Maine's Only Free, Public School for the Arts

Students choosing this pathway will examine, analyze, evaluate, and synthesize the following: mise-en-scène (including shot composition, camera movement, and cinematography), editing, sound, and narrative structure in film; the history of film from the birth of cinema to the present day; the grammar and language of film comparative to literature; what makes a film a documentary; genre theory and criticism; and Marxist, feminist, reception, and auteur film theories. Furthermore, students will receive foundational and intermediate skills regarding the creation of films and understand various facets of pre-production, principal photography, and post-production, demonstrating an understanding of filmmaking techniques and cinematic language. At the culmination of this pathway, students should have a reel that includes a minimum of two narrative short films and one documentary short film that are submittable to film festivals.