tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51529302912958154212024-03-19T09:02:49.269-04:00RHETORIC of the MOVING IMAGEStudying the Art of Film at Great Neck South High SchoolMrDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12190118942515046875noreply@blogger.comBlogger141125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5152930291295815421.post-87562248693829780222018-05-23T09:46:00.000-04:002018-05-23T09:46:15.498-04:00Final Exam Project Written Reflection<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Click on the image to get the requirements for the Final Exam Project written reflection. Then check out the Film Terminology list to make sure your film exhibits at least <b>5 of these cinematic elements</b> and <b>1 camera movement</b>.<br />
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Submit your reflection to <a href="http://www.turnitin.com/" target="_blank"><b>Turnitin.com</b></a> by 10 a.m. on <b>Wednesday, June 6.</b><br />
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MrDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12190118942515046875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5152930291295815421.post-71466632574745848522018-05-01T09:47:00.000-04:002018-05-01T09:47:02.133-04:00Student Choice Film<div>
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MrDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12190118942515046875noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5152930291295815421.post-31916319689375541372018-04-21T10:50:00.001-04:002018-04-23T19:43:01.980-04:00Test on Wednesday, 4/25<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<br />MrDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12190118942515046875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5152930291295815421.post-40963031984263510092018-01-29T15:39:00.000-05:002018-01-29T15:39:00.437-05:00Key Concepts for Chapter 1<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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There will be a very brief Reading Reward (QUIZ) on Monday, 2/12 on some of the key concepts from Chapter 1 of our textbook, <i>Understanding Movies</i>. The best way to prepare is to thoroughly read Chapter 1, completing the fill-in-the-blank handout (that you received in class) as you go, and focusing on the following terms and concepts:<br />
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<li>Shots: <b>Long</b>, <b>medium</b>, <b>close-up</b> and the effects they create</li>
<li>Angles: <b>Eye-level, high, low, birds-eye view</b>, and <b>oblique</b> (also known as <b>canted</b> or <b>dutch</b>) and the effects they create</li>
<li>The role of the <b>cinematographer</b></li>
<li>Photography: <b>Soft-focus, deep-focus</b>, and <b>rack focusing</b> (selective focusing)</li>
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MrDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12190118942515046875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5152930291295815421.post-71576528852345648222018-01-23T07:50:00.000-05:002018-01-23T07:50:52.256-05:00Welcome to the RotMI Blog, SPRING 2018!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Bookmark this site now! It's the place to come for course information and everything you need to keep up with assignments and due dates!MrDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12190118942515046875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5152930291295815421.post-11591722569695793822017-12-08T09:58:00.001-05:002017-12-08T09:59:17.999-05:00Test on Wednesday, December 13<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 18px;">The test will focus on Billy Wilder's <i>Some Like It Hot</i>,</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 18px;"> Spike Lee's <i>Do The Right Thing</i>, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 18px;">and the key terms and concepts from Chapter 2 of our textbook, </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 18px;">Understanding Movies</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 18px;">. Be sure to look over your notes, your homework assignments, and all Viewing Guides and handouts. Also, know how to define "rhetoric" and be able to give an example of "rhetoric of the moving image." </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 18px;">Along with the general plot, key quotes, and character developments of our films, be sure to focus on these areas in your review:</span><br />
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MrDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12190118942515046875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5152930291295815421.post-28335241114529062062017-11-03T12:20:00.001-04:002017-11-03T12:20:49.091-04:00Test on Wednesday, November 8<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 18px;">The test will focus on Tom Tykwer's <i>Run Lola Run</i>, Alfred Hitchcock's <i>Psycho</i>, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 18px;">and Weijun Chen's <i>Please Vote For Me. </i></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 18px;">Be sure to look over your notes, your homework assignments, and all Viewing Guides and handouts. Also, know how to define "rhetoric" and be able to give an example of "rhetoric of the moving image." </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 18px;">Along with the general plot, key quotes, and character developments of our films, be sure to focus on these areas in your review:</span><br />
