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ONLINE Schedule of Meetings, Readings, and Screenings
Note: This is the ONLINE schedule.
See the On-Campus Schedule for the on-campus course.

Please note: this syllabus is subject to change (with notice),
and all screening times given below are approximate.

Key to abbreviations for assignments listed on this page:
FA Film Art: An Introduction, 8th edition, by David Bordwell & Kristin Thompson
CD CD-ROM included with Film Art textbook
TBA To be announced
Online You can access two of the readings below online; just click on the hyperlink for that reading (see Weeks 15 & 16). If a reading is not hyperlinked, it is only available in the texts listed above. Note that the online readings are PDF files, readable only via Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you do not have Acrobat Reader, you may download it for free at http://www.adobe.com
GeorgiaVIEW Study clips are only available online at GeorgiaVIEW/Blackboard

 

SECTION 1

Required Online Orientation Session and Quiz 0

IMPORTANT: Be sure to take Quiz 0 on GeorgiaVIEW by Saturday, January 16. This will count as your attendance to the orientation; if you do not take Quiz 0, your absence must be marked as a "no show" and the Registrar will drop you from the course.

Assignment: Watch the Orientation and Lecture 1 and read through all pages of this online syllabus. (Trouble playing? Download Flash Player.)
Quiz: Then take Quiz 0 on GeorgiaVIEW as proof of your online attendance.

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Quiz 0 on GeorgiaVIEW (Watch the Orientation and Lecture 1 first.) Report any access problems to the HUB.

 

Week 1         Film Appreciation / Film Form & Meaning

January 11-15

Reading: FA: Chapter 2 and pp. 2-9 and 383
Screening: Rear Window (Alfred Hitchcock, 1954, US; 113 min.) (Study Guide)
Online Lectures: Lecture 1, Lecture 2 (Trouble playing? Download Flash Player)
Study Aids: CD-ROM, Study quizzes for Chapter 2, videos 1 & 2

 

Week 2        Narrative & Narration

January 18-22

**Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday on Monday
Reading: FA: Chapter 3 & pp. 452-453
Screening: Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, 1941, US; 119 min.) (Study Guide)
Online Lectures: Lecture 1, Lecture 2
Study Aids: 1. Study Clip 1 available Sunday-Friday on GeorgiaVIEW
2. CD-ROM, Study quizzes for Chapter 3, videos 1 & 2

 

Week 3         Mise-en-scène

January 25-29

Reading: FA: Chapter 4 & pp. 392-396 and 447-450 
Screening: Do the Right Thing (Spike Lee, 1989, US; 120 min.) (Study Guide)
Online Lectures: Lecture 1, Lecture 2
Study Aids: 1. Study Clip 2 available Sunday-Friday on GeorgiaVIEW
2. CD-ROM, Study quizzes for Chapter 4, videos 1 & 2

 

Week 4        Film Production & Early History

February 1-5

Reading: FA: Chapter 1 & pp. 440-447 and 456-459
Study Aids: 1. CD-ROM, Study quizzes for Chapter 1, videos 1 & 2
2. Study Clip 3 available Sunday-Friday on GeorgiaVIEW
Quiz 1 on GeorgiaVIEW  (covers all material from Section 1/Weeks 1-4) available Thursday-Friday only
Pre-CMS majors: Register to take CMS Writing Assessment in Library Testing Center before Friday.
Information at http://a-s.clayton.edu/vpa/cms/assessment.html

 

SECTION 2

Week 5        Camerawork

February 8-12

Reading: Begin FA: Chapter 5
Screening: O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Joel Coen, 2000, US; 103 min.) (Study Guide)
Online Lectures: Lecture 1, Lecture 2
Study Aids: 1. Study Clip 4 available Sunday-Friday on GeorgiaVIEW
  2. Study Clip 5 available Sunday-Friday on GeorgiaVIEW
3. CD-ROM, Study quizzes for Chapter 5, videos 1 & 2

 

Week 6        Camerawork /Editing

February 15-19

Reading: Finish FA: Chapter 5; begin FA8 Ch. 6
Screening: The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993, New Zealand; 121 min.) (Study Guide)
Online Lectures: Lecture 1, Lecture 2
Study Aids: 1. Study Clip 6 available Sunday-Friday on GeorgiaVIEW
  2. Study Clip 7 available Sunday-Friday on GeorgiaVIEW
3. CD-ROM, Study quizzes for Chapter 6, videos 1 & 2
Pre-CMS majors: CMS Writing Assessment in Library Testing Center M-Th this week.
Information at http://a-s.clayton.edu/vpa/cms/assessment.html

 

Week 7        Editing

February 22-26

Reading: Finish FA: Chapter 6 & pp. 453-456
Screening: Lola Rennt (Run Lola Run) (Tom Tykwer, 1999, Germany; 81 min.) (Study Guide)
and 2 excerpts from Man with a Movie Camera (Dziga Vertov, 1928) & Battleship Potemkin (Sergei Eisenstein, 1925)
Online Lectures: Lecture 1, Lecture 2
Study Aids: 1. Study Clip 8 available Sunday-Friday on GeorgiaVIEW
  2. Study Clip 9 available Sunday-Friday on GeorgiaVIEW
3. CD-ROM, Study quiz for Chapter 8

 

Week 8        Sound & Sound Design

March 1-5

Reading: FA: Chapter 7
Screening: Singin' in the Rain (Gene Kelly/Stanley Donen, 1952, US; 103 min.) (Study Guide)
Online Lectures: Lecture 1, Lecture 2
Study Aids: 1. Study Clip 10 available Sunday-Friday on GeorgiaVIEW
2. CD-ROM, Study quiz for Chapter 7

Midterm Grades posted on the DUCK by Tuesday this week. (Note that this grade does not include Quiz 2 or Study Clip 10. It includes only Quiz 0, Quiz 1, and Study Clips 1-9, which totals to 20% of your final course grade. It's a good indicator of future course performance, though.)

