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ONLINE Schedule of Meetings, Readings, and Screenings
Note: This is the ONLINE schedule.
See the On-Campus Schedule for the on-campus course.

Please note: this syllabus is subject to change (with notice),
and all screening times given below are approximate.

Key to abbreviations for assignments listed on this page:
FA12 Film Art: An Introduction, 12th edition, by David Bordwell & Kristin Thompson
or FA earlier editions Page assignments for earlier editions of Film Art
View View the assigned film or video on DVD reserve in the Library or streaming on D2L before class
D2L See instructions for how to use Desire2Learn (D2L) on our Orientation link below and also the HUB's online Training Tutorials.

 

SECTION 1

Week 1         Film Appreciation / Film Form & Meaning

Saturday, January 7

IMPORTANT: Required Online Orientation Videos and Quiz 0. Be sure to take Quiz 0 on D2L well before Wednesday, January 18 at 5pm. This will count as your attendance; if you do not take Quiz 0, your absence must be marked as a "no show" and the Registrar will drop you from the course.

Assignments: Watch Video Lectures 1.1 - 1.5 and the Orientation Video on D2L in the Start Here Module, and read through all pages of this online syllabus.
  Then take Quiz 0 on D2L (available January 8) as proof of your online attendance.
Quiz 0 on D2L (Watch the Orientation and Video Lectures 1.1-1.5 in order to unlock the quiz.)
**Requires Respondus Lockdown Browser and Webcam Monitor**
Report access problems to Dr. Bonner; report technical difficulties to the HUB.
Due before the Wednesday of Week 2 at 5pm as proof of your online attendance to avoid no-show status.

Monday, January 9

Reading: FA12 Chapter 2 and pages 2-9 and 402

Wednesday, January 11

View: Rear Window on D2L (Alfred Hitchcock, 1954, US; 113 min.) (Study Guide)
Online Video Lectures: 1.6 - 2.4 on D2L
Assignments: 1. Print out the In-Class Screening List and use it while viewing class lecture videos every day.

This weekend (if not completed last weekend):

Assignments: Watch the Orientation Video on D2L and read through all pages of this online syllabus
Take Quiz 0 on D2L (Quiz 0 covers the introductory lecture, orientation video, and the syllabus.)
**Requires Respondus Lockdown Browser and Webcam Monitor**
Report any D2L access problems to the HUB.

 

Week 2         Narrative & Narration

Monday, January 16 (MLK Holiday) or Tuesday, January 17

Reading: FA12 Chapter 3 & pages 313-322 and 470-472
Online Video Lectures: 1.1 - 1.6 on D2L

Wednesday, January 18

View: Citizen Kane on D2L (Orson Welles, 1941, US; 119 min.) (Study Guide)
Online Video Lectures: 2.1 - 2.4 on D2L
Study Aids: 1. Study Clip Quiz 1 due Friday on D2L
Quiz 0 on D2L expires Wednesday at 5:00pm (Quiz 0 covers the introductory lectures, orientation video, and the syllabus.)
Report any D2L access problems to the HUB.

 

Week 3         Mise-en-scène

Monday, January 23

Reading: FA12 Chapter 4 & pages 410-415 and 465-468
Online Video Lectures: 1.1 - 1.5 on D2L

Wednesday, January 25

View: Do the Right Thing on D2L (Spike Lee, 1989, US; 120 min.) (Study Guide)
Online Video Lectures: 2.1 - 2.5 on D2L
Study Aids: 1. Study Clip Quiz 2 due Friday on D2L

 

Week 4         Film Production & Early History / Camerawork

Monday, January 30

Reading: FA12 Chapter 1 and pages 457-465 and 476-479
View: No screening this week as you prepare for Quiz 1
Online Video Lectures: 1.1 - 1.4 (located in the Film History Module) includes Review for Quiz 1
Study Aids: 1. Review for Quiz 1 on Monday via video lectures

Section 1 Study Clip Quizzes expire the night before Quiz 1

Tuesday, January 31

Quiz 1 on D2L 25-minute quiz
Available 12:00am - 11:59pm
**Requires Respondus Lockdown Browser and Monitor**
Quiz covers all material from Section 1

BEGIN SECTION 2 ON CAMERAWORK

Wednesday, February 1

Reading: FA12 Chapter 5 section on Framing (177-209)
Online Video Lectures: 1.1 - 1.5 for Camerawork on D2L

 