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<li style="border: none; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px 0px 3px; padding: 0.25em 0px;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica";">In </span><b style="font-family: Helvetica;"><i>Run Lola Run</i>:</b><span style="font-family: "helvetica";"> 5 visual aesthetics; the formalistic aspects of the film's style and story structure; epigraphs; birds-eye view shot; split screen; Butterfly Effect; motifs (spirals, clocks, etc.), montage; flash forward; red filter; freeze frame; web of life plot; and Lola as hero. </span><b style="font-family: Helvetica;">Be able to cite specific examples of these concepts from the film to prove your point.</b></li>
<li style="border: none; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px 0px 3px; padding: 0.25em 0px;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica";">In <i style="font-weight: bold;">Psycho</i>: shooting day for night; voyeurism; MacGuffin; parallel editing or crosscutting; director's cameo; motifs of mirrors and birds; the shower scene; the characterization of Norman Bates; the final image; and the groundbreaking features of the film in general. </span><b style="font-family: Helvetica;">Be able to cite specific examples of these concepts from the film to prove your point.</b></li>
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By now you've finished (or almost finished!) reading the film-related book you chose to read a few weeks ago, and now it's time to reflect back.<br />
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In a well-written reflection of 2-3 pages (typed and double-spaced) you should describe your reading experience. The most thorough reflections will consider the following:<br />
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<li>Was anything <b>new</b> about this experience? First book you've ever read on an iPad/Kindle? First time you've read a nonfiction book or book about film?</li>
<li>What're your book's <b>title</b> and <b>author</b>?</li>
<li><b>How</b> did you choose your book? <b>Where</b> did you find it? Was it <b>recommended</b> by someone?</li>
<li>What is the <b>subject</b> of the book?</li>
<li>What <b>expectations</b> did you have? Did the book meet those expectations? Why or why not?</li>
<li>What <b>insights into the world of film</b> have you gained? Give specifics and develop your examples. <b>Use a direct quote</b> to add specificity.</li>
<li>Describe the experience of reading the book? Was it a quick read? Was it challenging? Was it pleasurable or not? Why?</li>
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<li>Was material <b>added</b>? What's the effect of the new material?</li>
<li>Do some <b>research</b>! Was the author any way involved in making the film?</li>
<li>Describe the experience of reading the book versus seeing the film. Which did you prefer and <b>why</b>? </li>
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Jane Doe<br />
RotMI Reading Project Reflection<br />
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MrDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12190118942515046875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5152930291295815421.post-60594852819457693022017-10-06T12:18:00.000-04:002017-10-06T12:18:38.870-04:00Test on Wednesday, 10/11<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">The test will focus on Gus Van Sant's's <i>Good Will Hunting </i></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">and the key terms and concepts from Chapter 1 of our textbook, </span><i style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Understanding Movies</i><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">. Also, review everything from the beginning of the course, such as literary, dramatic, and cinematic aspects, the definition of RotMI, etc. Be sure to look over your notes, your homework assignments, and all Viewing Guides and handouts.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Along with the general plot, key quotes, and character developments of our films, be sure to focus on these areas in your review:</span></div>
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<li style="border: none; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px 0px 3px; padding: 0.25em 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">In <i><b>Good Will Hunting</b></i>: Classical film style; title credits; puns in the title?; kaleidoscopic view; bird's-eye shot; slow motion photography; painterly vs. linear style; visual repetitions (motifs); final images for the 4 major relationships in the film; final shot; long take; attachment disorder as a psychological term. <b><i>Be able to cite specific examples of these concepts from the film to prove your point.</i></b></span></li>
