Assignments
A.
Weekly Viewing Cues
Reading is
required to be done every week according to the schedule in the syllabus.
In addition, the following "Viewing Cues" will often form
the basis of classroom and section discussion. Here are the suggested
viewing cues for each week's reading (these are the minimum: you can
also look at the other viewing cues with a mind to films you're seeing
in and out of class):
Week
One: (Sep 28-30)
pp 17, 19, 67
(both cues), 70 (both cues), 76, 85, 86.
Week
Two (Oct 5-7)
102 Image histories
(like painting, photograph etc)
104 Subjective POV shot
100 Framing distances (aka camera distances, aka field size)
113 Depth of field
118 Camera movement
123 presentation vs representation.
Week
Three (Oct 12-14)
143 (further exploring the breakdown of shots via motivation for editing)
145 different kinds of transition (cut, dissolve, etc)
160 movement within and across shots
161 duration of shots, rhythm of editing
171 Continuity editing
Week
Four (Oct 19-21)
168 (emotional/intellectual responses)
169 (cutting and viewer's perspective)
176 (disjuncture, conflicts, opposing values)
182 (continuity and disjuncture)
Week
Five (Oct 26-28)
193 (experience of sound, sources of sound)
198 (elements of the sound mix)
209 (score, music)
210 (sound fx)
214 (information, authentication)
216 (sound continuity)
|218 (Sound montage).
Week
Six: Nov 2-4
234 (story/plot)
236 (narration)
248 (diegesis)
249 (nondiegetic material)
252 (time/duration/frequency)
258 (omniscient and restricted narration)
Week
Seven: Nov 9-11
312: (Abstraction, repetition, and variation)
317: (formal organization, representative shots or sequences).
323 ( engagement of thought and senses for viewer; notable images, sounds
or devices.)
Week
Eight: Nov 16-18
Note: the Bill Nichols reading for this week (on E-res) is optional.
279 (non-fiction and non-narrative)
281 (organization and formal strategy)
285 (presiding attitude of film)
292 (what type of social documentary)
298 (documentary: historical and cultural contexts)
B:
Written Assignments
1.
Sequence Analysis, Due October 21.
Notes
to help you with the sequence analysis
Cover
sheet for the sequence analysis: make sure you've done these things;
you don't need to hand this in. It's a checklist for you.
2.
Analytical Film Esay, Due December 2.
ACADEMIC
MISCONDUCT POLICY:
Academic misconduct includes but is not limited to cheating, fabrication,
plagiarism, or facilitating academic dishonesty.
Acts of academic misconduct during the course, including plagiarism,
will result in failure of the course. Your case will be reported to
the College Provost as per the Academic Integrity guidelines found on
the web at:
http://www.ucsc.edu/academics/academic_integrity/undergraduate_students/
(This policy
is also repeated on the syllabus and assignments in online and PDF form).
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