SECTION 2

Week 5         Camerawork

Monday, February 6

Reading: FA12 Chapter 5 sections on Duration (209-215) and Perspective (168-174)
***VIEW O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? BEFORE MONDAY'S CLASS***
View: O Brother, Where Art Thou? on D2L (Joel Coen, 2000, US; 103 min.) (Study Guide)
Online Video Lectures: 2.1 - 2.4 on D2L

Wednesday, February 8

Reading: FA12 Chapter 5 sections on The Photographic Image (159-164), Speed of Motion (164-168), and Special Effects (174-177)
Online Video Lectures: 3.1 - 3.4 on D2L
Study Aids: 1. Study Clip Quiz 3 due Friday on D2L
  2. Study Clip Quiz 4 due Friday on D2L
  3. Study Clip Quiz 5 due Friday on D2L

 

Week 6         Camerawork /Editing

Monday, February 13

Reading: FA12 Chapter 6 (216-219)
***VIEW THE PIANO BEFORE MONDAY'S CLASS***
View: The Piano on D2L (Jane Campion, 1993, New Zealand; 121 min.) (Study Guide)
Online Video Lectures:

4.1 - 4.4 on Camerawork in The Piano and
1.1 - 1.2 on Editing on D2L

Wednesday, February 15

Reading: FA12 Chapter 6 on Continuity Editing (219-252)
Online Video Lectures:

1.3 - 1.6 on Editing on D2L
Study Aids: 1. Study Clip Quiz 6 due Friday on D2L
  2. Study Clip Quiz 7 due Friday on D2L

 

Week 7         Editing

Monday, February 20

Reading: FA12 Chapter 6 on Alternatives to Continuity Editing (252-262)
Online Video Lectures: 2.1 - 2.4 on D2L

Wednesday, February 22

View: Lola Rennt (Run Lola Run) on D2L (Tom Tykwer, 1999, Germany; 81 min.) (Study Guide)
Online Video Lectures: 3.2 - 3.3 on D2L
Study Aids: 1. Study Clip Quiz 8 due Friday on D2L
  2. Study Clip Quiz 9 due Friday on D2L
Section 2 Study Clip Quizzes 3-9 expire Friday at 11:59pm.
** NOTE: Study Clip Quizzes 1-9 comprise half of your midterm grade.

 

Week 8         Sound & Sound Design

Monday, February 27

Midterm Grades posted on the DUCK early this week.
(Note that this grade does not include Quiz 2 or Study Clip Quiz 10; it includes only Quiz 0, Quiz 1, and Study Clip Quizs 1-9, which comprises 20% of your final course grade. See our Assignments page for full details.)
Reading: FA12 Chapter 7
Online Video Lectures: 1.1 - 1.4 on D2L

Wednesday, March 1

View: Singin' in the Rain on D2L (Gene Kelly/Stanley Donen, 1952, US; 103 min.) (Study Guide)
Online Video Lectures: 2.1 - 2.3 on D2L
Study Aids: 1. Study Clip Quiz 10 due Friday on D2L

Thursday, March 2

Quiz 2

25-minute quiz on D2L
Available 12:00am - 11:59pm
**Requires Respondus Lockdown Browser and Webcam Monitor**
Covers all material from Section 2

Course Withdrawal deadline on Friday

 

Week 9        Spring Break

Monday, March 6 - Wednesday, March 8

No class meetings during Spring Break

 

Week 10       Film Analysis Review / Midterm Exam

Monday, March 13

Reading: FA12 Chapter 8, skim Ch. 11
Online Video Lectures: 1.1-1.4 on D2L includes Midterm Review
***VIEW GET OUT BEFORE MONDAY'S CLASS/VIEWING VIDEO LECTURES***
View: Get Out on D2L (Jordan Peele, 2017, US; 104 min.) (Study Guide)
Study Aids: 1. Study Clip Quiz 11 due the night before the Midterm Exam on D2L
2. Midterm Review Practice Clip Videos & Lecture Videos 1.1-1.3 on D2L
Covers terminology to date & analysis of film techniques in Get Out (HINT: This is a GREAT midterm review!)
Review session is also optionally available during on-campus review session whenever the course is offered on-campus

Remaining Section 2 Study Clip Quizzes 10-11 expire the night before the Midterm Exam.

