Week One July 15th Film as Art
Read pages 22-38 & 63-65
1 Define Art
2 What was the DaDa movement of the 1920s
3 The French say all art is political. In what way is this true?
4 In the Spectrum of Abstration where would film be? Why?
5 Send a crique of the film you watched this week

Week Two July 22nd Film and Media a Chronology
Read pages 570-601
1 Send me a daily email for four days telling me what surprised you, or you found interesting.
2 Send a crique of the film you watched this week

Week Three July 29th The Language of Films
Read pages 152-171
1 Comment on page 154. Do you know of any internet sites with more perception examples?
2 Explain Denotative and Connotative meaning.
3 Tell me about a time when you saw a film with someone and you caame away with different understandings? Why did this happen?
4 Send me some honest feedback about the course so far. Is it meeting your expectations? Howcan it be improved?
5 Send a crique of the film you watched this week

Week Four August 5th The Shape of Film History
Read pages 228-231
1 What do you like and dislike about silent movies?
2 How many extra-biblical things to you notice in Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ"? Did you think the use of Aramaic was effective, or would it have been more powerful to hear it in English?
3 Tell me about the French New Wave movies of the 60s
4 Define Post Modern
5 Send a crique of the film you watched this week

Week Five August 12th Film Theory Form and Function
Read pages 387-416
1 Tell me about Vacel Lindsay. Send me some of his poetry that you like
2 Why has expressionism been more popular than realism in movies?
3 Define Montage
4 Define Mise-en-scene
5 Send a crique of the film you watched this week

Week Six August 19th Contemporary Theory
Read pages 417-425
1 What is structuralism?
2 Find an interesting site on Umberto Eco on the internet and tell me about it.
3 What is the difference between European film theorists and American. Why do you suppose that is?
4 How does the last paragraph on page 424 strike you?
5 There is no critique due this week as we will be having a final exam instead.