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Film Analysis: Through the Eyes of a Child
Instructor: Cathlena Martin
Email: cmartin@english.ufl.edu
Section: 1794
Office: Turlington 4409 or Image Lab on 4th Floor of Rolfs Hall
Office Hours: Thursday 10-2 in the Image Lab
Mailbox: 4301 Turlington
Class Times: MWF per 7 (1:55-2:45) / R per E1-E3 (7:30-)
Class Room: CBD 310 /Turl 2333
Class Website: http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/cmartin
Class Gradebook: http://www.clas.ufl.edu/~cmartin/gradebook/
Class Wiki: http://uffilmanalysis.pbwiki.com/ (password: film)
Class Blog: http://uffilmanalysis.blogspot.com/
Don't know if we will use these or not, but they are there if you want to explore them.
Class GoogleGroup: http://groups.google.com/group/eng2300
Class GoogleGroup Email: eng2300@googlegroups.com
Schedule:
This schedule will change and adapt to the needs of the class as we progress throughout the semester.
The blog is an assignment that will be weekly throughout the semester.No class:
Monday, January 16 no class
March 13-17 Spring break no class
Classes End April 26
Film Introduction
Week 1, January 9-13
Monday 1-9- Course introduction: clip, syllabus, assignments, materials.
HW - purchase Film Art: An Introduction 7th Edition at Goerings Bookstore.Wednesday 1-11- continued introduction: wiki, blog - move to Circa Lab for class
HW - Peruse the class website and become familiar with it. Read Film Viewer’s Guide.Thursday screening 1-12- Film Before Film (last day drop/add) - remember that we are in Turlington
Friday 1-13- film discussion; viewing journal; blog
HW - read Chapter 1 FA- “Film Production, Distribution, and Exhibition,” p. 2-45 (be sure and get a sense of the terminology and stages of production and distribution);
post to the blog before Sunday at midnight
Week 2, January 16-20
Monday 1-16- No class
HW - Read in Wiki (PDF): Andre Bazin's "The Evolution of the Language of Cinema" by Thursday nightWednesday 1-18- Circa lab scheduled- discuss Chapter 1 - show construction of the Chaplin Studios, the making of a silent movie, and an actor's contract (Special Features on The Kid DVD #9402); remind about additions to wiki
HW - Read in Wiki (PDF): Andre Bazin's "The Evolution of the Language of Cinema" by Thursday night
If you were not in class last Wednesday, send an email from your ufl.edu email account to
s06-1794-request@clas.ufl.edu
with a one word message in the body of the email: "subscribe" (without the quote markes). Note that Majordomo will ignore any text entered in the 'Subject' line. After you have sucessfully sent this email, you will receive a confirmation email. You will need to follow that email's directions to the letter. You will have to cut and past a command line into a final email. Don't forget to do this second confirmation step or you will not be signed up for the listserv. Email me if you have any problems. Sign up on the listserv by Friday.Thursday screening 1-19- The Kid (#9402); Edison: The Invention of the Movies (#11466)
Friday 1-20- film discussion - sound, Chaplin, and Coogan (UF fees are due today); sign up for pairs
HW - sign up for pairs on Wiki by Monday;
read Chapter 2 FA -"The Significance of Film Form" p.47-67 by Wednesday;
post to the blog before Sunday at midnight
Week 3, January 23-27
Monday 1-23- discuss Bazin article
HW - read Chapter 2 FA -"The Significance of Film Form" p.47-67 by WednesdayWednesday 1-25- Circa lab scheduled - discuss Chapter 2; pass around script and pictures from The Ultimate Oz Collection (#5459)
HW - read in Wiki: Andrew Sarris "Notes on the Auteur Theory in 1962" by MondayThursday screening 1-26-(lazerdisc) Wizard of Oz (1939); The Wizard of Oz (1925 silent) (#4894)
Friday 1-27- film discussion; discuss outside viewing report
HW - begin working on outside viewing report;
read in Wiki: Peter Wollen "The Auteur Theory" by Monday;
