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 1 University of Ulster, School of Creative Arts & Technologies  CIN101   Introduction to Film Art Fall 2014 Lecturer: Murat Akser e-mail: [email protected]  Thursdays 14:15-16:00 MQ209 & practical sessions Tuesdays 14:15-16:00 MQ209 Session Topic Note/s 1   25/9/2014 Film Art: Creativity, Technology and Business Nelmes Ch1 and Ch2 Corrigan Intro  Fame (D. Alan Parker, 1980) 2   2/10/2014 Film Process Corrigan Ch1 Three Colours: Blue (d. Krysztof Kieslowski, 1993) 3   9/10/2014 Mise-en-s cene Corrigan Ch2 Close Encounters of the Third Kind  (d. Steven Spielberg, 1977) 4   16/10/2014 Cinematograph y Corrigan Ch3  Brick  (d. Ryan Johnson, 2005) 5   23/10/2014 Editing Corrigan Ch4 The Limey (d. Steven Soderbergh, 1999) 6   30/10/2014 Sound and Music in Film Corrigan C5 Singing in the Rain (d. Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly, 1952) 7   6/11/2014 Film Narrative and Writin g Corrigan Ch6  Now You See Me  (Louis Leterrier 2013 8  13/11/2014 Documentary Nelmes Ch9 Corrigan Ch7  Beware o f Mr. Bak er  9   20/11/2014 Experimental Film and New Media Corrigan Ch8  Meshes of the Afte rnoon (d. Maya Deren, 1943) 10   27/11/2014 Film Genres  Corrigan Ch9/Nelmes Ch8 The Searchers (d. John Ford, 1956) 11   4/12/2014 Film History to Global Cinema Stafford Intro & Ch1/Corrigan 10 Pam Cook pp. 49-74  Head-On (d. Fatih Akin, 2004) 12 - 11/12/2014 Film Theory Corrigan Ch11  Dry Summer  (d. Metin Erksan,1963)

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    University of Ulster, School of Creative Arts & Technologies CIN101 Introduction to Film Art Fall 2014

    Lecturer: Murat Akser e-mail: [email protected] Thursdays 14:15-16:00 MQ209 & practical sessions Tuesdays 14:15-16:00 MQ209

    Session Topic Note/s

    1 25/9/2014 Film Art: Creativity, Technology and Business

    Nelmes Ch1 and Ch2 Corrigan Intro Fame (D. Alan Parker, 1980)

    2 2/10/2014 Film Process Corrigan Ch1 Three Colours: Blue (d. Krysztof

    Kieslowski, 1993)

    3 9/10/2014 Mise-en-scene Corrigan Ch2 Close Encounters of the Third Kind

    (d. Steven Spielberg, 1977)

    4 16/10/2014 Cinematography Corrigan Ch3 Brick (d. Ryan Johnson, 2005)

    5 23/10/2014 Editing Corrigan Ch4 The Limey (d. Steven Soderbergh,

    1999)

    6 30/10/2014 Sound and Music in Film Corrigan C5 Singing in the Rain (d. Stanley Donen

    and Gene Kelly, 1952)

    7 6/11/2014 Film Narrative and Writing Corrigan Ch6 Now You See Me (Louis Leterrier2013

    8 13/11/2014 Documentary Nelmes Ch9 Corrigan Ch7 Beware of Mr. Baker

    9 20/11/2014 Experimental Film and New Media

    Corrigan Ch8 Meshes of the Afternoon (d. Maya

    Deren, 1943)

    10 27/11/2014 Film Genres Corrigan Ch9/Nelmes Ch8 The Searchers (d. John Ford, 1956)

    11 4/12/2014 Film History to Global Cinema Stafford Intro & Ch1/Corrigan 10 Pam Cook pp. 49-74 Head-On (d. Fatih Akin, 2004)

    12 - 11/12/2014 Film Theory Corrigan Ch11 Dry Summer (d. Metin Erksan,1963)

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    Module Aim: With an emphasis on variety of film practice, this module aims to introduce students to the essential elements of film narrative and engage them in thinking critically about the choices made by filmmakers in constructing the look and sound of their films. We will be asking, therefore, how meaning is created in the cinema, as well as what ideas and arguments such meanings may generate among critically aware spectators of it. In doing so we will be exploring the richness and complexity of cinema's potential to communicate with its spectators through a carefully selected variety of films. Represented amongst these will not only be the classic Hollywood model with which we are all most familiar, but also films from other national and artistic traditions. These will be examined in the context of both weekly lecture/workshops and practical tutorials. Assessment: Critical Blog Essays 40% Photoboard 25% Final Project 35% Readings: Timothy Corrigan and Patricia White. The Film Experience 4th Edition. Bedford/St. Martins, 2015. Pam Cook (ed.), The Cinema Book, 3rd edition. London: BFI, 2008. Jill Nelmes. Introduction to Film Studies 5th edition. London: Routledge. Roy Stafford. The Global Film Book. London: Routledge, 2014. Recommended: Timothy Corrigan. Short Guide to Writing About Film 8th edition. Longman, 2012. David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson. Film Art: An Introduction 10th Edition. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2013. Online Resources: http://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/ http://thefilmexperience.net ASSESSMENT Blog Essays (40%) should be presented via your blog on Blackboard. Include a 500-word critique on films, concepts, analyses addressed in each lecture. Deadline: complete on a weekly rolling basis (each blog entry must be uploaded before the succeeding weeks class); each blog is assessed the week after it is posted. ======================================================================== Photoboard %25

    Narrative construction in 10 photographs. Assessment will include story and framing

    ======================================================================== Final Project/Review (%35) Working in groups of four, you will collaborate in the creation of a digital story that tells a short narrative on an assigned theme using a series of sequenced still photographs and a sound track that includes dialogue, sound effects and possibly original music. Each digital story must reference a scene or sequence from one of the movies or television programs shown in class while also adding original content. The concept will be pitched around week 7, groups will be formed and shooting will commence (20%). All of the digital stories will be uploaded to Vimeo and linked to module blog. You will then write a concise review (750 words) of the digital story assigned to you. The review should demonstrate a knowledge of at least a few of the concepts learned in class as well as the movie being referred to in the digital story (%15).