<li style="border: none; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px 0px 3px; padding: 0.25em 0px;"><b>In Chapter 1 - <i>Understanding Movies</i>: </b>film style; various shots; framing; angles; lighting; cut, dissolve; eye-line match; deep focus; rack focus; diegetic, internal diegetic, and non-diegetic sound; authorial and subjective points of view, etc.</li>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">This is only a general guide and possibly not a complete list of everything we learned and everything you should study</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">The approximate test breakdown: 60% multiple choice / 20% mini essay on Literary, Dramatic & Cinematic Aspects / 20% short answers</span></div>
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Here's a chance to read a <b>great book</b> about--what else--film!<br />
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By Friday, 9/29, find an appropriate book (see below) and bring it to class.<br />
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<li>About a <b>favorite</b> <b>film</b>, such as <a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Jaws-Log-Newmarket-Filmbooks/dp/0062229281" target="_blank">The Jaws Log</a>, the reflections of screenwriter Carl Gottlieb on the making of <i>Jaws.</i></li>
<li>Written by a critic that <b>analyzes</b> a film such as <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Godfather-Bfi-Film-Classics/dp/1844572927/ref=sr_1_9?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1380416005&sr=1-9&keywords=bfi+film+classics" target="_blank"><i>The Godfather</i> (BFI Film Classics)</a> or <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Bfi-Modern-Classics/dp/1844572773/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1380416196&sr=1-2&keywords=bfi+modern+classics" target="_blank"><i>Star Wars</i> (BFI Modern Classics)</a>. BFI is the British Film Institute and they've published many books for what they call <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=bfi+classics&rh=n%3A283155%2Ck%3Abfi+classics" target="_blank">Film Classics</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=bfi+modern+classics" target="_blank">Modern Classics</a>.</li>
<li>That was <b>adapted</b> into a film. Both <i>The Shawshank Redemption</i> and <i>Stand By Me</i> were originally written by Stephen King and can be found in one book called <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Different-Seasons-Stephen-King-ebook/dp/B018ER7L3Y/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1505737542&sr=8-1&keywords=different+seasons" target="_blank">Different Seasons</a>.</li>
<li>Written by a director about <b>how films are created</b>, such as Sidney Lumet's <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Making-Movies-Sidney-Lumet/dp/0679756604/ref=tmm_pap_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1380416796&sr=1-1" target="_blank">Making Movies</a> or David Mamet's <a href="http://www.amazon.com/On-Directing-Film-David-Mamet/dp/0140127224/ref=pd_sim_b_1" target="_blank">On Directing Film</a>.</li>
<li>That interviews a <b>groundbreaking</b> <b>person</b> in Hollywood, such as Kathryn Bigelow, the first woman to ever win the Oscar for Best Director (<i>The Hurt Locker</i>): <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Kathryn-Bigelow-Interviews-Conversations-ebook/dp/B00EB8XHAM/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1380419436&sr=1-1&keywords=kathryn+bigelow" target="_blank">Kathryn Bigelow: Interviews</a></li>
<li>That chronicles a <b>director's life</b>, such as <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Alfred-Hitchcock-Darkness-Light-ebook/dp/B003SHDP3G/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1380417409&sr=1-1&keywords=hitchcock+biography" target="_blank">Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light</a> or an <b>actor's autobiography</b>, such as Michael J. Fox's <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Lucky-Man-Michael-J-Fox/dp/B000ETQQ32/ref=tmm_pap_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1380417859&sr=1-49" target="_blank">Lucky Man: A Memoir</a>. </li>
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Whatever book you choose it should be between 100-300 pages, appropriate for a school assignment, and brought to class on Friday, 9/29. Books on iPads, Kindles or other electronic devices are more than welcome.</div>
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We'll discuss in class how we're going to write about our books and by when you need to finish reading. Just go find a great book about film!</div>
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Hollywood's Academy Awards have the Oscar. RotMI has the Baby Daz.<br />
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The 8th Annual RotMI Winter Film Festival viewers have spoken! Congratulations to the winners of the coveted Baby Daz in the following categories:<br />
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<b>BEST MOCKUMENTARY</b><br />