read Chapter 4 FA - "Film Genres" p107-127 for Wednesday;
post to the blog before Sunday at midnight
Week 4, January 30-February 3
Monday 1-30- discuss both auteur articles, discuss auteur assignment; recommend Four Rooms
HW - begin sign-up on wiki for auteur; read Chapter 4 FA - "Film Genres" p107-127 by WednesdayWednesday 2-1- pair discussion (1) on Chapter 4
HW - read in Wiki: Cyntian A. Freeland "Feminist Frameworks for Horror Films" for Monday; think about your auteur choiceThursday screening 2-2- The Shining; clips from Kubrick (Eyes Wide Shut (#9240); Full Metal Jacket (#9232); A Clockwork Orange (#9230); 2001: A Space Odyssey (#9235), Dr. Strangelove (#9611), Lolita (#9233); Spartacus (#9528))
Friday 2-3- film discussion; revision of Shining trailer; revision of Sleepless in Seattle;
HW - work on Outside Viewing Report 1 - due Wednesday (Note the change from Monday's original deadline. Also, don't forget to staple your ticket or program to the report);
read in Wiki: Cynthia A. Freeland "Feminist Frameworks for Horror Films" for Monday;
read Chapter 7 "The Shot Cinematography" p. 229-293 for Wednesday;
think about your auteur choice; sign up on wiki for auteur;
post to the blog before Sunday at midnight
Film Basics
Week 5, February 6-10
Monday 2-6- Outside Viewing Report 1 due Wednesday (don't forget to staple your ticket or program to the report); discuss "Feminist Frameworks for Horror Films"; discuss Theory and Ideology paper
HW - read Chapter 7 "The Shot Cinematography" p. 229-293 for WednesdayWednesday 2-8- Outside Viewing Report 1 due today (don't forget to staple your ticket or program to the report); pair discussion (2) on Chapter 7 (Jaws and Moulin Rouge)
HW - read Citizen Bickle,or the Allusive Taxi Driver: Uses of Intertextuality by John Thurman in Senses of Cinema by FridayThursday screening 2-9- Taxi Driver; Scorsese clips on Director as Illusionist
Friday 2-10- film discussion; view clips from New York, New York, discuss uses of intertextuality
HW- read in Wiki: John Belton "Digital Cinema: A False Revolution" for Monday;
read FA Chapter 5 "The documentary, experimental and animated film" for Wednesday;
post to the blog before Sunday at midnight
Week 6, February 13-17
Monday 2-13- discuss Digital Cinema
HW - read FA Chapter 5 "The experimental film" p.146-162 and "The animated film" (focus on the animated section) p.162-171 for WednesdayWednesday 2-15- pair discussion (3) on Chapter 5, particularly focusing on "animated film" (Super Size Me, Sword in the Stone, South Park, Nightmare Before Christmas, Polar Express, Osmosis Jones)
HW - read FA Chapter 3 "Narrative as a Formal System" for next WednesdayThursday screening 2-16- Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys; The Experimental Avant Garde (#4611)
Friday 2-17- film discussion, clips from Monty Python's Flying Circus and Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
HW - read FA Chapter 10 "Style as a Formal System" p389-412 for Monday;
read FA Chapter 3 "Narrative as a Formal System" p68-106 for Wednesday;
Watch Citizen Kane this weekend if you have never seen it.
post to the blog before Sunday at midnight
Week 7, February 20-24
Monday 2-20 - discuss Chapter 10; discuss scene analysis; do sample scene analysis with Apocalypse Now.
HW- read FA Chapter 3 "Narrative as a Formal System" p68-106 for WednesdayWednesday 2-22- pair discussion (4) on Chapter 3
HW - read in Wiki: Dudley Andrew "Adaptaion" and Seymour Chatman "What Novels Can Do That Films Can't (and Vice Versa)" for MondayThursday screening 2-23- attend Molly Bang speech at the downtown Public Library at 7pm for the Comics Conference instead of our screening period.
Friday 2-24- attend one comics conference panel or guest speaker Friday at the Reitz Union Room 282 or Saturday at the downtown public library instead of meeting in class - check in with me.
