Film 1010
Please note: This schedule is for the 3rd edition of The Film Experience. If you are using the 4th edition, please click here.
Week 1
MON 1/11 Course Introduction – Review Syllabus
WED 1/13 Studying Film – Intro & Chapter 1 Lecture Slides
Read: Smith, “It’s Just a Movie” http://www2.gsu.edu/~jougms/Justamovie.htm
C&W “Introduction” (5-17)
Week 2
MON 1/18 No Class – MLK Day
WED 1/20 Film Research and Writing – Lecture Slides
Read: C&W (435- 447)
Check out the GSU Library’s Film Studies Research Guide. This will be useful for you (particularly the information under the “Articles” tab) as the semester progresses:
http://research.library.gsu.edu/c.php?g=115279&p=750577
Week 3
MON 1/25 Film Research and Writing (Cont.)- Lecture Slides
Read: C&W (447-467)
DUE: SHORT ESSAY #1
WED 1/27 Film Research and Writing (Cont.)
Read: Strunk, Elements of Style – Chapter III (7-17)
http://faculty.washington.edu/heagerty/Courses/b572/public/StrunkWhite.pdf
Week 4
MON 2/1 Mise-en-scène – History and Elements – Lecture Slides
Read: C&W (63-79)
WED 2/3 Mise-en-scène – Elements (Cont.) – Sign up for group presentations
Read: C&W Essay on Do the Right Thing (80-81)
Week 5
MON 2/8 Mise-en-scène – Traditions – “Realisticness” – Lecture Slides
Read: C&W (79-93)
Screen: The Royal Tenenbaums (Anderson, 2001) – Amazon Instant
WED 2/10 Mise-en-scène (Cont.)
No Reading
DUE: SHORT ESSAY #2
Week 6
MON 2/15 Cinematography – Lecture Slides
Read: C&W (105-114)
WED 2/17 Cinematography – Elements – Lecture Slides
Read: C&W (115-123)
Week 7
MON 2/22 Make-Up
WED 2/24 Cinematography – Elements – Ontology – Lecture Slides
Read: C&W (123-131)
Screen: The Shining (Kubrick, 1980) – Amazon Instant
Week 8
MON 2/29 Cinematography – Group Presentations – Discussion
No Reading
DUE: SHORT ESSAY #3
Here is a new link to the MIDTERM EXAM. This one should work. My apologies for any confusion.
*Note: March 3rd is the last day to withdraw
WED 3/2 Intro to Editing – Lecture Slides
Read: C&W (133-140)
Week 9
MON 3/7 Editing – Elements
Read: C&W (140-151)
WED 3/9 Editing – Space – Time – Lecture Slides
Read (C&W (151 – 162)
Screen: The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing (Apple, 2004)
Available on Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/47963215
FRI 3/11
Midterm Exams Due by 11:59 p.m.
Week 10
MON 3/14 No Class – Spring Break
WED 3/16 No Class – Spring Break
Week 11
MON 3/21 Editing – Making Meaning
Read: C&W (162-175)
WED 3/23 Editing – Group Presentations – Discussion
No Reading
DUE: FINAL PAPER PROPOSALS
Week 12
MON 3/28 Intro to Sound – Lecture Slides
Read: C&W (177-203)
Wed 3/30 Sound – Significance
Read: C&W (203-211)
DeBevoise and Cercel, “Interview with Gary Rydstrom”: http://web.archive.org/web/20010618222636/www.editorsnet.com/article/mainv/0,7220,118097,00.html
Screen: Saving Private Ryan (Spielberg, 1998) – Amazon Instant
Week 13
MON 4/4 Sound – Group Presentations – Discussion – Lecture Slides
No Reading
DUE: SHORT ESSAY #4
WED 4/6 Narrative – History and Elements – Lecture Slides
Read: C&W (215-238)
Week 14
MON 4/11 Narrative – Elements and Significance – Group Presentations – Discussion
Read: C&W (238-253)
Screen: The Sweet Hereafter (Egoyan, 1997)
WED 4/13 Genre – Rituals and Conventions
Read: C&W (315-333)
Week 15
MON 4/18 Genre – Archetypes and Formulas
Read: C&W (333-351)
The slides for both genre lectures may be found here.
WED 4/20 Overview of Critical Theories & Methods
Read: C&W (399-417)
The slides for this lecture may be found here.
Week 16
MON 4/25 No class – Attendance optional – Come to our regular classroom at our normal meeting time if you would like help on your final paper
NOTE: Final Papers are due via email no later than 5:00 p.m. on Friday 4/29/16