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DATE |
FOR
CLASS |
DURING
CLASS |
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1
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8.27 |
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Syllabus and introductions. On
the Waterfront (vc5146). |
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enjoy
your Labor Day holiday! |
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2
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9.10 |
Boggs chs. 1 & 2.
Reserve: “Dramatic Elements in On
the Waterfront.” |
Thematic and narrative
elements. The Purple Rose of Cairo (vc5148);
Sherlock Jr. |
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3
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9.17 |
Boggs ch. 3. Reserve: “The
Purple Rose of Keaton.” |
Fictional and dramatic
elements. The Piano (vc5152). |
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4
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9.24 |
Boggs chs. 4 & 5. |
Cinematography, design, and
mise-en-scène. The Seventh Seal
(vc2100). |
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5
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10.1 |
Reserve: “Analysis of The
Seventh Seal”; excerpts from Chaplin’s Biography.
Boggs ch. 6. |
Editing and effects; from
silents to talkies. Modern Times
(vc1489). |
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6
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10.8 |
Study for exam; write
take-home essays. |
6 p.m.: first exam.
7 p.m. screening: Do the Right Thing
(vc2773). |
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7
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10.15 |
Boggs chs. 7-9. Reserve:
“Polyphony and Cultural Expression.” |
Color and sound: effects,
dialogue, and music. M (vc3931). |
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8
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10.22 |
Reserve: “Analysis of M.”
Boggs ch. 10. |
Acting and directing;
auteurs, canons, and the indie scene. Boys
Don’t Cry (vc6798). |
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9
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10.29 |
Collaborative projects due
(draft). Boggs ch. 11 & ch. 15 (pp. 446-54).
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Reflexive cinema; the
contemporary foreign cinema. Cinema
Paradiso (vc2907). |
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10
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11.5 |
Study for exam; write
take-home essays. |
6 p.m.: second exam.
7 p.m. screening: Beauty and the
Beast (dvd16). |
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enjoy
your Veterans’ Day holiday! |
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11
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11.19 |
Cocteau, Diary of a Film. |
The early cinema: Méliès
& the Lumières, Edison & Porter, D.W. Griffith. A Trip to the
Moon and other silent films. |
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12
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11.26 |
Collaborative projects due
(final). Boggs ch. 12 & 13. |
Interpretive approaches.
Synthesis: Citizen Kane
(vc1376). |
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13
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12.3 |
Boggs chs. 14, 15 (pp.
454-81), & 16. |
A short history
of animation. Snow White
& the Seven Dwarfs.
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14
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12.10 |
Study for final exam. Write
take-home essay(s). |
6 p.m.: screening TBA; 7:30
p.m.: final exam. |