Course Withdrawal deadline Friday
Quiz 2 on GeorgiaVIEW  (covers all material from Section 2/Weeks 5-8) available Thursday-Friday only

 

Week 9    Spring Break

March 8-12  Classes canceled for spring break

 

Week 10        Film Analysis / Midterm Exam

March 15-19

Reading: FA: Chapter 8, skim Ch. 11
  Midterm Review of your readings to date; bring your questions!
Screening: Le Fabuleaux destin d’Amélie Poulain (Amélie), (Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 2001, France; 122 min.) (Study Guide)
Study Aids: 1. CD-ROM, Study quiz for Chapter 11
  2. Study Clip 11 available Sunday-Friday on GeorgiaVIEW
3. Analysis of all film techniques to date in Amélie (HINT: This is a great midterm review!)
Optional Midterm Exam Review Sessions:
     Monday, March 15, 10:00-10:50am or 11:00-11:50am in UC 272 (Bring your questions and we'll do some practice clips too.)
     Wednesday, March 17, 10:00-10:50am or 11:00-11:50am in UC 272 (Discussion of Amelie)
                   or view a Teaching Intern leading the Amelie review session

MIDTERM EXAM on Saturday, March 20, 2009, 11:00am-12:15pm in UC 327 (Bring 1 scantron and 2 pencils--and arrive early!)

 

SECTION 3

Week 11       The Avant-garde & Experimental Filmmaking

March 22-26

Reading: FA: pp. 355-377
Screening: NOTE:  Lecture and discussion follow each of the short films accessed via the hyperlink below. All of these films EXCEPT A Movie are also available on reserve in the library or for commercial rental, though they may be hard to find.
Total screening time: approx. 135 min.

Click Here For This Week's Screening of Avant-garde Short Films and Discussions

Meshes of the Afternoon (Maya Deren, 1943, US, 14 min.)
A Movie (Bruce Conner, 1965, US, 12 min.)
La Jetée (Chris Marker, 1963, France, 30 min.)
Dimensions of Dialogue (Jan Svankmajer, 1982, Czech Republic, 12 min.)
A Place Called Lovely (Sadie Benning, 1989, US, 14 min.)
Begone Dull Care (Norman McLaren, 1948, Canada, 9 min.)
 (Study Guide)
Online Lectures: Lecture 1, Lecture 2
Study Aids: 1. Study Clip 12 available Sunday-Friday on GeorgiaVIEW
2. CD-ROM, Study quiz for Chapter 10

 

Week 12    Documentary

March 29-April 2

Reading: FA: pp. 338-355 and 410-411
Screening: Nuit et brouillard (Night & Fog) (Alain Resnais, 1955, France; 31 min.) (Study Guide)
Online Lectures: Lecture 1, Lecture 2
Study Aids: 1. Study Clip 13 available Sunday-Friday on GeorgiaVIEW
  2. CD-ROM, Study quiz for Chapter 12, video 2

 

Week 13       Italian Neo-Realism, French New Wave, & Art Cinema

April 5-9

Reading: FA: pp. 459-463 and 397-401
Screening: A bout de souffle (Breathless) (Jean-Luc Godard, 1960, France; 89 min.) (Study Guide)
Online Lectures: Lecture 1, Lecture 2
Study Aids: Study Clip 14 available Sunday-Friday on GeorgiaVIEW

 

SECTION 4

Week 14       Classical Hollywood Genres & Ideology

April 12-16

Reading: FA: Chapter 9
Screening: Bringing Up Baby (Howard Hawks, 1938, US; 102 min.) (Study Guide)
Online Lectures: Lecture 1, Lecture 2
Study Aids: 1. Study Clip 15 available Sunday-Friday on GeorgiaVIEW
  2. Study Clip 16 available Sunday-Friday on GeorgiaVIEW
3. CD-ROM, Study quiz for Chapter 9
Online course evaluations on the DUCK

 

Week 15       Genre Transformation & Ideology

April 19-23

Reading: FA: pp. 463-468
  Online: John Cawelti, “Chinatown & Generic Transformation”
Screening: Chinatown (Roman Polanski, 1974, US; **135 min.**) (Study Guide)
Online Lectures: Lecture 1, Lecture 2
Study Aids: 1. Study Clip 17 available Sunday-Friday on GeorgiaVIEW
2. CD-ROM, Study quiz for Chapter 12, video 2
Online course evaluations on the DUCK

 

Week 16       Ideology & Cultural Criticism

April 26-30

Reading: FA: pp. 468-471
Online: John Leo, “Fumanchu on Naboo”
Screening: The Matrix (The Wachowski brothers, 1999, US; **136** min.) (Study Guide)
Online Lectures: Lecture 1, Lecture 2
Study Aids: 1. Study Clip 18 available Sunday-Friday on GeorgiaVIEW
  2. Study Clip 19 available Sunday-Friday on GeorgiaVIEW
3. CD-ROM, Study quiz for Chapter 12, video 1
Online course evaluations on the DUCK end Monday

 

Final Exam: Saturday, May 1

Final Exam: Saturday, May 1, 2009, 11:00am-1:00pm in UC 272 (Bring **2** scantrons and 2 pencils, and arrive early!)