Parent Info

Film Viewing Permission Form

Parents and Guardians,

The goal of IB Film is to expose students to films from all over the world and to increase their critical and practical understanding of film as a creative art form and reflection of its time period, society, and political and cultural environment. As a result, this class requires the viewing of a wide variety of films. In some cases, these films may carry an R rating, or, in the case of films made before 1968 and some foreign films, will have no rating at all. Please be assured that all the films selected for this course have a high degree of artistic merit and that many have won numerous awards and are considered part of the film canon. However, if you or your child objects to any film shown that does carry an “R” rating, your child will always have the opportunity to request that an alternative film be assigned. 

Examples of “R” rated movies deemed appropriate for the class include, but are not limited to: The Godfather series, Apocalypse Now, Taxi Driver, American Beauty, Blade Runner, Chinatown, The Exorcist, Fargo, Memento, Nashville, No Country for Old Men, Pulp Fiction, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Raging Bull, Schindler’s List, Hard Boiled, Through a Glass Darkly and La Strada, as well as movies listed in the "Instructional Materials" section below.

Please email me from your email address (not the student’s email) affirming that you have read the above statement and grant permission for film viewing. Feel free to just copy and paste the text below. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me via email or schedule a meeting. 

Thank you,

Terry Kiser

Email: terry.kiser@sccpss.com 

Subject: Film Viewing Permission for [Student Name]

Body:

I grant permission for my child, [Student Name], to watch films chosen by the instructor of this class that the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has rated either “NR” (not rated) or “R” (restricted).

Signed,

[Your Name]

[Contact Phone Number]

Instructional Materials

Lesson plans and all related instructional materials are posted weekly in BrightSpace. 

A variety of digital resources and print media are used to teach the class, most of which can be found on this website. I am happy to provide access to additional materials upon request. In the first few weeks of the course I introduce basic film terminology using presentations provided by the Georgia Film Academy - I cannot share those files digitally due to a Non-Disclosure Agreement, but I am happy to show them to you in person.

Below is a list of feature-length films that I tend to show in class, along with their MPAA rating, and a link to more information about the movie provided by IMDB and CommonSenseMedia.org - this is not an exhaustive list, as the course changes from year to year and films are added, but I will do my best to keep the list updated. I've also included a section on shorts and series that are used for the class as well.