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Classic Animation Continued
Intro to Stop-Motion Animation:
Announcements & Reminders:
Quiz on Classic Animation & Walt Disney Tomorrow
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Quiz on Classic Animation & Walt Disney
Stop-Motion Animation Continued
Screening: TBD
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Screening: TBD
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Classic Animation
Before Walt Disney: 5 Pioneers of Early Animation from "The Atlantic."
Steamboat Willie:
The Making of Snow White (the first full-length animated film)
Announcements & Reminders:
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Quiz on Casting & Performance
Animation Continued
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Walt Disney Documentary
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Emotional Performance
Method Acting & Physical Performance
Studiobinder's piece on Method Acting (you don't have to watch all of the videos embedded in this article, but it would be good to browse through some of them).
These two videos featuring Eddie Redmayne on playing Stephen Hawking: this one ...and this one.
Tony Zhou's How to do Action Comedy
...and Robin Williams In Motion.
(If Time Permits) Voting on next film
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Quiz on Costume & Props
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Screening: Cruella
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Screening: Cruella
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Intro to Casting & Performance:
...and what the auditioning process is.
…and ANY TWO of the other Academy-Original Shorts on casting (choose among the six videos at the top).
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Screening: 'The Batman'
Costume & Props:
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Screening: 'The Batman'
Costume & Props:
"The Clothes of Kay Corleone" by Pablo Villaca for rogerebert.com
This CBS piece on A Prop Master Who Forges Historical Documents
Tony Zhou’s, “In Praise of Chairs”
Tested’s Tour of the Hand Prop Room
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Costume & Props:
Group Notes
Voting on Next Movie
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Screening: TBD
Announcements & Reminders:
Quiz on Costume & Props on Monday
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Group Notes on Special Effects
Screening: 'The Batman'
Announcements & Reminders:
Practice Quiz on Special Effects tomorrow
For-Credit Quiz on Special Effects on Wednesday.
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Practice Quiz on Special Effects You can submit this to me in Teams by the end of class.
If you haven't watched them yet, watch these: *Think about how ILM blends both PRACTICAL AND DIGITAL EFFECTS TOGETHER for an even more effective look and feel for the audience.
Announcements & Reminders:
For-Credit Quiz on Special Effects Tomorrow.
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Quiz on Special Effects
'The Batman' continued.
'The Batman' Continued
Intro to Costume & Props
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Digital Effects
Kevin Baille's commentary on the 2020 Visual Effects Oscar Nominees
The Virtual Production of "The Mandalorian" *When you watch these last two, about the Mandalorian, think about how ILM blends both PRACTICAL AND DIGITAL EFFECTS TOGETHER for an even more effective look and feel for the audience.
Voting on Visual Effects Movie: Godzilla Minus One / The Batman / Gravity / Mad Max Fury Road
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Screening: 'The Batman'
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"Shawshank Redemption" Continued
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*Shortened Period* "Shawshank Redemption" Wrap-Up: Conclusion, Review Light / Shadow / Color
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Practical & Optical Effects
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Practical & Optical Effects Continued:
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Practice Quiz on Light, Shadow, & Color
Screening: 'The Shawshank Redemption'
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Quiz on Light, Shadow, & Color
Screening: 'The Shawshank Redemption'
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Screening: 'The Shawshank Redemption'
Intro To Special Effects:
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Studiobinder's Film Lighting Techniques (this is more of a how-to guide for movie makers, but the content and vocabulary is good for us).
CineFix's Top 10 Uses of Color.
Screening: 'The Wizard of Oz'
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Screening: 'The Wizard of Oz'
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Group Notes on Light, Shadow, & Color
Practice Quiz
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Screening: 'Yesterday'
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Screening: 'Yesterday'
Intro to Light, Shadow, & Color:
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Screening: 'The Wizard of Oz'
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Voting on Next 'Sound' Movie: Ford Vs. Ferrari, Whiplash, A Quiet Place, Yesterday
Steven Spielberg's remarks from John Williams' AFI Life-Achievement Ceremony
CBS this Morning’s piece on the 2017 documentary called "Score."
That documentary, in its entirety, is available here. You don't need to watch the whole thing, but I recommend browsing through at least some of it.
