Film Studies Daily Log

Thursday, October 11

Students chose and took films for outside viewing.
HW due Monday: Watch the film you chose and write exactly 93 words summing it up. What makes the film what it is? What makes it distinctive? Do not write a plot summary. Do talk about theme, technique (photography, lighting, editing, sound, etc.), and style. Your audience is the rest of the class, who have not seen the film. Do your best to convey the film's essence to them in 93 well-chosen words.

We rewatched a segment of Man with a Movie Camera, focusing on Dziga Vertov's ("Spinning Top's") many whirling circles.