Film Studies Daily Log

Wednesday, March 2

Mr. P announced that there will be a brief quiz Thursday over the two handouts concerning Birth of a Nation which students received Tuesday.

Students received a two-page worksheet (adapted from the filmsite.org handout from yesterday) with a checklist of distinctive techniques used in Birth; students are to supply for each technique at least one example of its use in the film.

We watched the beginning of the film with two main objectives: to identify some of the techniques from the list and to identify the major characters and the movie's underlying premises.

HW due Thursday:
Read/review the two handouts from Tuesday in preparation for a quiz.