creativity, innovation, and collaboration in various contexts.
• History, culture, and community can influence film and television productions.
FILM & TELEVISION 12
Recommended
Course Credit Course Duration Delivery Method
Film & Television 11 or permission of teacher
4 credits Full year
Classroom instruction, self directed, hands-on experience, visiting industry professionals
This advanced full year course combines digital film literacy with highly employable skills such as leadership, collaboration, planning, creative problem solving and persuasive messaging. Students are encouraged to take creative risks in the creation of a portfolio of short films expressing their personal voice as a filmmaker. Advanced technical and practical classes will be interspersed with the study of film in its social, cultural and historical contexts. In-depth film analyses will support students in the analyzing, and interpretation of their own work, and the works of others, in addition to synthesising constructive feedback. Students will work individually and collaboratively exploring the ethical and legal implications of video production, exploring the persuasive powers of film and demonstrating leadership and initiative as they make connections through moving images on a local, national and global scale. Assessment is standards based, with ongoing formative and summative assessment of course work and project-based assignments.
The Big Ideas explored in this course are:
• Moving images offer dynamic ways of exploring identity and culture.
• Moving-image artists use technology in innovative and reflective ways.
• Aesthetic experiences provided by moving images can effect change in artists, audiences, and environments.
• Technology and emerging media can transform communication in a variety of ways.
• History, culture, and value systems can influence film and television productions.
DRAMA 8
Recommended
Course Credit Course Duration Delivery Method
None
N / A 1 semester
Performance and processbased, using a variety of instructional strategies
Drama 8 is an introductory semester course that uses student-centred instructional techniques, including project-based learning, group work, hands-on learning, and inquiry. The students learn the essential elements of drama and theatre through exploration into improvisation, storytelling techniques, physicality and stage picture, and technical skills. This course is a foundation for Drama 9, in which students will partake in both collective and individual exercises. Assessment will include both process and performance.
The Big Ideas explored in this course are:
• Creative growth requires patience, readiness to take risks, and willingness to try new approaches
• Individual and collective expression can be achieved through the arts.
• Drama is a unique language for creating and communicating.
• Artists often challenge the status quo and open themselves to new perspectives and experiences.
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