Writing Through Film (Spring)
Seniors have the option of taking two one semester, 1/2 credit courses or one full year course. If students opt for the semester course option, they are required to complete English 12 Lit Themes in the fall semester, as well as a Senior English Elective in the spring semester. The 1/2 credit Senior English Electives are: Creative Writing, Journalism and Writing through Film. The full year course options are: English 12 (WISE), College English Composition, and AP Literature and Composition.
WRITING THROUGH FILM - 01415 - 1/2 CREDIT (SEM)
Prerequisite: Eng 12 Literary Themes or enrollment in a full-year grade 12 English course.
Credit: English
Description: This writing intensive course works from the premise that films are narratives with all the basic elements of literature, and have meanings that can be examined and discussed using the same methods we use to talk about literature. Students will examine and evaluate films from various genres while considering the relationship between these films and the literary and cinematic elements that are used to bring them to the screen. These elements include narrative structure, theme, dialogue, sound, symbolism, composition and writing. The course will examine a wide variety of material, from the classics such as Citizen Kane to more contemporary films such as Forrest Gump and Inception.
