Enter the name of a movie, TV show, or person and then
click "Go" to get more information about it/them from
imdb.com.
Chaplin -- "Life of A Dog" (compare with "Man with the Camera" -- secondary motion).
Hamlet (200 words): dramatic and cinematic analysis (difference).
Screening (Hamlet): exposition
Required (definitions) -- list
Test = (post on the List)
Grades for homework! [dates]
NB. Theories of mise-en-scene are associated with realism, montage -- expressionism. [newage?]
1. FILM AS AN ART
The Nature of Art
Ways of Looking at Art
The Spectrum of Abstraction
The Modes of Discourse
The "Rapports de Production"
Film, Recording, and the Other Arts
Film, Photography, and Painting
Film and the Novel
Film and Theater
Film and Music
Film and the Environmental Arts
The Structure of Art
2. TECHNOLOGY: IMAGE AND SOUND
Art and Technology
Image Technology
Sound Technology
The Lens
The Camera
The Filmstock
Negatives, Prints, and Generations
Aspect Ratio
Grain, Gauge, and Speed
Color, Contrast, and Tone
The Soundtrack
Post-Production
Editing
Mixing and Looping
Special Effects
Opticals, the Lab, and the Post House
Video and Film
Projection
3. THE LANGUAGE OF FILM: SIGNS AND SYNTAX
Signs
The Physiology of Perception
Denotative and Connotative Meaning
Syntax
Codes
Mise-en-Scéne
The Framed Image
The Diachronic Shot
Sound
Montage
4. THE SHAPE OF FILM HISTORY
Movies/Film/Cinema
"Movies": Economics
"Film": Politics
"Cinema": Esthetics
Creating an Art: Lumičre versus Méličs
The Silent Feature: Realism versus Expressionism
Hollywood: Genre versus Auteur
Neorealism and After: Hollywood versus the World
The New Wave and the Third World: Entertainment versus Communication
The Postmodern Sequel: Democracy, Technology, End of Cinema
5. FILM THEORY: FORM AND FUNCTION
The Critic
The Poet and the Philosopher: Lindsay and Münsterberg
Expressionism and Realism: Arnheim and Kracauer
Montage: Pudovkin, Eisenstein, Balázs, and Formalism
Mise-en-Scéne: Neorealism, Bazin, and Godard
Film Speaks and Acts: Metz and Contemporary Theory
6. MEDIA: IN THE MIDDLE OF THINGS
Community
Print and Electronic Media
The Technology of Mechanical and Electronic Media
Radio and Records
Television and Video
"Broadcasting": The Business
"Television": The Art
"TV": The Virtual Family
7. MULTIMEDIA: THE DIGITAL REVOLUTION
The Digital Revolution
The Myth of Multimedia
The Myth of Virtual Reality
The Myth of Cyberspace
"What Is to be Done?"
I FILM AND MEDIA: A CHRONOLOGY
To 1895: Prehistory
1896 – 1915: The Birth of Film
1916 – 1930: Silent Film, the Births of Radio and Sound Film
1931 – 1945: The Great Age of Hollywood and Radio
1946 – 1960: The Growth of Television
1961 – 1980: The Media World
1981 – Present: The Digital World
II BIBLIOGRAPHY: READING ABOUT FILM AND MEDIA
Part One: A Basic Library
1. Film as an Art
2. The Technology of Film and Media
3. The Language of Film
4A. Film History: The Economics and Politics of Film
4B. Film History: General Historical Studies
4C. Film History: Specific Major Periods
4D. Film History: Genres and Specific Topics
4E. Film History: National Cinemas
4F. Film History: Films and Filmmakers
5. Film Theory and Practical Criticism
6. Media
7. New Media
Part Two: Information
8. Lists and Encyclopedias
9. Book Bibliographies
10. Guides to Periodical Literature
11. Miscellaneous Guides
12. Journals and Magazines
13. Databases
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