Wednesday, March 15

MIDTERM EXAM ON D2L
Available 12:00am - 11:59pm
**Requires Respondus Lockdown Browser and Webcam Monitor**
Covers all material from Sections 1-2

 

SECTION 3

Week 11        The Avant-garde & Experimental Filmmaking

Monday, March 20

Reading: FA12 pages 371-400
Online Video Lectures: 1.1 - 1.4 on D2L

Wednesday, March 22

View: Avant-garde short films & classroom discussion of each on D2L. Total screening time: 142 min. (Study Guide)
Online Video Lectures: 2.1 - 2.3 on D2L
Study Aids: 1. Study Clip Quiz 12 due Friday on D2L

 

Week 12        Documentary

Monday, March 27

Reading: FA12 pages 352-371 and 434-443
Online Video Lectures: 1.1 - 1.4 on D2L

Wednesday, March 29

View: Nuit et brouillard (Night & Fog) on D2L (Alain Resnais, 1955, France; 31 min.) (Study Guide)
Online Video Lectures: 2.1 - 2.4 on D2L
Study Aids: 1. Study Clip Quiz 13 due Friday on D2L

 

Week 13        Italian Neo-Realism, French New Wave, & Art Cinema

Monday, April 3

Reading: FA12 pages 479-484 and 420-424
Online Video Lectures: 1.1 - 1.4 on D2L

Wednesday, April 5 

View: A bout de souffle (Breathless) on D2L (Jean-Luc Godard, 1960, France; 89 min.) (Study Guide)
Online Video Lectures: 2.1 - 2.4 on D2L
Study Aids: 1. Study Clip Quiz 14 due the night before Quiz 3 on D2L

Section 3 Study Clip Quizzes expire the night before Quiz 3.

Thursday, April 6
Quiz 3

25-minute quiz on D2L
Available 12:00am - 11:59pm
**Requires Respondus Lockdown Browser and Webcam Monitor**
Covers all material from Section 3

 

SECTION 4

Week 14        Classical Hollywood Genres & Ideology

Monday, April 10

Reading: FA12 Chapter 9
Online Video Lectures: 1.1-1.4 on D2L

Wednesday, April 12  

View: Bringing Up Baby streaming via YouTube link on D2L (Howard Hawks, 1938, US; 102 min.) (Study Guide)
Online Video Lectures: 2.1 - 2.4 on D2L
Study Aids: 1. Study Clip Quiz 15 due Friday on D2L
  2. Study Clip Quiz 16 due Friday on D2L

Week 15         Genre Transformation & Ideology

Monday, April 17

Reading: FA12 pp. 484-490
  Online: John Cawelti, “Chinatown & Generic Transformation” on D2L
Online Video Lectures: 1.1 - 1.4 on D2L

Wednesday, April 19

View: Chinatown on D2L (Roman Polanski, 1974, US; **135 min.**) (Study Guide)
Online Video Lectures: 2.1 - 2.2 on D2L
And also Ideology Lectures 1.1 - 1.2 on D2L
Study Aids: 1. Study Clip Quiz 17 due Thursday on D2L

 

Week 16         Ideology & Cultural Criticism

Monday, April 24

Reading: 1. FA12 pages 490-494 and 3 Short Articles Online:
2. John Leo, “Fumanchu on Naboo”,
3. David Wong, "5 Ways You Don't Realize that Movies are Controling Your Brain", and
4. J.F. Sargent, "5 Prejudices in the Movies"
Online Video Lectures: 1.2 - 1.6 on D2L
Study Aids: 1. Study Clip Quiz 17 due Friday on D2L

Wednesday, April 26

View for Monday: The Matrix on D2L (The Wachowskis, 1999, US; **136** min.) (Study Guide)
Online Video Lectures: 2.1 - 2.6 on D2L
Study Aids: 1. Study Clip Quiz 18 due Friday on D2L
  2. Study Clip Quiz 19 due Friday on D2L
  3. Optional: Final Exam Review with Dr. B in UC 272 whenever the course is offered on campus
Online course evaluations on the DUCK this week
Section 4 Study Clip Quizzes expire the night before the Final Exam.

 

Final Exam Review (Optional)

Review videos on D2L
OR
Optional in-person review session with Dr. B on Wednesday, April 26 at 11:15am in UC 272
Bring your questions and we'll do some practice clips too.

Final Exam is ONLINE ON D2L Monday, May 1

Required Final Exam ONLINE ON D2L:

Monday, May 1 on D2L
Available 12am - 11:59pm
**Requires Respondus Lockdown Browser and Webcam Monitor**

Exam covers all material from Sections 1-4, with an emphasis on Sections 3-4