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Students Discuss the contributions of Albert Maysles to documentary filmmaking and learn how to correctly operate video recording and editing equipment to create a short film. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students discuss independent filmmaking industry, focusing on the 2000 Sundance Film Festival. As a class, students develop a storyboard for their own independent film, then write movie reviews from the point of view of a film critic on their class movie Full Review »
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- 5th - 8th
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Students think about what it was like when audiences flocked to movies that simply showed glimpses of everyday life. They make a film n the style of the earliest cinema, when moving pictures were just that -- moving images of everyday life. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students consider different stories and story-telling techniques of animated and live-action filmmaking, write proposals for animated films, and storyboard individual scenes. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students explore basic filmmaking by creating a short, in-camera video portrait of a classmate. They use professional vocabulary, create a storyboard, complete a shoot, and work as a team with their partner. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students explore basic filmmaking by creating a short, in-camera video portrait of a classmate. They use professional vocabulary, create a storyboard, complete a shoot, and work as a team with their partner. Full Review »
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- 11th - 12th
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Students examine filmmaking in Canada and participate in a debate. Full Review »
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- 10th - 12th
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Students write a movie review on the challenges of making a film in Latin America. They focus on the countries of Brazil and Venezuela and work in pairs to interview a Latin America filmmaker. Full Review »
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- 11th - 12th
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Students write a brief, motivational introduction. They think of their favorite filmmaker. Students choose, research and write a summary about a filmmaker. They create and follow a timeline. Students create a script with their group and film. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students discuss the difference between independent films and and films produced by a major studio. They select an independent filmmaker to research and begin their research from a list of given Web sites. When research is complete, they create a visual display such as a poster, scrapbook, or slide show presentation highlighting the career of the filmmaker. Full Review »

