18 THAT ONE DAY by Crystal Moselle https://vimeo.com/181820532 Year: 2016 Running time: 13 min Description: This is a short film starring The Skate Kitchen, a real-life all-female skateboard crew. The video was created for the fashion brand Miu Miu and uses a “slice of life” narrative. The protagonist is a high school girl who hits a local NYC skate park where she looks like a fish out of water until she begins skateboarding and becomes part of a community of other young women like her. Crystal Moselle is a New York-based director best known for her Sundance Grand Jury Prize awardwinning documentary, THE WOLFPACK. LIFE AND TIMES by Jesse Cortez https://youtu.be/7pHaWDDlhtE?si=iscWTyBamr0JRCEF Year: 2014 Running Time: 5 min Description: In this short documentary, home video footage introduces us to Jesse, a budding filmmaker. As we see, his artistic family supported his talent and aspirations. After learning filmmaking as a teenager with DCTV, Jesse asks himself if he is ready to start over now that he is a high school graduate looking ahead to the future. SELF-PORTRAIT / DOCUMENTARY SLICE OF LIFE / NARRATIVE Teachers can also find more short films here: https://watch.afi.com/home (AFI Thesis films and DWW+) and https://www.shortoftheweek.com/. Teachers can use keyword searches and find specific films that match their students’ interests. 3.-Analyzing Films Students will analyze each short film for its narrative and formal elements. The goal is for students to understand the connection between the content (what is the story) and the form (how it was filmed and edited). Ideally, there will be time to screen each film for the whole group once so that they may enjoy it, and then screen it a second time, asking students to focus on the key elements. Using the Active Viewing Worksheet, students can work in groups of four, and each student can focus on one of the following quadrants: Story & Characters, Setting, Cinematography, and Editing & Sound. 4. -Small Group Discussion: After screening each film, students can discuss in groups and share notes. The goal is for the students to share what they noticed about each element: Story, Characters, Setting, Cinematography, Editing, and Sound. Then, as a small group they can answer the question: How do all of these elements work together to tell the story? 5.-Whole Group Discussion: After small groups have time to discuss, the discussion can be opened to the whole group. Asking the same question as above, each group can build upon each other’s responses or offer alternative perspectives. Extension - Culminating Activity: Ask students to think about the titles of each film (e.g., Locks, Numb, etc.) and answer the question: What do you think the filmmaker was trying to communicate with the title? How do the artistic choices (characters, setting, cinematography, editing, sound) help communicate this message? Students can write a one-page essay or create a slideshow with visual examples.
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