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IMPORTANT NOTES:

A) This syllabus is subject to change. Refresh your webpage frequently to view our most current assignments.

B) Some of the films in this series contain violence, profanity, drug usage, and/or frank sexual content. These films are intended for mature audiences and are not suitable for children under 17 who are unaccompanied by an adult. If you are disturbed by R-rated film content, you should consult the instructor.

C) All online quizzes and tests require Respondus Lockdown Browser and Webcam Monitor.

 

Section 1: Early Silent Cinema 

 

Week 1         The Birth of Cinema: Muybridge, Marey, Edison. Lumières, Guy, Méliès, & Porter

Saturday, January 9

Reading: Course Syllabus
Video Lectures: 1.1.1 - 1.1.4 in the "Start Here" folder on D2L
  Quiz 0 via D2L due Monday before 11:59pm
**Requires Respondus Lockdown Browser and Webcam Monitor**

IMPORTANT: Required Online Orientation Video and Quiz 0. Be sure to take Quiz 0 on D2L before Wednesday, August 19 at 5pm. This will count as your attendance; if you do not take Quiz 0, your absence must be marked as a "no show" and the Registrar will drop you from the course.

Monday, January 11

Teams Meeting at 9:50am
View today's assigned video lectures 1.1.1-1.1.4 on Saturday before Teams meeting Monday
Reading: Course Syllabus
Video Lectures: 1.1.1 - 1.1.4 in the "Start Here" folder on D2L
  Quiz 0 via D2L due Monday before 11:59pm
**Requires Respondus Lockdown Browser and Webcam Monitor**
IMPORTANT: Quiz 0 and our first Teams meeting are required proof of your attendance these first weeks of term; if you do not take Quiz 0 and attend our first Teams meeting, your absence must be marked as a "no show" and the Registrar will drop you from the course.

Wednesday, January 13

Reading: Chapter 1 (okay to skim pages 10 and 16-18)
View for Wednesday: Early Short Films: Muybridge, Marey, Edison, Lumière Brothers, Guy, Méliès, & Porter via free streaming hyperlinks on D2L
Video Lectures: 1.1.5 - 1.2.5 on D2L
  Quiz 1 via D2L on Wednesday at 10:30am
**Open Note/Book and Requires Respondus Lockdown Browser and Webcam Monitor**
Tuesday at 6:30pm: Live Quiz Review Session on Teams with TA Kristen (Optional)

 

Week 2        Silent Auteurs: Sennett, Chaplin, & Keaton / Griffith & Micheaux

Monday, January 18

Readings: Chapter 2 (26-38 only)
  Chapter 3 (55-64 only) and Pages 139-141
Video Lectures: 1.3.1 - 1.3.4

Wednesday, January 20

Reading:

Pages 148-149
View for Wednesday: Body and Soul (Oscar Micheaux, US, 1924, 102 min.)
Video Lectures: 1.4.1 - 1.4.3
  Quiz 2 via D2L on Wednesday at 10:30am
**Open Note/Book and Requires Respondus Lockdown Browser and Webcam Monitor**
Tuesday at 6:30pm: Live Quiz Review Session on Teams with TA Kristen (Optional)

 

Week 3        German Expressionism / Soviet Montage

Monday, January 25

Reading:

Chapter 5 (focus on pages 86, bottom of 88-mid 95, 96, 98, 100; okay to skim pages 87-88, 97, 99-102)
View for Monday: M (Fritz Lang, Germany, 1931, 118 min.)
Video Lectures: 1.5.1 - 1.5.6
Teams Meeting

10:30-11:05am Teams meeting to review for Section Test
View video lectures for today before Teams meeting; bring your study questions!

Wednesday, January 27

Reading: Chapter 6 (focus on 103-121; okay to skim 104, 107, 122-123)
Video Lectures: 1.6.1 - 1.6.6
  Section Test 1 via D2L on Wednesday at 9:50am
**Closed Note/Book and Requires Respondus Lockdown Browser and Webcam Monitor**
Tuesday at 6:30pm: Live Quiz Review Session on Teams with classmates (Optional)

Section 2:  Sound Cinema

Week 4         Conversion to Sound, The Production Code, & Poetic Realism

Monday, February 1

Reading: Chapter 9 (pages 172-182 only)
View for Monday: Illusions (Julie Dash, US, 1982, 31 min.)
Video Lectures: 2.7.1 - 2.7.7

Wednesday, February 3

Readings:

Chapter 4 (focus on pages 71 and 74-85)
Chapter 8 (pages 151-152 only)
Chapter 13 (pages 258-264 only)

View for Wednesday: La règle du jeu / Rules of the Game (Jean Renoir, France, 1939; 110 min.)
Video Lectures: 2.8.1 - 2.8.5
  Quiz 3 on Wednesday at 10:30am
**Open Note/Book and Requires Respondus Lockdown Browser and Webcam Monitor**
Tuesday at 6:30pm: Live Quiz Review Session on Teams with classmates (Optional)

 

Week 5        The Studio Years: Hawks, Ford, Welles, & Hitchcock

Monday, February 8

Reading: Chapter 10 (full chapter)
View for Monday: Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, 1941, US; 119 min.) Optional **if** already viewed for Intro to Film **and** you remember it well enough to answer test questions about it
Video Lectures: 2.9.1 - 2.9.5
Teams Meeting

10:30-11:05am Teams meeting to review for Section Test
View video lectures for today before Teams meeting; bring your study questions!

