The Creative Corner
Overview
English 10 students not taking the Language or Literature IGCSE examinations will work in room 213 on creative reading and writing in a class called “The Creative Corner.” Students will need to keep an updated Source Book, or an organized folder with the different assignments and handouts that we complete in class. Our focus for this class will be film studies, and students will create both an instructional video, and a longer group film project.
Film Resources
KeepVid–for downloading streaming video
The Internet Movie Script Database and Simply Scripts–Two sites where you can peruse screenplays in order to familiarize yourself with the screenwriting style and conventions. Rushmore, by Wes Anderson, is always a good start.
Celtx Free Screenwriting Software–This is the program that we will all use to write our Screenplays
Interesting Articles:
- Storyboarding article about J. Todd Andersonwho storyboards a lot of the Coen Brothers Movies
- An Interview with Fantastic Mr. Fox Storyboard Artist Christian DeVita
- Guillermo del Torro’s Sketchbook for Pan’s Labyrinth (with audio commentary)–Maybe inspiration for what we can include in our Director’s Notes entry in our Source Books
Instructional Videos:
- 180 Degree Shot Instructional Video
- Shot Types Instructional Video
- Rule of Thirds Instructional Video
Class Updates, Schedule, & Assignments
Film Project Schedule
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
| 25 | 26 Film pitch, digital camera experiments,watch film making instructional videos. | 27 | 28 Test shots and editing in iMovie. Be sure you have watched the instructional videos by today, and that you understand film shot types, the 180 Degree Shot, and the Rule of Thirds. | 29 |
| 2 | May 3 Work on your Creative Corner Source Book / Note Book entry titled “6. Director’s Notes,” where you will create your personal ideas for your scene. Also be sure to peruse the added Film Resources below. Screenplay writing and workshopping. | 4 | 5 Screenplay writing and workshopping |
6 Screenplay writing and workshopping |
| 9 | 10 Screenplay Final Draft Due. Come to class with draft printed out. Create Shooting Schedule and Begin Filming. |
11 | 12 Filming |
13 |
| 16 | 17 Nasjonaldagen | 18 | 19 Complete Filming / Begin Editing. Editing workshop with Mr. Rhodes. |
20 Editing |
| 23 | 24 Editing |
25 | 26 Final Editing, Create Class Film, Combine Scenes and add Closing Credits |
27 |
| 30
Final Exams Begin |
31
1:00-3:15 English 10 Exam Block Miscommunication Movie Screening |
June 1 | 2 | 3 |
Handouts & Packets
“Perfectionism,” “Polaroids” and “The Writing Life”
“It’s the Journey that Matters” Travel Writing Packet
Writing Resources
Vonnegut’s “8 Rules for Writing Fiction”
Kerouac’s “Rules for Spontaneous Prose”
Anne Lamott’s “First Drafts,” from Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
Related Posts from this site: “Some Creative Ideas,” “Writing for an Audience of One: Yourself”
Online Literary Journals
The following are some examples of online journals, magazines, and various publication formats where writes can share their ideas with others. For an interesting article on this subgenere of publishing and literature, read A.O. Scott’s “Among the Believers.” He focuses on N+1 and The Believer, which are both linked below, and the conclusions he reaches are insightful: “What [small literary magazines] provide is space – room for the exploration of hunches, experiments, blind alleys and starry-eyed hopes, by readers and writers whose small numbers can be a source of pride.”
