PPT-HUM 110: Intro to American Film

JC Clapp North Seattle Community College Info here borrowed heavily from the Film Art 10 th ed textbook by Bordwell amp Thompson and from the Yale Film Studies website httpclassesyaleedufilmanalysishtmfileseditinghtm. Beginnings to 1941. First Photographs of Motion. *1877 and 1878 by Eadweard Muybridge, a British photographer working in California. who photographed a . running horse . by setting up a row of cameras with strings attached to their shutters. When the horse ran by, it broke each string, tripping the shutters.. General Requirements. Format your intro. paragraph according to MLA guidelines (four-line heading, last name and page number in corner, creative title centered, TNR font, double-spaced). The title of your movie should be italicized. Studies. Film . Studies. ENGL 6750/7750 Film Studies. ENGL 6750/7750 Film Studies. Vince Gilligan. Bad . Boy. ENGL 6750/7750 Film Studies. ENGL 6750/7750 Film Studies. ENGL 6750/7750 Film Studies. ENGL 6750/7750 Film Studies. Comparative Study. American Film – . Comparative Study. Context. Why are the classic noir films obsessed with the femme fatale?. Why are the male protagonists usually loners?. Why is the look of the films so stylised?. Hollywood Narrative. Table of Contents. 1 Realistic Narrative. 2 Non-realistic Narrative. 3 Purer Form of Realist Narrative. Narrtive. Narrative. – a structured or constructed chain of stories that tells fictional or non-fictional events.. We are going to explore Film Directors and their styles in filming, telling a story, setting a scene, etc.. Your goal is to research and find information on a director and learn various techniques from his or her leadership.. Understanding . Hero . (2002). . and . Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon . (2000). Magical Realism. Definition: aesthetic style or genre of fiction in which magical elements blend with the real world. The “real” and the “fantastic” are blended together. From your classmates in. TV Production I. TV Production 1. 4-7-14. Today we will begin studying the historical foundation of . cinema.. You will need:. Binder. Cornell Note Sheets (may be found near printer in back of classroom). Early Years. 17. th. -18. th. century: . Lantern slides. 19. th. century saw vast proliferation of visual forms of popular culture. Industrial Era. Books of photographs, illustrated fiction. Early Years. (but first, a brief overview of Cultural Studies). o. verview of the “Introduction” from . Film Analysis. , edited by Jeffrey Geiger, 2005, Norton Press, NYC (with some stuff from JC thrown in here and there). General Intro. The Narrative. Mis. è. . en. Scene. Cinematography. Movie Types/Genre. Editing. Sound. Film History. Beginnings/Early Film . German Expressionism. Soviet Montage. French Avant-Garde. JC Clapp, North Seattle College. Info here borrowed heavily from. the . Film Art . (. 11. th. . ed.) textbook by . Bordwell. & Thompson and . from the Yale Film Studies website: . http://filmanalysis.yctl.org. Component 2: European Film. Component 3 - Production. Section A: Hollywood 1930-1990. 1 film – 1930-1960. (Casablanca, Lady from Shanghai, Johnny Guitar, Vertigo, Some Like It Hot). 1 film – 1961-1990. JOURNALISM. Journalism Track. . - Reporting I - Feature. Writing. - Covering Race, Gender & Ethnicity. - Ethics. FILM & TV STUDIES. Television (Multimedia) Track. . . - Film & Video Production.