Wednesday, February 10

View for Wednesday:

Vertigo (Alfred Hitchcock, US, 1958; 128 min.)
Video Lectures: 2.10.1 - 2.10.4
  Section Test 2 on Wednesday at 9:50am
**Closed Note/Book and Requires Respondus Lockdown Browser and Webcam Monitor**
Tuesday at 6:30pm: Live Quiz Review Session on Teams with classmates (Optional)

 

Section 3: Postwar Cinema Styles

Week 6        Film Noir / Decline of CHC / Italian Neorealism

Monday, February 15

Reading: Chapter 15 (focus on 291-300 and 303; okay to skim pages 301-302 and 304-315)
XC View for Monday:

Optional but strongly recommended for extra credit:
Double Indemnity (Billy Wilder, 1944, US; 106 min.)
OR
Touch of Evil (Orson Welles 1958)
Video Lectures: 3.11.1 - 3.11.7
  Extra Credit Quiz 1 on Monday at 10:30am

Wednesday, February 17

Reading: Chapter 16 (focus on pages 316-317, 322-328, and 330-331)
View for Wednesday:

Roma Città Aperta / Rome, Open City (Roberto Rossellini, Italy, 1945; 103 min.)
Video Lectures: 3.12.1 - 3.12.7
  Quiz 4 on Wednesday at 10:30am
**Open Note/Book and Requires Respondus Lockdown Browser and Webcam Monitor**
Tuesday at 6:30pm: Live Quiz Review Session on Teams with classmates (Optional)

 

Week 7        The French New Wave & Art Cinema

Monday, February 22

Reading: Chapter 20 (focus on pages 393-404, 407-408, and 424-427)
View for Monday: Les Quatre Cents Coups / The 400 Blows (François Truffaut, 1959, France; 100 min.)
Video Lectures: 3.13.1 - 3.13.4

Wednesday, February 24

Reading: Chapter 19 (focus on pages 372-384 and 389-392; okay to skim pages 385-389)
Video Lectures: 3.14.1 - 3.14.6
  Quiz 5 on Wednesday at 10:30am
**Open Note/Book and Requires Respondus Lockdown Browser and Webcam Monitor**
Tuesday at 6:30pm: Live Quiz Review Session on Teams with TA classmates (Optional)

 

Week 8       Experimental Cinemas / Documentary Cinemas--Double Unit This Week

Monday, March 1

Readings: Chapter 14 (283-288)
Chapter 21 (441-458)
Chapter 24 (538-555)
View for Monday: 1) Andy Warhol's Experimental Films (Andy Warhol, 1960s, US; 7:11 min. excerpts)
2) The Cremaster Cycle Part 3 (Matthew Barney, 2002, US; 8:16 min. excerpt)
3) Samsara (Ron Fricke, 2012, Canada; 12:09 min. excerpt)
Video Lectures: 3.15.1 - 3.16.2
Teams Meeting

10:30-11:05am Teams meeting to review for Section Test
View video lectures for today before Teams meeting; bring your study questions!

Wednesday, March 3

Readings:

Chapter 14 (275-283)
Chapter 21 (429-441)
Chapter 24 (524-538)
View for Wednesday:

Bowling for Columbine (Michael Moore, 2002, US; 120 min.)
OR
Harlan County USA (Barbara Kopple, 1976, US; 105 min.)
OR
I Am Not Your Negro (Raoul Peck, 2016. US; 95 min.)

Video Lectures: 3.16.3 - 3.17.10
  Section Test 3 via D2L on Wednesday at 9:50am
**Closed Note/Book and Requires Respondus Lockdown Browser and Webcam Monitor**
Tuesday at 6:30pm: Live Quiz Review Session on Teams with classmates (Optional)

 

Section 4: New Hollywood and Independent Cinemas

Week 9      1960s-70s New Hollywood Renaissance

Monday, March 8

Readings: Chapter 22
XC View for Monday: Optional but strongly recommended for extra credit:
Harold and Maude (Hal Ashby 1971; 91 min.)
Video Lectures: 4.18.1 - 4.18.7
  Extra Credit Quiz 2 on Monday at 10:30am

Wednesday, March 10

View for Wednesday:

Taxi Driver (Martin Scorsese, 1976, US; 112 min.)

