Dance
PERCEIVE AND RESPOND
Students will demonstrate the ability to use perceptual and movement skills in order to perform and respond in dance.
Students will perform movement in order to express and communicate meaning.
HISTORICAL, CULTURAL, SOCIAL
Students will explore, perform, and create dances from various historical, cultural, and social genres to increase their knowledge and appreciation of dance and its relationship to other significant components of human history and experience.
Students will demonstrate the ability to relate dance experience to other disciplines in order to increase knowledge and understanding.
Students will explore processes for dance construction through improvisation and organization of movement based on a specific idea, feeling, or concept in order to develop organizational skills.
Students will utilize various processes for dance construction in order to express and communicate meaning through informal or formal dance performance.
AESTHETICS
Students will identify, analyze, and apply various criteria in dance aesthetics in order to develop critical and creative thinking skills.
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
Students will develop personal and interpersonal skills through dance in order to work respectfully, cooperatively, and safely with others.
Students will make connections between dance and healthful living in order to understand and maintain a healthy lifestyle that includes safe movement practices.
FILM WORKSHOP
HISTORY AND CRITICISM OF FILM
Students will study vintage and contemporary film footage. They will study production techniques and values; including the lighting of subjects and backgrounds. We will teach the history of African-Americans in the film industry and the differences between film and video stocks.
INTRO TO PRODUCTION EQUIPMENT
Students will learn about the equipment needed to produce and edit a complete film. They will understand the use of camera lenses and multiplicity of shot. They will learn the use and need for steady cams, cranes, monitors, and audio. We also teach the techniques and importance of script supervision.
POSITIONS OF PRODUCTION
Students will learn about all positions needed to complete a quality film; from writing formats, producing a cast and crew and directing actors. They will learn how to mood light a scene using available and production light. The instructors will also teach grow to properly cast a film and teach the useful techniques of an audio technician.
INTRO TO ACTING
Students will be given an overview of the history of acting from Shakespeare to vaudeville to the present. We will uncover the attraction and growth of the profession; covering different genres including commercial, television, stage, and voice-over work. Students will dive right into the art of performing. We record and playback scenes for. Students will learn how to audition with confidence learning dialogue and adlibbing.
WRITING
Students will begin writing the script for their own short film: from brainstorming to a completing formatted copy. We will cover character and story development as well as traditional “shark” formatting. The students will understand conflict, climax, and closure. Students will finish this week with the completed script for their short film.
MAKING THE FILM
This week all of the positions of the cast and crew will be filled. The producer will scout and finalize locations. The directors and actors will begin rehearsals. Hair and make-up departments will prepare for the actors. Wardrobe departments choose clothing and props. All students will finalize all ideas so that shooting will run as smooth as possible.
IN THE FIELD SHOOTING THE FILM
This week the students and instructors will be on set shooting the film. We will be utilizing all available locations in and around the site school.
POST PRODUCTION
Students will learn all post-production techniques needed to take what they’ve shot on video and turn it into a finished film; complete with sound effects, score, narration, production pictures and more. Students will edit titling into the film and conduct a photo shoot for the DVD’s cover. The class now has acquired the knowledge to take an idea and transform it into a tangible, meaningful film to be proud of.
Creative Writing Curriculum
Creative writing curriculum consists of many interlacing components. While actual writing makes up a large part of the curriculum, include other areas of writing. Providing students with a good background that covers genre, structure, grammar skills and presentation skills ensures that they receive a well balanced lesson on creative writing.
GENRES
Begin with an overview of the various genres of creative writing: novels, short stories, memoir writing, journaling, playwriting, screenwriting, creative non-fiction (personal essays) and poetry.
STRUCTURE
Unless the course is dedicated to only one genre, time should be allowed to cover each genre.
WORKSHOP/PEER EDITING
Every creative writing curriculum should include a workshop component, so that students can learn to give and take constructive criticism.
PRESENTATION
An important objective in the creative writing class is to learn to present the finished project through an oral presentation.
Publication
Teachers should provide an opportunity for students to publish their work in some form. This component of the curriculum is an important self-evaluation tool for the student.