| DATE | TOPIC / READING / SCREENING |
| Jan 10-16 | Content 1: The Study of Film, An Introduction READING / CONTENT: Welcome / Chapter 2 and Intro and Form. No feature-length screening this week. |
| Jan 17-23 | Content 2: Mise-en-Scene READING / CONTENT: Chapter 5 / Mise-en-Scene. SCREENING: Do the Right Thing (Spike Lee, 1989; 120 m). |
| Jan 24-30 | Content 3: Cinematography READING / CONTENT: Chapter 6 / Cinematography. SCREENING: Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, 1941; 119 m). |
| Jan 31-Feb 6 | Content 4: Editing READING / CONTENT: Chapter 8 / Editing. SCREENING: Rear Window (Alfred Hitchcock, 1954; 112 m). |
| Feb 7-13 | Content 5: Sound and Sound Design READING / CONTENT: Chapter 9 / Sound. SCREENING: Singin’ in the Rain (Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly, 1952; 103m). |
| Feb 14-20 | Exam 1 (The Four Elements of Film Style) |
| Feb 21-27 | Content 6: Narrative Cinema READING / CONTENT: Chapter 4 / Narrative. No feature-length screening. |
| Feb 28-Mar 6 | Content 7: 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 14-20 | Content 8: Documentary Film READING / CONTENT: Chapter 3 (64-75 only) / Documentary. SCREENING: Religulous (Larry Charles, 2008; 101m). |
| Mar 21-27 | Exam 2 (Introduction to Film, Narrative, Genre, and Documentary) |
| Mar 28-Apr 3 | Content 9: Early and Postwar Film Movements, and The New Hollywood READING / CONTENT: Chapter 10 / Movements. SCREENING: Bonnie and Clyde (Arthur Penn, 1967; 105 m). |
| Apr 4-10 | Content 10: Film Focus: Race and Representation READING / CONTENT: Supplemental Reading / Race. SCREENING: Boyz n the Hood (John Singleton, 1991; 112m). |
| Apr 11-17 | Content 11: Film Focus: Gender and Sexuality READING / CONTENT: Supplemental Reading / Gender. SCREENING: American Gigolo (Paul Schrader, 1980; 117 m). |
| Apr 18-24 | Content 12: 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 25-May 1 | Exam 3 (Film Movements, Race, Gender, and Cinema as Industry). This is your final exam. |
