Monday –
Finish Meet Me in St. Louis
Tuesday –
North By Northwest (136) DVD
Thursday-
Finish North By Northwest
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WK6
Monday – (Musicals)
Casablanca
Tuesday –
Alfred Hitchcock Shorts
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
Thursday –
Singing In the Rain (143)
WK5
Monday –
His Girl Friday
Tuesday –
Finish His Girl Friday
Critique in notebook
Start:
Shadow of a Doubt – Hitchcock(112)
Thursday –
Finish Shadow of a Doubt – Hitchcock(112)
Critique in Notebook
39 Steps
Check out: Rear Window (Hitchcock)
Start : Casablanca
WK 4
Monday –
Citizen Kane – Welles (119) DVD
Tuesday –
Finish CK
Critique in notebook
Thursday –
His Girl Friday – Hawks (92) downloaded
HIS GIRL FRIDAY (1940) from HNetwork on Vimeo.
WK3
Monday –
Nosferatu Murnau(93)
Tuesday –
Nosferatu Murnau (93) Finish
Thursday –
Week 2
Monday-
The Immigrant –
CRITIQUE:
What is the film about in a paragraph or two?
What did you like about the film?
What didn’t you like?
Why was this film considered important at the time?
Tuesday-
Easy Street (19) – https://youtu.be/KxZcgpG1Gqg
Modern Times(87)
Thursday –
Finish Modern Times(87) (Amazon)
Ending(https://vimeo.com/82962957)
Critique in Notebook
WK1
Wednesday–
Roll
Introduction:
Syllabus: film-appreciation-syllabus
Permission Forms: All films rated PG-13 and lower
Attendance – Need to be here miss = 0
Critiques
Class Ambassador Program
Talking Points
Notebooks – Stay in class
Fred Ott’s Sneeze (Edison kinetoscopic record of a sneeze, January 7, 1894)
Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat (1897)
The Whole Dam Family And Dam Dog (1905)
Black Diamond Express (1896)
The Great Train Robbery – (Directed by Edwin S. Porter. 11 min. Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1903.) – Watch
Friday-
A Beast at Bay – (Directed by D. W. Griffith. 14 min. 1912.) – Watch
Lonely Villa – (Directed by D. W. Griffith. 7 min. 1909.) Watch
The Musketeers of Pig Alley – (Directed by D. W. Griffith. 17 min. 1912.) – Watch
THofPA HD
Cops (Directed by Buster Keaton. 18 min. First National Pictures, Inc., 1922.) – Watch
Cops HD
The General
Weekly Critique-In provided notebook (Leave in class)
PLEASE WATCH – A Good primer on writing a critique.
The essentials of a good movie review should comprise of the following
(From helpwithassignment.com)
The first essential and obvious step is to watch the movie. Sometimes some movies have to be watched a number of times in order to fully understand them. While watching a movie one should take down notes of the important scenes, conversations from the movie. This is an essential step as there is a chance that one might forget about an important scene from the movie.
Give the name, the director, the lead actors and the genre details of the movie. The skill of the director in handling the movie, the acting skills displayed by the lead actors in the movie and their prior works and achievements has to be mentioned.
In order that a good review should come out try giving your personal opinion about the movie as well. This will make your essay unique. Giving personal opinions about movies or books is always welcome, but do not forget that if personal opinions are to be avoided, avoid them.
Mention some details about the plot of the movie. Briefly describe about how the movie begins, how the movie takes off, how the pace of the movie is and how it ends. Just be brief and do not try getting into too many details. Just two paragraphs will suffice.
Mention about the technical aspects of the movie like the visual design, special effects, the screenplay, the camera work, the lighting, etc. If the movie is based on real story then mention how accurate the movie is chronologically regarding the events.
Try and compare the movie with similar movies. There will be a greater chance of critical evaluation once the movie is compared with similar movies.
The last step is editing and proof reading what you have written. Editing and proof reading is important as there is always a scope for improvement.
