lights
-3rd watched part of Astaire and Rogers in Swing Time
Wednesday Oct. 10 (Monday was our Fall Break)
-Group Work on Text Jigsaw
-1st finished A Night at the Opera
-3rd finished City Lights
Friday, Oct. 5
-Handout: AFI signup and Essay requirements
-1st continued with the Marx Bros.
-3rd continued w/Chaplin's City Lights
Wednesday, October 3
-handout: AFI's Top 100 Movie Quotes
-notes taken from PowerPoint on Text Jigsaw Assignment Details
-class time to work in groups on above assignment
-1st Period chose A Night At the Opera (1935)as their last early comedy;
-3rd Period chose Chaplin's City Lights (1931)
-Journal #8: Outline the page #'s from the text that you signed up for
Monday, October 1
-King Kong Production Diary
-Journal 7: Your observations on the special effects in the 2005 King Kong
-Signup for Text Jigsaw assignment
Friday, Sept. 28
-Credit / Grade given for having your essay in on time
-Credit / Grade given for a complete, one-page Critique of a classmate's
paper. This gets stapled to the yellow rubric (two-sided)and these two are
what is collected today. These assignments can only be made up on an
Excused Absence
-Journal 7, cont.
Wednesday, September 26
-CNM visit postponed
-Class time to work on essay drafts
-Practice with correct citation of sources and plagiarism examples
-King Kong Oral Presentation sheets are due
-Journal #7: Reaction / impressions of 'Kong' Re-make Production Diaries
Monday, September 24
-King Kong (1933)
-CNM visit Wednesday
-Essays are due Friday
Thursday, Sept. 20
-Silent Comedy Essay assignment; paper is due Friday, Sept. 28
*there are three handouts that you need to correctly write your paper*
-Duck Soup by The Marx Brothers (1933)
-Oral Presentation scoring sheets for Gold Rush and Duck Soup due by end of
day Friday
Monday, September 17
-End of grading period is Friday
-Student Presentations of Charlie Chaplin's The Gold Rush (1925)
Friday, September 14
-Oral Presentation Forms 'One Night' due for 1st
-Firmed up AFI list choices
-Finished reading and highlighting "A Fine Romance"
-3rd watched Un Chien Andalou (1929)
Wednesday, September 12
-"It Happened One Night" to end; Oral Presentation forms due for 3rd P.
-Have your two AFI choices firmed up by Friday for a grade
-Handout: "A Fine Romance" - The history of romantic comedy
Monday, September 10
-Journal 6: Are movies art, entertainment, or business?
-Parent Letter signatures are due
-student survey
-Expectations / Example of AFI Oral Presentations
-"It Happened One Night" (1934)
Friday, September 7
-Parent letter; return w/signatures for a grade
-Cinematography documentary "Visions of Light"
-Journals returned, grades posted
-participation grade
Wednesday, September 5
-AFI signup, continued
-Textbook scavenger hunt / participation grade
-finish "Modern Times"
Friday, August 31
-Course info letter
-"Modern Times" cont.
-Journal #5: Tell me about a movie you saw recently that you didn't like,
being as detailed and specific as possible.
Wednesday, August 29
-Handout: AFI 10th Anniversary Edition
-Sign up for your two AFI choices, one pre-1960 and one post-1960
-Finished "Safety Last"
-Journal #4 Impressions / Comparison of The Cameraman and Safety Last
-Start Chaplin's "Modern Times"
Monday, August 27
-Printout of this page due for a grade
-Journal #3: What is a film critic's job, anyway? Is it different from a
film reviewer? Which critics do you read / watch, and where?
-Finished Keaton's "The Cameraman"
-Started Harold Lloyd's "Safety Last" (1923)
Friday, August 24
-Finish video version of AFI 100
-Handouts: website info, original AFI 100
-Started Buster Keaton's "The Cameraman" (1928)
Wednesday, August 22
-Journal #2: What do YOU think makes a movie a "classic"? Is this different
from what makes a book classic? Give examples of each.
-From our text, "Flashback" an intro to Chaplin, Keaton and Lloyd
-AFI 100 list, continued (up to #3)
Monday, August 20
-Callison's Hit List (phones, talking, herd-like behavior)
-Comment on other classes "A Good Movie" papers
-Journal #1: -200 words per entry- What can movies do better than books?
Why/How? What can books do better than movies? How/Why? Compare a specific
book with the movie made from it - how are they different? Use lots of
detail and be specific.
-1st P. made it to 1:27 point in The AFI 100 overview, P. 3 to the 1:16 mark.
Friday, August 17
-The Name Game
-First section of the American Film Institute's
"Top 100 Movies of the Last 100 Years."
Wednesday, August 15
WELCOME!
- Info Cards
- Your suggestions for a smooth-running class
- A letter to your future self
- Partner introductions w/ a favorite movie
- Your one page take on what makes "A Good Movie"
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