CHAPLIN: A Dog's Life
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Dreams *
The Godfather
Dreams
Potemkin/Vertov : Man with a Movie Camera
Wild Strawberries
Terminator 2
Amadeus
8 1/2
Pulp Fiction
Rublev by Tarkovsky *
* Fall '08 Class project theme: Movies and Politics
COURSE REQUIREMENTS:
* COMPLETION OF FOUR PAPERS:
-2 subject papers, 500 words each OR 200 word film reviews, total of 12 [20%]
- Midterm paper(8-10 pp) [20%]
- Final paper (12-15 pp) [35%]
* TWO TESTS [10%]
* REQUIRED ATTENDANCE AT ALL CLASSES, PERSONAL CONFERENCES (2) & FILM SCREENINGS [10%]
* PARTICIPATION IN DISCUSSION(IN CLASS AND ONLINE FORUMS), DEBATE, PERSONAL CONFERENCES(2) AND CLASS ACTIVITIES [5%]
Missed classes and late papers -- reduced grade!
Prerequisites: ENGL F111X; ENGL F211X or F213X (or permission of instructor).
Grading: Your FINAL PAPER grade will be based on the following: Evidence of Research = 15%, paper proposal, rough draft, and final draft = 60%, class presentation = 15%
* I left references to the original sources [Eisenstein] as optional reading
UAF Core Curriculum Boilerplate: “This course is designated as Writing-Intensive (W)…The designation applies to upper-division courses and means that a majority of the graded work in the course will be derived from writing activities. Here are the general guidelines for the writing expected in this course:
·Students will complete an ungraded writing sample on or near the first day of class to help the teacher assess writing ability and general competence.
·Students will receive comments from the teacher and/or peers on drafts of written work. In other words, students will work through a draft-and-redraft process so that they can apply feedback and become more effective writers. If students complete a major research project, the teacher will supervise the students’ writing in stages. · Students will meet individually with the teacher at least once during the term to discuss their writing.”
Support Services: UAF Student Support Services office is located in 508 Gruening Building Phone: (907) 474 6844 Fax: (907) 474 7480 and further information may be obtained at www.uaf.edu/sssp or by E-mail: fysssp@uaf.edu The UAF Writing Center is in 801 Gruening Bldg. 474.5314 house listed on their website: www.uaf.edu/english/writingcenter Both these offices can assist you with writing problems and one on one tutoring.
SCHEDULE:
Week 1
Required Reading: Bordwell Ch. 1 - Film as Art:Creativity, Technology, and Business
Films: CHAPLIN, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
* Intro. Film: Short History of New Medium -- Seven Ages of Film. Cinema and Other Arts. Film Analysis (The Art of Watching Films)
* Films and/or Movies. Concept: Dramatic Structure into Film Language. Storytelling in Film. Dramatic composition. Exposition-Climax-Resolution. Segmentation. Scenes and episodes.
Week 2
Required Reading: Bordwell Ch.2- The Significance of Film Form
Film: Dreams
* Aristotle at the movies: Idea, Plot and Character. Conflict and Action. Ideas & Themes.
* Script and Screen. [Eisenstein: _Through Theatre to Cinema_.*] Scenes and Plot. Primary Motion. *: Dreams, Kurosawa.
Week 3
Weekly Required Reading: Bordwell Ch.3 - Narrative as a Formal System
Film: The Godfather [ or/and Citizen Kane ]
* Images and Symbols. Pictures in Motion. Fictional & Dramatic Elements
[Eisenstein] Time-space in film. FIRST TEST (Take home).
Week 4
Required Reading:Bordwell Ch. 9 - Film Genres
Film: Terminator 2 (?)
* Secondary Motion? Camera acts. Visual Elements
* Conflict. Shots and Cuts. Directing and Editing. FIRST SUBJECT PAPER DUE
Week 5
Required Reading: Bordwell Ch.10 - The Shot:Documentary, Experimental, and Animated Film.
Film: Wild Strawberries
*Four Dimensional World. Visual Composition. Framing, camerawork, cinematography. * Individual Conferences. PROPOSALS FOR FINAL PAPER TOPIC DUE.
Week 6
Required Reading: Bordwell Ch. 4 - The Shot:Mise-en-scene
Film: Pulp Fiction
* Director, Camera, Actors. Sound, contra-point.
[Eisenstein : Methods of Montage] MIDTERM PAPER DUE .
Week 7
Required Reading: Bordwell Ch. 5 -- The Shot : Cinematography
Film: title from class project "Movies & Politics"
* Camera Pages. Discussion of Class project theme: Movies and Politics
Week 8
Required Reading: Bordwell Ch. 6 -- The Relation of Shot to Shot : Editing
Film: 8 1/2
* Director: color, drama, composition, style and etc. The Director's Concept.
[Eisenstein _The Structure of the Film_]Light and Shadows: Physical Reality as a Material.
Week 9
Required Reading: Bordwell Ch. 7 -- Sound in the Cinema
Film: Amadeus
*Visible & Invisible Sound * Objective POV in Sound * Subjective POV and CU * Distortions * Slow-Motion Sound * Dead Screen * Silence as a Sound Effect * Juxtaposition of Sound and Image * Sound Effects * Ambient Sounds * Sound as a Plot Device * Sound as a Transitional Element * Sound Links * Voice-Over * Dialogue * Rhythm -- SECOND SUBJECT PAPER DUE (3 pp. min).
Week 10
Required Reading:Bordwell Ch.8 -- Style as a Formal System.
Film: Battleship Potemkin
[Eisenstein _Film Language_] Story-boarding. SECOND TEST (open-book, 30 min. in class)
ROUGH DRAFT OF FINAL PAPERS DUE. Class feedback on paper topics. Conferences.
Week 11
Required Reading: Bordwell Ch. 11 -- Film Criticism: Sample Analyses
Film: 2008 "new movie"
* Universal language and Movies. Society and Films
FINAL PAPER CONFERENCES
Week 12
Required Reading: Bordwell Ch.12 -- Film Art and Film History
Film: Andrey Rublev
[ Basics of Semiology. Signs and meaning. How to "read" film. ]
* Film Poetics. Art Films.
* Film, Video, Television. Digital Age.
PAPER PRESENTATIONS IN CLASS AND FINAL PAPER DUE
directing.filmplus.org
Other Film Courses at UAF:
English 217 Introduction to the Study of Film, JB 308 Film and TV Criticism, THR 380 Film and Video Directing, JB 105 History of Cinema and
THR 215 Dramatic Literature
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