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THE PROGRESSION OF EARLY CINEMA: AMERICA
Edweard Muybridge (1885) Thomas Alva Edison (1893) Black Maria Studio Fred Ott’s Sneeze
TWO BASIC WORDS
Film is a medium, from the Latin word for “middle” It mediates between the original idea or phenomenon and the audience. From SUBJECT to OBJECT. It evokes an aesthetic response in the viewer, from the Greek aisthetikos “sensitive, perceptive, from aisthanesthai to perceive (by the senses or by the mind), to feel The “Aesthetic” experience is a complicated […]
AKU SIAPA: WORTH WATCHING
A film by Norhayati Kaprawi about the Tudong and how Malaysian women feel about it. Free Screening on Tuesday, 23 May at CHAI, in PJ. (Not at HELP) Here is a review by the Wall Street Journal. Good idea to reserve ahead. It may be crowded. .
CLASS MEETING TIMES (Note Change in Screenings)
Section 1 Monday, Wednesday 12:40 – 14:40 Screening: Friday 8:00 – 10:30 Section 2 Monday, Wednesday, 15:00 – 17:00 Screening: Friday: 11:00 -13;30 Classroom: BG – 09
CRITICAL ESSAY UPGRADE
The five short critical essays you write for this course on your blog can be “upgraded” up to two weeks after I read them. Notify me directly by email (adprosebud@gmail.com). Put the words ESSAY UPGRADE in the subject space. You can also write more than 5 essays, and have only your best ones count.
NARRATIVE THEORY
NARRATIVE THEORY Narrative is the fundamental way in which human beings make sense of the world, each other, and themselves. We inhabit a sea of narratives, from the time we are able to understand language, or perhaps, even before that. Individual identities are constructed of narratives. So are religions, families, nations, and cultures. Narratives serve […]
VOCABULARY 1 – Narration
Read Bordwell: 78 – 80: Understand the following terms: Narration Narrative Form Story Plot Diegesis (diagetic/non-diagetic) Closure Ellipsis Flashback Flash forward Motif Point of View (POV) Cause and Effect Temporal Order Story Duration (compressed and expanded) Plot Duration Screen Duration
ADP FILM 101 Course Objectives
By the end of the course, students will Become sensitive and critical viewers of film. Be able to analyze, discuss, and write about individual films Understand the basic connection between a film and the culture that produced it. Have an understanding of the concept of modernism in society and the arts.
Malaysian Film Censorship
Interesting article by Shannon Shah comparing today’s Malaysian censorship guidelines with those of the United States a half century ago. This is the Hayes Code, which was in effect in the US from 1930 to 1968. Compare.
ADP FILM 101 Required Texts
Attendance at all screening sessions. Film Art: An Introduction David Bordwell , Kristin Thompson This blog.
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