Video Lectures: 4.19.1 - 4.19.10
  Quiz 6 on Wednesday at 10:30am
**Open Note/Book and Requires Respondus Lockdown Browser and Webcam Monitor**
Tuesday at 6:30pm: Live Quiz Review Session on Teams with classmates (Optional)

 

Week 10       1970s-1980s Hollywood Blockbusters

Monday, March 15

Reading: Chapter 28 (652-675)
View for Monday: Blade Runner (Ridley Scott, 1982, US; 117 min.)
Video Lectures: 4.20.1 - 4.20.8

Wednesday, March 17

XC View for Wednesday: Optional but strongly recommended for extra credit:
sex, lies, and videotape (Steven Soderbergh, US, 1989, 100 min.)
Video Lectures: 4.21.1 - 4.21.5
  Extra Credit Quiz 3 on Wednesday at 10:15am** NOTE EARLIER TIME!
 

Quiz 7 on Wednesday at 10:30am
**Open Note/Book and Requires Respondus Lockdown Browser and Webcam Monitor**
Tuesday at 6:30pm: Live Quiz Review Session on Teams with classmates (Optional)

 

Week 11       1980s-1990s-2000s Independent Cinema

Monday, March 22

Reading: Chapter 28 (675-685)
View for Monday: Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino, US, 1994, 154 min.)
Video Lectures: 4.22.1 - 4.22.4
Teams Meeting

10:30-11:05am Teams meeting to review for Section Test
View video lectures for today before Teams meeting; bring your study questions!

Wednesday, March 24

View for Wednesday: Daughters of the Dust (Julie Dash, US, 1991, 112 min.) via streaming Amazon rental for $2.99 hyperlink on D2L
Video Lectures: 4.23.1 - 4.23.3
  Section Test 4 via D2L on Wednesday at 9:50am
**Closed Note/Book and Requires Respondus Lockdown Browser and Webcam Monitor**
Tuesday at 6:30pm: Live Quiz Review Session on Teams with classmates (Optional)

 

Section 5: Global New Waves Since 1970

Week 12      Political Cinemas by Third World and Women Filmmakers

Monday, March 29

Readings: Chapter 23 (483-486, 492-493, 496-498, 504-516, 508-510, and 514-515)
View for Monday: Soy Cuba / I Am Cuba (Mikhail Kalatazov, 1964, Cuba/Russia; 143 min.)
Video Lectures: 5.24.1 - 5.24.5

Wednesday, March 31

Readings: Chapter 25 (568-571)
View for Wednesday:

Bande de filles / Girlhood (Céline Sciamma, France, 2014, 113 min.)
Video Lectures: 5.25.1 - 5.25.8
  Quiz 8 on Wednesday at 10:30am
**Open Note/Book and Requires Respondus Lockdown Browser and Webcam Monitor**
Tuesday at 6:30pm: Live Quiz Review Session on Teams with classmates (Optional)

 

Week 13       Europe / South America and Mexico / Pacific Asia and Oceania

Monday, April 5

Readings: Chapter 25 (560-568, 571-575, 583-584, and 586)
Chapter 26 (600-602 and 603-611)
View for Monday: El Laberinto del Fauno / Pan's Labyrinth (Guillermo del Toro, Mexico, 2009; 119 min.)
Optional additional film: Amores Perros / Love's a Bitch (Alejandro González Iñárritu, Mexico, 2000; 154 min.)
Video Lectures: 5.26.1 - 5.27.2

Wednesday, April 7

Readings: Chapter 27 (pages 620-625)
Video Lectures: 5.27.3 - 5.27.6
  Quiz 9 on Wednesday at 10:30am
**Open Note/Book and Requires Respondus Lockdown Browser and Webcam Monitor**
Tuesday at 6:30pm: Live Quiz Review Session on Teams with classmates (Optional)

 

Week 14        Pacific Asia: China, Hong Kong, Japan, and South Korea

Monday, April 12

Reading: Chapter 27 (pages 629-651)
View for Monday: Fong Juk / Exiled (Johnny To, Hong Kong, 2006; 110 min.)
Video Lectures: 5.27.7 - 5.28.3

Wednesday, April 14  

View for Wednesday: Oldeuboi / Oldboy (Park Chan-wook, South Korea, 2003; 120 min.)
Video Lectures: 5.28.4 - 5.28.5
  Quiz 10 on Wednesday at 10:30am
**Open Note/Book and Requires Respondus Lockdown Browser and Webcam Monitor**
Tuesday at 6:30pm: Live Quiz Review Session on Teams with classmates (Optional)
Online course evaluations available on the DUCK this week.

 

Week 15       Global Digital Cinemas

Monday, April 19

Reading: Chapter 29 (pages 686, 689, and 693-701)
Chapter 30
View for Monday: Black Panther (Ryan Coogler, US, 2018; 135 min.)
Video Lectures: 5.29.1 - 5.29.7

Wednesday, April 21 

Teams Meeting

10:30-11:05am Teams meeting to discuss Black Panther and to review for Section Test
View video lectures for today before Teams meeting; bring your study questions!
Online course evaluations available on the DUCK this week.


Final Exam

Monday, April 26

Section Test 5 via D2L on Monday at 9:50am
**Closed Note/Book and Requires Respondus Lockdown Browser and Webcam Monitor**