|
Course Policies |
Cultural Mythology, or Society on Film
|
| August |
|
| 15 |
Introduction
to course, policies, etc. |
| 20 |
Mythmaking
and Film |
| Reading:
Seger, "Creating the Myth" |
|
| 22 |
Just Do
It |
| Reading: Bordo, "Braveheart, Babe and the Contemporary
Body" |
|
| 27 |
Class Act |
| Reading:
Parenti, "Class and Virtue" |
|
| Film: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Jackson, 2002) | |
| Film Terms
and How to Read Films |
|
| 29 |
Film: The
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Jackson, 2002) |
| Concept Quiz #1 | |
| Septembe |
Audiences and Viewing Pleasures
|
| 3 |
LABOR DAY - No Classes |
| 5 | Film: The
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Jackson, 2002) |
| Introduce Audience Survey Project | |
| 10 |
Who's Watching
and Why |
| Reading:
Anschutz, "Whatever Happened to the Family Film?"; McNicoll, "A World of Digital
Dim Sum" |
|
| 12 |
Surveying
an Audience |
| Reading: Wells,
"Introduction" to The Horror Genre |
|
| 17 |
Influencing
an Audience |
| Reading: Snyder, "Movies and Juvenile Delinquency: An
Overview" |
|
| 19 |
Film:
Menace II Society (Hughes,
1993) |
| 24 |
Film: Menace II Society (Hughes, 1993) |
| Concept Quiz #2 | |
| 26 |
Production, Distribution,
and Exhibition |
| Reading:
Lane, "I Want Gross" |
October
|
|
The Film Industry
|
|
| 1 |
Audience Survey Due/Presentations |
| 3 |
Audience Survey Due/Presentations |
| 8 |
Corporate Hollywood and Monopolies |
| Reading: Gitlin, "Under the Sign of Mickey Mouse & Co" | |
| 8th = LAST DAY to withdraw with grade of W | |
| 10 | How It's
Done |
| Reading: Wiese, "10 Tips to Market and Promote
Your Independent Film"; New Line
Cinema |
|
| 15 |
Reading: Bellafante, "Making a Film By Ballot" |
| In-class Screening: Jaws trailer, etc. (Spieldberg, 1975) | |
| Introduce Marketing Research Project | |
| 17 |
The Global Marketplace |
|
Reading:
Bamzai, "Soft Power, Hard Sell"; Pearson, "H'Wood Speaks to Middle Class" |
|
| 22 |
Writing Workshop - Research Day |
| Proposal Form Due |
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| |
|
| 24 |
Conferences |
| 29 |
Battling Hollywood |
| Reading: Riambau,
"Public Money and Private Business" |
|
| 31 | Indian Diaspora |
| Reading: Chute, Review of Monsoon Wedding | |
| Film: Monsoon Wedding (Nair, 1998) |