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| COM 75-674 | Summer 2018 |
Course Schedule and Resource Links:
| Film Studies |
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| COM 75-674 | Summer 2018 |
Course Schedule and Resource Links:
Week one:
May 16: Introduction to Film Studies; Screen What is Cinema?
May 17: Intro to Cinematic Narrative; Script to Screen Exercise: Taking Pictures
Read: Rowe; Bednar, Taking Pictures Script
May 18: Screen Apocalypse Now
Read: Phillips
Week two:
May 21: Screen Hearts of Darkness
Read: Pizello; Solomon; Bazin
May 22: Screen Tropic Thunder and Rain of Madness
Read: Roberts & Easingwood; Worthy
May 23: Discuss Apocalypse Now, Hearts of Darkness, Tropic Thunder, Rain of Madness
Read: Grossman
Review: Rowe; Phillips; Pizello; Solomon, Bazin, Roberts & Easingwood, Worthy
Due: Critical Connections Essay 1: Apocalypse Now, Hearts of Darkness, Tropic Thunder, Rain of Madness
May 24: Screen Rear Window
Read: Easthope; Creed; Prince
May 25: Screen Mildred Pierce
Read: Mulvey; Kaplan; Modleski; Brower
Week three:
May 28: No Class--Memorial Day
May 29: Discuss Rear Window and Mildred Pierce
Read: Garrett; Weiss
Review: Easthope; Creed; Prince; Mulvey; Kaplan; Modleski, Brower
Due: Critical Connections Essay 2: Rear Window and Mildred PierceMay 30: DIY Filmmaking Workshop
Read: Gross & Ward
May 31: Screen Sunset Boulevard
Due: Mid-Term Film Analysis Project
June 1: Screen Adaptation
Read: Orlean; Klarer; Cooke
Week four:
June 4: Discuss Sunset Boulevard and Adaptation
Read: Baron; Rizzo
Due: Critical Connections Essay 3: Sunset Boulevard and Adaptation
June 5: Screen Medium Cool
June 6: Discuss Medium Cool
Read: Cronin; Beard; Garcia; O'Brien
Due: Collaborative DIY Filmmaking Project
June 7: Final Film Screening TBA
Due: Final Film Research Project--electronic submission by 9:00am
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Department of Communication Studies
Southwestern University
Georgetown, Texas 78626 USA
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