The BIG 4: The FOUNDATION of FILM ANALYSIS in THE IB FILM CLASSROOM
Adam, your resident IB film teacher, wants to help your students walk the talk. How understanding the Big 4 (mise-en-scene, editing, cinematography, and sound design) can transform student analysis and filmmaking.
TWO KEY APPROACHES TO HELPING STUDENTS MASTER THE EXTENDED ESSAY IN IB FILM
Adam, your resident IB film teacher, has two key pieces of advice to help students navigate the 4,000 extended essay in IB film.
Unleashing Creativity: A Cinematic Journey with My Students
Josh recently had the chance to get out of the classroom and get back to the reason he is in the classroom… making movies with his students. This article looks at that incredibly and invigorating experience.
The walking Dead of Media…
Radio isn’t dead… it’s more like a zombie. TV isn’t dead but it’s still making money and serving a purpose. Film and Movies aren’t going anywhere but they are changing. Just like the industries we serve, your classroom is changing and so should you.
REVISITING A SCRIPT: FOCUS on CONFLICT & CHARACTER
Consider this: most films that you see focus on two characters talking up on the screen.
Sometimes, they’re doing something, but most times, two or more characters are sitting down (maybe they are eating or drinking) and talking -- we call that a talking heads scene because the audience is literally watching two huge heads (on the screen) have a conversation