HW - read in Wiki: Dudley Andrew "Adaptaion" and Seymour Chatman "What Novels Can Do That Films Can't (and Vice Versa)" for Monday;
read FA Chapter 6 "The Shot: Mise-en-Scene" p175-228 for Wednesday;
post to the blog before Sunday at midnight
Week 8, February 27-March 3
Monday 2-27- discuss adaptation and novels reading (moved to Friday)
HW - read FA Chapter 6 "The Shot: Mise-en-Scene" for Wednesday;
remember that you should be working on your auteur presentationWednesday 3-1- Circa lab scheduled - pair discussion (5) on Chapter 6
HW - work on outside viewing reportThursday screening 3-2- Freeway
Friday 3-3- discuss film; discuss "Adaptation"
HW - polish outside viewing report;
read FA Chapter 8 "The Relation of Shot to Shot: Editing" p 294-346 due Wednesday;
post to the blog before Sunday at midnight
Week 9, March 6-10
Monday 3-6- Outside viewing report 2 due today; discuss outside viewing report and other assignments
HW - read FA Chapter 8 "The Relation of Shot to Shot: Editing" p 294-346 due WednesdayWednesday 3-8- Circa lab scheduled - pair discussion (6) on Chapter 8
HW - work on auteur presentation; prepare journal to turn inThursday screening 3-9- 6 auteur presentations; take up film journal
Friday 3-10- no class - Happy Spring Break!
HW - enjoy spring break; work on auteur presentation and watch movies for other assignments, particularly the Formal Scene Analysis.
Week 10, March 13-17
Spring Break - no class
Film Movements and Ideology
Week 11, March 20-24
Monday 3-20- 2 auteur presentation
HW - read FA Chapter 9 "Sound in Cinema" p347-388; sign up for film ideology paper by FridayWednesday 3-22- Circa lab scheduled - pair discussion (7) on Chapter 9
HW - work on scene analysis; if you have not signed up for your scene analysis on the wiki, please do so; read FA Chapter 12 "Film History" p 464-496 for WednesdayThursday screening 3-23- M; 1 auteur presentation
Friday 3-24- 2 auteur presentation; discuss film; form groups by next Wednesday
HW- polish formal scene analysis; read FA Chapter 12 "Film History" p 464-496 for Wednesday;
post to the blog before Sunday at midnight; sign up for film ideology paper by tonight
Week 12, March 27-31
Monday 3-27- Formal Scene Analysis Essay due today; 2 auteur presentations.
HW - read FA Chapter 12 "Film History" p 464-496 for Wednesday; form groupsWednesday3-29 - Circa lab sceduled - pair discussion (8) on Chapter 12; get together with group
HW - read FA Chapter 11 "Critical Analysis of Film" p 414-462 for Monday; begin working on group project proposalThursday screening 3-30- Les Quatre Cent Coups (The 400 Blows) (# 9040); FRANÇOIS TRUFFAUT interview(#6095)
Friday 3-31-2 auteur presentations
HW - read FA Chapter 11 "Critical Analysis of Film" p 414-462 for Monday;
post to the blog before Sunday at midnight
Week 13, April 3-7
Monday 4-3- proposal for group project due today; pair discussion (9) on Chapter 11
HW - work on Theory and Ideology critiqueWednesday 4-5- Circa lab scheduled - 2 auteur presentations
HW - work on Theory and Ideology critiqueThursday screening 4-6- work on Theory and Ideology critique
Friday 4-7- rough draft of Theory and Ideology critique due today; peer review
HW - Check out Game Studies Conference;
work on outside viewing report 3;
polish Theory and Ideology critique;
post to the blog before Sunday at midnight
Week 14, April 10-14
Monday 4-10- Theory and Ideology Critique due today; final Q&A on group project before presentations; work on group project
HW - work on group projectWednesday 4-12- group project work
HW - work on group projectThursday screening 4-13- no screening, work on group project
Friday 4-14- group project work
HW - work on group project;
work on outside viewing report:
post to the blog before Sunday at midnight
Week 15, April 17-21
Monday 4-17- Outside viewing report 3 due today (only turn in ticket stub); group wiki project presentation; vote on movie for Thursday
HW - polish group projectWednesday 4-19- Circa lab scheduled - group wiki project presentation
HW -polish group projectThursday screening 4-20- class decided movie
Friday 4-21- Circa lab scheduled - group wiki project presentation
HW - polish group project;
post to the blog before Sunday at midnight
Week 16, April 24-26
Monday 4-24- group wiki project presentation
HW - polish group project; complete Team EvaluationsWednesday 4-26- last day of class; Circa lab scheduled - group wiki project presentation
Turn in Team Evaluations for yourself and your team members.
Final group wiki due Friday by midnight.