Date |
Readings:
Path 1 |
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| M, 7-29 |
Intro to Film
video overview: course and course website
video lecture: film beginnings
Alice Guy's La Fée aux Choux, or The Fairy of the Cabbages (1900), 55 sec.
George Albert Smith's As Seen Through a Telescope (1900), 1 min. 1 sec.
James Williamson's Attack on a China Mission (1900), 1 min., 15 sec.
video lecture on film terms with PDF list |
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| T, 7-30 |
A Human Being
Dr. M's intro. to Within Our Gates
Oscar Micheaux's Within Our Gates (1920), 1h 19m, available free on Kanopy (through Poly library) /
optional: content warnings
video lecture: character introductions, crosscutting, and transitions
DUE: Student's Personal Introduction, video
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| W, 7-31 |
The Invention of Monsters
Dr. M's intro. to Freaks
Tod Browning's Freaks (1932), 1h 4m, available free Kanopy (thru library) or via internet archive /
optional: content warnings |
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| R, 8-1 |
Perfectible Products
Tod Browning's Freaks (1932)
video lecture: gazing and staring
A Rhetoric of Film, chp. 1
DUE: Screenshot Analyses, written / Freaks (1932) |
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| M, 8-5 |
Gaming the Gaze
Dr. M's intro. to Dance, Girl, Dance (1940)
Dorothy Arzner's Dance, Girl, Dance (1940), 1h 30m, available at internet archive /
optional: content warnings |
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| T, 8-6 |
An Honest Living
Dorothy Arzner's Dance, Girl, Dance (1940)
video lecture: desire performed and thwarted
The Hays Code (1930, enforced 1934-68), PDF
DUE: Response to Existing Plea, written / Dance, Girl, Dance (1940) |
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| W, 8-7 |
Malleable Memories
Dr. M's intro. to Wild Strawberries (1957)
Ingmar Bergman's Wild Strawberries (1957), 1h 31m, available free on Kanopy (through Poly library) /
optional: content warnings |
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| R, 8-8 |
Mise-en-Scène
Ingmar Bergman's Wild Strawberries (1957)
video lecture: memory, manners, and camera work
A Rhetoric of Film, chp. 2
DUE: Screenshot Analyses, written / Wild Strawberries (1957)
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M, 8-12 |
Not As Sweet
Dr. M's intro. to Le Bonheur (1965), [English title: Happiness]
Agnès Varda's Le Bonheur (1965), 1h 20m, available free on Kanopy (through Poly library) /
optional: content warnings |
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| T, 8-13 |
It's Simple
Agnès Varda's Le Bonheur (1965), 1h 20m
video lecture: the contours of infidelity
A Rhetoric of Film, chp.3
DUE: Response to Existing Plea, written / Le Bonheur [Happiness] (1965)
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W, 8-14 |
Your First, Best Destiny
Dr. M's intro. to Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982),
Nicholas Meyer's Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982), 2h, available at Amazon Prime /
optional: content warnings |
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| R, 8-15 |
Perdition's Flames
Nicholas Meyer's Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
video lecture: suffering and sacrifice
A Rhetoric of Film, chp. 4
DUE: Screenshot Analyses, written / Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) |
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| M, 8-19 |
Seen from the Sky
Dr. M's intro. to Signs (2002)
M. Knight Shymalan's Signs (2002), 1h 46m / optional: content warnings |
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| T, 8-20 |
No Coincidences
M. Knight Shymalan's Signs (2002), 1h 46m
video lecture: character & technique in Signs
DUE: Impassioned Plea, written / Signs (2002) |
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| W, 8-21 |
Trauma, Reprisal, and Forgiveness
Dr. M's intro. to Women Talking (2022)
Sarah Polley's Women Talking (2022), available at Amazon Prime / optional: content warnings |
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| R, 8-22 |
Whatever Is Just
Sarah Polley's Women Talking (2022)
NO VIDEO LECTURE REQUIRED/PROVIDED on this film
DUE: Screenshot Analyses, written / Women Talking (2022) |
F, 8-23
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DUE: STUDENT PATH 2 OUTLINE & VIDEO EXPLANATION (due at midnight)
(send Word file, and url for video explanation, to Dr. M & Path 2 peers via email)
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| Sat, 8-24 |
DUE: PEER FEEDBACK ON PATH 2 GROUP'S OUTLINES (due at midnight)
(send url for video feedback via email to Dr. M & Path 2 peers) |
| M, 8-26 |
TERM PAPER WORK!! Dr. M is available for optional video conferencing ( by appointment) |
| T, 8-27 |
TERM PAPER WORK!! Dr. M is available for optional video conferencing ( by appointment) |
| T, 8-27 |
DUE: TERM PAPER (due at midnight)
(send Word doc as attachment to Dr. M via email) |
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| W, 8-28 |
When We Are Afflicted
Dr. M's intro. to Prisoners (2013)
Denis Villeneuve's Prisoners (2013), 2h 33m / optional: content warnings |
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| R, 8-29 |
That's the Choice
Denis Villeneuve's Prisoners (2013), 2h 33m
video lecture: character & technique in Prisoners
DUE Friday, Aug. 30: Impassioned Plea, written / Prisoners (2013) |
