Friday, April 17
We looked at images -- woodcuts and paintings -- by several more Expression artists, then watched two scenes from F.W. Murnau's Expressionist masterpiece The Last Laugh (Der Letzte Mann) (1924).
HW due Monday:
Review your class notes and the two handouts on Expressionism (see Documents page for one of them) for a quiz on Monday over German Expressionism.
Friday, April 17, 2009
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Monday, April 13, 2009
Monday, April 13
We began our study of German Expressionist cinema (after reading Brad's most excellent IMDB posting on Battleship Potemkin) by looking briefly at the origins of Expressionism as an artistic movement, specifically in painting (handout and projections).
Following that brief foray, we watched the first two acts of The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari.
HW due Wednesday:
Read the handout (from Encyclopedia Britannica) and cross-reference it with your notes.
We began our study of German Expressionist cinema (after reading Brad's most excellent IMDB posting on Battleship Potemkin) by looking briefly at the origins of Expressionism as an artistic movement, specifically in painting (handout and projections).
Following that brief foray, we watched the first two acts of The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari.
HW due Wednesday:
Read the handout (from Encyclopedia Britannica) and cross-reference it with your notes.
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Friday, April 3
Students took a quiz over montage in film, for which they were allowed to use their notes and handouts, after which we graded it together.
Extra credit opportunity for spring break:
Go on imdb.com (Internet Movie Database), and read user reviews for any of the films you have watched in the class, which includes the outside viewing film from your single-scene analysis. (Search for the film by name, then scroll down to the bottom of the films' home page.) Then register and add your own review. Up to 15 points extra credit, up to 20 points for two.
Students took a quiz over montage in film, for which they were allowed to use their notes and handouts, after which we graded it together.
Extra credit opportunity for spring break:
Go on imdb.com (Internet Movie Database), and read user reviews for any of the films you have watched in the class, which includes the outside viewing film from your single-scene analysis. (Search for the film by name, then scroll down to the bottom of the films' home page.) Then register and add your own review. Up to 15 points extra credit, up to 20 points for two.
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Thursday, April 2
We watched some of Sergei Eisenstein's favorite films: early Micky Mouse cartoons.
We discussed why Eisenstein may have admired these cartoons and what similarities they have with Battleship Potemkin.
We closed the class with another early sound cartoon creation, the Fleischer Brothers' Betty Boop.
Quiz tomorrow over montage.
Review all the montage handouts.
We watched some of Sergei Eisenstein's favorite films: early Micky Mouse cartoons.
We discussed why Eisenstein may have admired these cartoons and what similarities they have with Battleship Potemkin.
We closed the class with another early sound cartoon creation, the Fleischer Brothers' Betty Boop.
Quiz tomorrow over montage.
Review all the montage handouts.
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Wednesday, April 1
We reviewed different species of Eisensteinian montage by way of re-viewing yet again the Odessa Steps sequence of Battleship Potemkin and identifying examples of intellectual, rhythmic, tonal, formal, and directional cutting. Handout.
HW: Review all montage handouts in preparation for a quiz on Friday.
We reviewed different species of Eisensteinian montage by way of re-viewing yet again the Odessa Steps sequence of Battleship Potemkin and identifying examples of intellectual, rhythmic, tonal, formal, and directional cutting. Handout.
HW: Review all montage handouts in preparation for a quiz on Friday.
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