Warbler said:

TheBoost said:

Im hoping to give them a little more than that.

Right now I'm thinking we do an hour on basics...

What is a montage. What is editing. The 180 degree rule. Look at how a standard talking scene is edited.

Then compare Birth of a Nation, Psycho shower scene, The Chinese Connection Car Chase, Jurassic Park T-Rex chase, The Matrix as different ways editing effects thing. Maybe have them tick off the number of cuts in each sequence.

Second hour is about film history and genre. Basically just watching clips identifying Noir, the adventure serial, more Hitchcock, Casablanca (OR COURSE!) The American Musical, American Western, Spaggetti Western, some Kubrik, some Star Wars.

Still just thinking out loud.

I would seriously caution you against showing anything about Birth of a Nation. I am sure the film can be very educational in regards to learning about film. But showing any of that film to highschool students is asking for trouble. You might also want to be careful inregards to showing high school students r-rated scenes. You never know how parents and those above you might act.

Good idea about Birth of a Nation. I'll just skip ahead to Battleship Potemkin inventing montage. No time to really explain context.

They will need permission slips from parents, but I wont be showing anything with sex in it. Violence is always way more acceptable than the act of love in America.