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<g><g><text fill="#222222" font-family="Arial" font-size="12" stroke-width="0" stroke="none" text-anchor="start" x="458" y="20.2"><i>The Tortoise of Death</i> (Ben C., </text><text fill="#222222" font-family="Arial" font-size="12" stroke-width="0" stroke="none" text-anchor="start" x="458" y="36.2">Charles, Ari, Ryan M.)</text></g></g><br />
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<b>BEST PERFORMANCES</b><br />
<text fill="#222222" font-family="Arial" font-size="12" stroke-width="0" stroke="none" style="background-color: white; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" text-anchor="start" x="458" y="55.2"><i>Home Again</i> (John-Carlos, Alexis, </text><text fill="#222222" font-family="Arial" font-size="12" stroke-width="0" stroke="none" style="background-color: white; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" text-anchor="start" x="458" y="71.2">Sahaj, Andrew C.)</text><br />
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<b>BEST MUSIC</b><br />
<text fill="#222222" font-family="Arial" font-size="12" stroke-width="0" stroke="none" style="background-color: white; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" text-anchor="start" x="458" y="55.2"><i>Reunite</i> (Caleb, Rohin, Liam, Paaras, </text><text fill="#222222" font-family="Arial" font-size="12" stroke-width="0" stroke="none" style="background-color: white; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" text-anchor="start" x="458" y="71.2">Brandon M.)</text><br />
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<b>BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY</b></div>
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We have a tie!<br />
<text fill="#222222" font-family="Arial" font-size="12" stroke-width="0" stroke="none" style="background-color: white; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" text-anchor="start" x="458" y="20.2"><i>Bruh</i>. (Simon, Josh, James, Evan, </text><text fill="#222222" font-family="Arial" font-size="12" stroke-width="0" stroke="none" style="background-color: white; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" text-anchor="start" x="458" y="36.2">Abin) and </text><text fill="#222222" font-family="Arial" font-size="12" stroke-width="0" stroke="none" style="background-color: white; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" text-anchor="start" x="458" y="74.2"><i>Return of Darkness</i> (Hardy, Leo, Ben </text><text fill="#222222" font-family="Arial" font-size="12" stroke-width="0" stroke="none" style="background-color: white; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" text-anchor="start" x="458" y="90.2">Z., Jay, George)</text><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">from <i>Bruh.</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">from <i>Return of Darkness</i></td></tr>
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<b>BEST EDITING</b><br />
<text fill="#222222" font-family="Arial" font-size="12" stroke-width="0" stroke="none" style="background-color: white; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" text-anchor="start" x="458" y="55.2"><i>Bruh</i>. (Simon, Josh, James, Evan, </text><text fill="#222222" font-family="Arial" font-size="12" stroke-width="0" stroke="none" style="background-color: white; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" text-anchor="start" x="458" y="71.2">Abin)</text></div>
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<b>BEST DOCUMENTARY</b></div>
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<text fill="#222222" font-family="Arial" font-size="12" stroke-width="0" stroke="none" style="background-color: white; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" text-anchor="start" x="458" y="55.2"><i>A Day in the Life</i> (Brad, Bradley, Max, </text><text fill="#222222" font-family="Arial" font-size="12" stroke-width="0" stroke="none" style="background-color: white; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" text-anchor="start" x="458" y="71.2">Jake)</text></div>
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<b>BEST PICTURE</b><br />
<text fill="#222222" font-family="Arial" font-size="12" stroke-width="0" stroke="none" style="background-color: white; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" text-anchor="start" x="458" y="55.2"><i>Reunite</i> (Caleb, Rohin, Liam, Paaras, </text><text fill="#222222" font-family="Arial" font-size="12" stroke-width="0" stroke="none" style="background-color: white; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" text-anchor="start" x="458" y="71.2">Brandon M.)</text><br />
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<i>Thanks for a great semester, everyone!</i></div>
