Artistic Expression and Aesthetics · Arts and Aesthetics

The Seventh Art: Cinema

Analyzing the themes and techniques of French and Francophone film from the New Wave to contemporary cinema.

Key Questions

  1. 1How does French cinema differ from Hollywood in its approach to storytelling?
  2. 2What can a film tell us about the social anxieties of the era in which it was made?
  3. 3How do subtitles or dubbing change the viewer's experience of a film?

Ontario Curriculum Expectations

ON: Intercultural Understanding - Grade 11ON: Media Literacy - Grade 11
Grade: Grade 11
Subject: French / Modern Languages
Unit: Artistic Expression and Aesthetics
Period: Arts and Aesthetics

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