DATE TOPIC / READING / SCREENING
Jan 14 The Study of Film, An Introduction
Jan 21 Mise-en-Scene
READING / CONTENT: Chapter 5 / Mise-en-Scene.
SCREENING: Do the Right Thing (Spike Lee, 1989; 120 m).
Jan 28 Cinematography
READING / CONTENT: Chapter 6 / Cinematography.
SCREENING: Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, 1941; 119 m).
Feb 4 Editing
READING / CONTENT: Chapter 8 / Editing.
SCREENING: Rear Window (Alfred Hitchcock, 1954; 112 m).
Feb 11 Sound and Sound Design
READING / CONTENT: Chapter 9 / Sound.
SCREENING: Singin’ in the Rain (Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly, 1952; 103m).
Feb 18 Exam 1 (The Four Elements of Film Style)
Feb 25 Narrative Cinema
READING / CONTENT: Chapter 4 / Narrative. No feature-length screening.
Mar 4 Genre (Film Noir)
READING / CONTENT: Chapter 3 (76-end only) / Genre.
SCREENING: Double Indemnity (Billy Wilder, 1944; 107m).
Mar 7-13 Spring Break. No class.
Mar 18 Documentary Film
READING / CONTENT: Chapter 3 (64-75 only) / Documentary.
SCREENING: Religulous (Larry Charles, 2008; 101m).
Mar 25 Exam 2 (Introduction to Film, Narrative, Genre, and Documentary)
Apr 1 Early and Postwar Film Movements, and The New Hollywood
READING / CONTENT: Chapter 10 / Movements.
SCREENING: Bonnie and Clyde (Arthur Penn, 1967; 105 m).
Apr 8 Film Focus: Race and Representation
READING / CONTENT: Supplemental Reading / Race.
SCREENING: Boyz n the Hood (John Singleton, 1991; 112m).
Apr 15 Film Focus: Gender and Sexuality
READING / CONTENT: Supplemental Reading / Gender.
SCREENING: American Gigolo (Paul Schrader, 1980; 117 m).
Apr 22 Cinema as Industry: Making the Movie and The Economics of Film
READING / CONTENT: Chapter 11 / Industry.
SCREENING: This Film Is Not Yet Rated (Kirby Dick, 2006; 98m).
Apr 29 Exam 3 (Film Movements, Race, Gender, and Cinema as Industry). This is your final exam.