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As the fall semester came to an end, students in an English class created their own movies as an optional final, expressing both their creativity and the skills that they learned throughout the semester.
Students in her class suggested making their own films in addition to dissecting films and learning about literature through them, and English teacher Sharon Matusek was willing.
I hadnt planned for them to make movies; it was something they decided to do, Matusek said. I didnt have the type of equipment they would need so I made it a sort of optional final.
Students attempted to create their own idea of an ideal film using whatever materials they could get their hands on.
They each presented a film proposal before filming the movie. Students used genres ranging from documentaries to adaptations of books, stories, dramas and spoofs.
Prior to making the films students of Matuseks Film as Literature class studied and analyzed films as an alternative way to dig deeper into literature.
Matuseks class studied film in three different ways. We do one third-film history, one-third film genres and one-third analyzing films as literature, Matusek said.
In the genres section, we talk about the different types of genres and how they are developed, Film as Literature student junior Maggie Kazmierczak said.
We discuss how media effects society and how society effects media, Kazmierczak added.
In the analytical section, the class studied films such as Citizen Kane, American Beauty and Run Lola Run.
I try to incorporate as many types of films as possible, Matusek said.
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