Group Notes on Sound
Announcements & Reminders:
Quiz on Sound on Thurs
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Group Notes on Sound Continued
Practice Quiz: Sound
Screening: 'Yesterday'
Announcements & Reminders:
Quiz on Sound Tomorrow
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Quiz on Sound
Screening: 'Yesterday'
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Screening: 'Yesterday'
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Tasos Frantzolas's "Everything You Hear on Film is a Lie."
Intro / Screening: 'Jaws'
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Sound editor Tina Hirsh on using silence in Dante's Peak. (Stop @ 41:40)
Screening: 'Jaws'
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Screening: 'Jaws'
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'1917' Conclusion & Behind-the-scenes
Announcements & Reminders:
Quiz on Camerawork on Thursday
Group Notes on Camerawork
Announcements & Reminders:
Quiz on Camerawork on Thursday
Intro To Sound:
Quiz on Camerawork
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Intro to Camerawork
The kidnapping Scene from “Slumdog Millionaire:
…and “The Camera Does The Thinking for Us” from David Foster's "Reading the Silver Screen."
Screening: 1917
Agenda:
Studiobinder.com article on camera angles (ignore the video at the top on how to make a shot list; that's not relevant for us).
Screening: 1917
If you're into it, you can watch this piece (optional) where Brown talks at greater length about using the steadicam to shoot Rocky.
Screening: '1917'
Tony Zhou's video essay on the effect of camera angle on this scene from 'Silence of the Lambs'.
Studiobinder's "Different Types of Camera Shots and Angles in Film". There's a lot of info here, but we don't have time to cover everything. So you can ignore the sections on "framing" and "lenses," but you should pay attention to "shots," "angles," "focus," and especially "movement" (including the handheld shot) and click on at least a few examples of each.
Screening: '1917'
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Group Notes on Editing
Practice Quiz
Announcements & Reminders:
Editing Quiz on Thursday
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Intro to Camerawork
The kidnapping Scene from “Slumdog Millionaire:
…and “The Camera Does The Thinking for Us” from David Foster's "Reading the Silver Screen."
Announcements & Reminders:
Agenda:
Editing Quiz
Camerawork Continued:
Studiobinder.com article on camera angles (ignore the video at the top on how to make a shot list; that's not relevant for us).
Announcements & Reminders:
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'The Godfather' Continued
Announcements & Reminders:
Group Notes on Editing Next Tuesday
Quiz on Editing Next Wednesday
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'The Godfather' Continued
Announcements & Reminders:
Group Notes on Editing Next Tuesday
Quiz on Editing Next Wednesday
'The Godfather' Continued
Announcements & Reminders:
Group Notes on Editing Next Tuesday
Quiz on Editing Next Wednesday
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'The Godfather' Continued
CineFix's "Top Ten Most Effective Editing Moments of All Time."
Studiobinder’s:
Announcements & Reminders:
Group Notes on Editing on Tuesday
Quiz on Editing on Wednesday
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Intro To Editing & 'The Godfather'
Announcements & Reminders:
Parent-Permission Form Due Today.
Quiz on 'How Movies Happened' on Friday
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How Movies Happened Continued:
Announcements & Reminders:
Quiz on 'How Movies Happened' on Friday
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Group Note Review on 'How Movies Happened'
Editing Continued
Screening 'The Godfather'
Announcements & Reminders:
Quiz on 'How Movies Happened' Tomorrow
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Quiz on 'How Movies Happened'
'The Godfather' Continued
Announcements & Reminders:
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Course Intro (Reviewing The Syllabus)
First-Day Questionnaire
Announcements & Reminders:
Note-Taking Exercise Due by the beginning of class on Friday.
Parent-Permission Form Due Monday.
Agenda:
Complete this note-taking exercise on Crash Course's "Movies Are Magic." *Due by the beginning of class on Friday.
Announcements & Reminders:
Note-Taking Exercise Due Friday.
Parent-Permission Form Due Monday.
Agenda:
Martin Scorsese's 2013 Jefferson Lecture (This should start & stop automatically, covering the portion that you need to watch).
Announcements & Reminders:
Note-Taking Exercise Due Tomorrow.
Parent-Permission Form Due Monday.
Agenda:
Martin Scorsese's 2013 Jefferson Lecture (This should start & stop automatically, covering the portion that you need to watch).
Announcements & Reminders:
Note-Taking Exercise Due Today.
Parent-Permission Form Due Monday.