Tuesday, April 17, 2018

Treatment; King Kong: Day 2

Period 1:

Treatment: Continue working on a short film idea for your short film script project. Your 2-5 page treatment is due Friday. See the handout and the notes below for more details about treatments.

Also due is your reading/notes on the long article on "The Screenwriter". Please annotate and take Cornell notes on this article (see homework).

Period 1/2 @ 8:00:

We will continue our screening of King Kong.

For notes and background on King Kong, please see our previous class post. Today we will continue screening the film. Keep your critical analysis sheets handy. Take notes as you watch the film! You will be writing a critique about this film!

HOMEWORK: #1: complete a film treatment. This assignment is due April 20. 
#2: Read and annotate (and take Cornell notes) on the chapter on The Screenwriter. See handout. Complete this long article by April 20.
#3: Complete a film critique using one of the critical theories (handouts) for the film King Kong (1933). This is due April 24; use the handouts on King Kong and these notes to help you with your critique.

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