Motion Picture Literature (Period 3A)

This course is designed to introduce students to the world of literature and movies. This is a literature-based course, requiring students to use research and note-taking skills, interviewing techniques, and reading and writing skills. First, it means we study some of the films in relationship to the literary works which insprired them. Second, it means we treat films as text: studying theme, character, plot structure, as well as uniquely filmic qualities like camera angle, color and special effects.