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The coveted Baby Daz Awards are up for grabs! <a href="https://docs.google.com/a/greatneck.k12.ny.us/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc6GtVIHUJV0bIWizf1PoqEcCcmM9PePIebVIOnwSB7fnQMgw/viewform">Cast your ballot now!</a>MrDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12190118942515046875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5152930291295815421.post-4835509631243767402016-11-30T07:33:00.001-05:002016-12-22T20:53:41.946-05:00Test on Tuesday, December 6<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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MrDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12190118942515046875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5152930291295815421.post-62574688268594177862016-11-05T10:22:00.003-04:002016-11-05T10:22:43.096-04:00Extra Credit Hitchcock Project<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUmh5NR4e7m63aXidk4-1cWGKawEsjvVEo8fuR_czFWYMiPZJFTtXqahnxpYXmbYtXWtb6cz9qH07Pi7ybE0fkIZIR6gEy7IXHK-zZyr5JltzSJd87oY26_GW1-GOir6TtD7bFa9udqhnn/s1600/0722cbe8269848f5ddecc0ee1ae1c90f.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUmh5NR4e7m63aXidk4-1cWGKawEsjvVEo8fuR_czFWYMiPZJFTtXqahnxpYXmbYtXWtb6cz9qH07Pi7ybE0fkIZIR6gEy7IXHK-zZyr5JltzSJd87oY26_GW1-GOir6TtD7bFa9udqhnn/s320/0722cbe8269848f5ddecc0ee1ae1c90f.jpg" width="235" /></a>Not everyone has to go to college, but if you're planning to and didn't so well on our last test, here's an extra credit option for the first quarter:<br />
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<b>November 9</b>: Submit the <b>title and year</b> of your film to MrD at the beginning of class. Make sure it's a film you're able see; there are no substitutions.<br />
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<b>November 14</b>: Submit your <b>typed </b>and<b> double-spaced</b> responses to the questions below to <a href="http://turnitin.com/">Turnitin.com</a> by 3 p.m.<br />
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1) What's the <b>title</b> and <b>year</b> of your film? (Remember to <u>underline</u> film titles!)<br />
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2) Hitchcock's films often revolve around <b>murder</b>, <b>betrayal</b>, <b>love</b>, and a <b>man/woman on the run</b>. Which of these elements apply to your film? Give specific examples.<br />
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4) Define "<b>voyeurism</b>." What moments of <b>voyeurism</b> are in your film: does a character spy on or watch the movements of another character? Does Hitchcock use subjective POV to turn us, the viewers, into voyeurs?! Give specific details.<br />
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<li><b>Key Terms and the Effects They Create</b>: framing, camera angles, visual rhetoric (the definition of RotMI); deep focus; rack focus; diegetic and non-diegetic sound; authorial and subjective points of view--and EVERYTHING FROM CHAPTER ONE of our textbook! </li>
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MrDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12190118942515046875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5152930291295815421.post-71284693767869056232016-01-30T11:09:00.001-05:002016-01-30T11:10:26.755-05:00And the Winner Is...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEsdgmadE0BvI8708QHJ8HfGP9q2pGJ6j21Vj5itMPyo54GUMAbkZnIvo49vWz2UvhkNtgOdKdWljQxGgjJKAQ2i5haOseuHwHhJgCSA-JIb3g8l5Sues1fTBhU51IGePA6nl8yuKLHVdK/s1600-h/babydaz.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEsdgmadE0BvI8708QHJ8HfGP9q2pGJ6j21Vj5itMPyo54GUMAbkZnIvo49vWz2UvhkNtgOdKdWljQxGgjJKAQ2i5haOseuHwHhJgCSA-JIb3g8l5Sues1fTBhU51IGePA6nl8yuKLHVdK/s320/babydaz.jpg" /></a><br />
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Hollywood's Academy Awards have the Oscar. RotMI has the Baby Daz.<br />
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The 7th Annual RotMI Winter Film Festival viewers have spoken! Congratulations to the winners of the coveted Baby Daz in the following categories:<br />
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<b>BEST MOCKUMENTARY</b><br />
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<i>The Jackie Phenomenon </i>(Jackie, Caroline, Karen, Michelle)<br />
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<b>BEST PERFORMANCES</b><br />
<i>Fantasy</i> (George, Mark, Jack)<br />
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<b>BEST MUSIC</b><br />
<i>The Blind Date</i> (Elora & Katia)<br />
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<b>BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY</b><br />
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<i>Agent Suit and Tie</i> (Danny) & <i>Untitled</i> (Santiago, Andrew Ko.)<br />
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<b>BEST EDITING</b><br />
<i>Fantasy</i> (George, Mark, Jack)<br />
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<b>BEST HORROR FILM</b><br />
<i>Christmas Lights </i>(Brian, Bryant, Matthew, Tyrone)</div>
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<b>BEST FILM BY AN AUTEUR</b></div>
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<i>Surprise!</i> (Ali)</div>
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<b>BEST DOCUMENTARY</b></div>
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<i>Fashion Show 2016</i> (Annie, Sophie, Tanya)</div>
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<b>BEST LOCATION SHOOTING</b></div>
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<i>Equador in 7 Days </i>(Orly, Elise)<br />
