Film as Literature

In English 9, we use film and television regularly as literature. Film has the same elements as literature (i.e. theme, symbolism, characterization, plot, conflict, setting, etc.), and is useful in developing skills that can also be applied to the written word. Film is not used for entertainment, but instead as another means to develop analytical skills. Some of the films we cover include:

9th
Sleepy Hollow (compare/contrast film and literature)
"Murder, She Wrote" (elements of a mystery)
The Village (Task III Regents essay with Gathering Blue)