FILM APPRECIATION: ANALYZING AMAZING FILMS (Grades 10-12) DUAL ENROLLMENT

FILM APPRECIATION: ANALYZING AMAZING FILMS (Grades 10-12)
(ENG1028) 

Modeled after a college level film studies program, students will develop the visual literacy skills necessary to investigate the ways in which motion pictures are created, experienced and understood by viewers, analyzed by critics, studied in academia, and valued in our culture. As part of the course’s deep viewing experience, critical thinking and major film theory criticisms will be major components of the course’s writing requirement. The culminating experience for the course requires students to write a screenplay, direct and film their screenplay, market their movies as a final product, and finally present and critique their short films in a film festival format. *Students who pursue the dual enrollment option will earn 3 college credits from the University of Pittsburgh.