Above: Students listening in class

For this semester, when we are primarily studying film, culture, and Lordship (i.e. a Biblical view of film as art, and learning discernment), the basic assignments are to cover a few aspects of film making in class, and then have a movie assigned for the week. The students watch the movie, and answer questions for each one.

Our subject areas have included:

• Good stories/bad stories, and how to tell the difference
• the definition of art/film vocabulary
• comparisons in the area of movies and special effects
• script writing
• history in film
• science fiction
• how is culture reflected in film
• storyboarding
• and, reading a novel, and watching the movie version of it

Our movies we have used, or will use, are:

• All Quiet on the Western Front-1930
• Modern Times-1936
• You Can’t Take It With You-1938
• Citizen Kane-1941
• Bambi, Snow White, or Dumbo-pick one
• Rope-1948
• The Day The Earth Stood Still-1951
• The African Queen-1951
• Singin’ in the Rain-1952
• Rear Window-1954
• On The Waterfront-1954
• The Ten Commandments-1956
• Ben Hur-1959
• 12 Angry Men-1957
• The Magnificent Seven
  
• To Kill a Mockingbird-1962
• Star Wars-1977
• Raiders of the Lost Ark-1981
• Jurassic Park-1993
• Apollo 13-1995
• Sense and Sensibility-1995
• Pride and Prejudice-2005
• The Miracle Maker, the story of Jesus-2000
• Master and Commander-2003
• The Incredibles-2004

I gotta say it-as the teacher, I have had a ball with this class. It is material that has been great to teach, and the students are good. I am looking forward to our film making, which will begin in January or February.