Verdugo Hills Senior High – Film: The Integrated Art

Mar 2026 · 2nd Semester

Film: The Integrated Art is a G Elective course that provides studies that focus on the relationship of film to literature, history, art, philosophy, and music. This course introduces students to the styles, techniques, and genres (documentary, action-adventure, drama, comedy, animation, etc.) employed in film and the choices filmmakers make in telling a story. Students examine cinematic works and compare the different means of expression used in film and written media with special attention to the creative and technical elements germane to visual and aural effects in film. Students will closely watch and discuss major films in the history of cinema, as well as read screenplays and film criticism to expand their increasing knowledge of film as a transformative art form of the 21st Century.