I encourage you to stop by my office hours to discussĪny aspect of the course. If I feel that you're not participatingīecause you're not keeping up with the reading, I will give quizzes.

Texts therefore, we'll all benefit from sharing our ideasĪnd questions. We're going to be working with challenging Moreover, you should prepare at least twoĬomments and two questions for each reading.

I expect you to come to class having read, annotated,Īnd reviewed the assigned reading. Here's how to calculate your final grade. The 12-14 page take-home essay exam will test you on the film techniques, film theory, and films covered in class. You will write a 12-15 page research paper on a film or film issue and present your paper to the class. In an 8-10 page paper, you will either compare and contrast two theoretical articles covered in class or summarize and evaluate a book by a theorist covered in class. You will sign up to teach the class a scholarly criticism of an assigned film. The 10-12 page take-home essay exam will test you on the film techniques, film theory, and films covered in class. You will write an 8-10 page research paper on a film or film issue. You will research a genre or subgenre not covered in class and write a 5-6 page paper arguing how a film not covered in class fits into and transforms the genre. You will pair up to analyze a 2-3 minute film scene in a 5-6 page paper and 7-10 minute presentation. Scene analysis paper and presentation, 20% You will sign up to summarize two theoretical articles in two 2-3 page papers. Gibaldi, MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 7th ed. Required films (out of class screening, library reserves, or Can I Stream It?) Required books ( Amazon or GCSU Bookstore)Ĭorrigan, ed., Critical Visions in Film Theory Graduate student assignments include a presentation, a theoretical paper, a research paper, and a final exam. Undergraduate assignments include two article summaries, a scene analysis, a genre paper, a research paper, and a final exam. Use Can I Stream It? to see if you can stream, rent, or purchase a film from Amazon, Hulu, iTunes, Netflix, and so forth. Feature-length films will be screened outside of class and also be available on library reserve. By the end of the course, students will demonstrate an understanding of film techniques, film genre, and film theory. We will learn about theories of film in Critical Visions in Film Theory. Since there is no lower-division class that teaches basic film analysis, we will refer to Anatomy of Film to familiarize ourselves with the elements and techniques of film. This film class will survey the theory and interpretation of classic, contemporary, and mostly American narrative film from a variety of genres including film noir, science fiction, western, and cult films.

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