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<b>BEST PICTURE</b><br />
<i>The Jackie Phenomenon </i>(Jackie, Caroline, Karen, Michelle)<br />
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<i>Thanks for a great semester, everyone!</i></div>
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MrDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12190118942515046875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5152930291295815421.post-16629910915554654582015-10-14T07:12:00.001-04:002015-10-14T07:12:56.262-04:00Test on Monday, October 19<div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;">
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">The test will focus on Gus Van Sant's's <i>Good Will Hunting</i>, Weijun Chen's <i>Please Vote for Me</i>,</span><i style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> </i><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">and the key terms and concepts from Chapter 1 of our textbook, </span><i style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Understanding Movies</i><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">. Also, review everything from the beginning of the course, such as literary, dramatic, and cinematic aspects, the definition of RotMI, etc. Be sure to look over your notes, your homework assignments, and all Viewing Guides and handouts.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Along with the general plot, key quotes, and character developments of our films, be sure to focus on these areas in your review:</span></div>
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<li style="border: none; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px 0px 3px; padding: 0.25em 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">In <i><b>Good Will Hunting</b></i>: Classical film style; title credits; puns in the title?; kaleidoscopic view; bird's-eye shot; slow motion photography; painterly vs. linear style; visual repetitions (motifs); final images for the 4 major relationships in the film; final shot; long take; attachment disorder as a psychological term. <b><i>Be able to cite specific examples of these concepts from the film to prove your point.</i></b></span></li>
<li style="border: none; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px 0px 3px; padding: 0.25em 0px;">In<b> <i>Please Vote For Me</i>: </b>Documentary Style Spectrum: What are the qualities of a formalistic documentary vs. a realistic one?<b> </b>Similarities in the 3 candidates’ home lives; candidates’ strengths and weaknesses; who wins the election and what factors help that person? Documentary as genre: what's the purpose of a documentary? What did this film enlighten you about? <b><i>Be able to cite specific examples of these concepts from the film to prove your point.</i></b></li>
<li style="border: none; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px 0px 3px; padding: 0.25em 0px;"><b>In Chapter 1 - <i>Understanding Movies</i>: </b>film style; various shots; framing; angles; lighting; cut, dissolve; eye-line match; deep focus; rack focus; diegetic, internal diegetic, and non-diegetic sound; authorial and subjective points of view, etc.</li>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">The approximate test breakdown: 60% multiple choice / 20% mini essay on documentary style / 20% short answers</span></div>
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MrDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12190118942515046875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5152930291295815421.post-24972957966213974172015-05-21T07:25:00.001-04:002015-05-21T18:56:35.559-04:00Test on Friday, 5/22<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 18px;">The test will focus on Billy Wilder's <i>Some Like It Hot</i>, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 18px;">Charlie Chaplin's <i>Modern Times</i>, the Student Choice film for your period, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 18px;">and the key terms and concepts from chapter 2 from our textbook, </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 18px;">Understanding Movies</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 18px;">. Be sure to look over your notes, your homework assignments, and all Viewing Guides and handouts <b>(especially regarding the Classical Paradigm and narrative structure)</b>. Also, know how to define "rhetoric" and be able to give an example of "rhetoric of the moving image. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 18px;">Along with the general plot, key quotes, and character developments of our films, be sure to focus on these areas in your review:</span><br />
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<li style="border: none; font-family: Helvetica; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 3px; padding: 0.25em 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">In <b><i>Some Like It Hot</i>: </b>Comic structure (beginning with social upheaval and ending in harmony), comedy as "serious fun," Sugar's songs' lyrics, Screwball Comedy, curtain line, swish pan and its effect as visual rhetoric, filmed in black and white for a reason, parallel editing (crosscutting), using proxemic patterns to create humor, parody, sight gags, slapstick, repartee, situational comedy, sexual innuendo, phallic symbol, running gag, dramatic irony, meta-filmic moments. <b>Be able to cite specific examples of these concepts from the film to prove your point.</b> </span></li>
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<li style="border: none; font-family: Helvetica; margin: 0px 0px 3px; padding: 0.25em 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>In Chapter 2 - <i>Understanding Movies</i></b>: Mise en scene ("placing on stage"); aspect ratio (standard vs. widescreen); iris shot; the dominant; subsidiary contrasts; intrinsic interest; tight vs. loose framing; character placement; composition; proxemic patterns; open vs. closed form.</span></li>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Extra help will be offered after school at 2:35 p.m. on Thursday, 5/21 in room 452.</b></span></div>
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MrDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12190118942515046875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5152930291295815421.post-42333037144579232322015-03-22T11:36:00.002-04:002015-03-22T11:39:18.377-04:00Revised Schedule!<div face="Georgia, serif" style="direction: ltr; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">
Because of inclement weather, our first test will be on Monday, March 23 (<b>Period 9 ONLY</b>). </div>
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Read chapter 2 of our textbook, <i>Understanding Movies</i>, for <b>Tuesday, March 24</b>. Complete the fill-in-the-blank handout. Expect a short Reading Reward (QUIZ) at the beginning of the period!</div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">The test will focus on Steven Speilberg's <i>Jaws</i>, Weijun Chen's <i>Please Vote for Me</i>, Tom Tykwer’s </span><i style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Run Lola Run </i><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">and the key terms and concepts from chapter 1 of our textbook, </span><i style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Understanding Movies</i><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">. Also, review everything from the beginning of the course, such as literary, dramatic, and cinematic elements, the definition of RotMI, etc. Be sure to look over your notes, your homework assignments, and all Viewing Guides and handouts.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Along with the general plot, key quotes, and character developments of our films, be sure to focus on these areas in your review:</span></div>
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<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0.25em 0px;">In<b> </b><i><b>Jaws</b></i><b>:</b> Classical cinema; thriller as genre; metonymy; the "Jaws Shot"; triadic composition as motif; long take; cameo; Quint's monologue on the <i>USS Indianapolis</i>. <b>Be able to cite specific examples of these concepts from the film to prove your point.</b></li>
<li style="border: none; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px 0px 3px; padding: 0.25em 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b></b>In <b><i>Run Lola Run</i>:</b> 5 visual aesthetics, the formalistic aspects of the film's style and story structure, epigraph, birds-eye view shot, split screen, Butterfly Effect, motifs (spirals, clocks, etc.), montage, flash forward, red filter, freeze frame, web of life plot, Lola as hero. <b>Be able to cite specific examples of these concepts from the film to prove your point.</b></span></li>
<li style="border: none; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px 0px 3px; padding: 0.25em 0px;">In<b> <i>Please Vote For Me</i>: </b>Documentary Style Spectrum: What are the qualities of a formalistic documentary vs. a realistic one?<b> </b>Similarities in the 3 candidates’ home lives; candidates’ strengths and weaknesses; who wins the election and what factors help that person? Documentary as genre: what's the purpose of a documentary? <b>Be able to cite specific examples of these concepts from the film to prove your point.</b></li>
<li style="border: none; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px 0px 3px; padding: 0.25em 0px;"><b>In Chapter 1 - <i>Understanding Movies</i>: </b>film style; various shots; framing; angles; lighting; cut, dissolve; eye-line match; deep focus; rack focus; diegetic and non-diegetic sound; authorial and subjective points of view, etc.</li>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">This is only a general guide and possibly not a complete list of everything we learned and everything you should study!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Extra help will be offered after school at 2:35 p.m. on Thursday, 3/19 in room 452.</b></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">The approximate test breakdown: 60% multiple choice / 20% mini essay on documentary style / 20% short answers</span></div>
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