Screenings: Mo 18-21 Uhr, DOR 24, 1.501 This exercise (Übung) will offer the opportunity to discuss classical American movie from the 1900s to the 1990s and the techniques of movie making (filmic devices) in a fairly systematic manner: which shot types are there? What are the classical camera angles? What is point of view in movies? Which camera movements are there and what do they do? Which editing styles are there? What do color and lighting effect? How do we actually perceive a movie? You will discuss these techniques and the historical, social and ideological backgrounds of the movies viewed in a group of students (together with MA students or an instructor). The objective of the class is twofold: to repeat key moments in American cultural history with the help of Hollywood movie production and to explore the aesthetic devices used in the medium. Please sign up for your class on lists posted on the blackboard opposite room 2010 after March 21, 2011. No registration through Agnes or Moodle! Reading and Viewing: · We offer film screenings of the movies discussed each Monday from 6 to 9 PM (depending on the length of the movie) in room 501 (Dorotheenstraße 24). · Richard Barsam and Dave Monahan, Looking at Movies, New York: Norton, 2009. The book will be on reserve in the department library (you don't need to buy it). There will also be a reader with excerpts from the text available at Sprintout (S-Bahn Bögen) by April 1st. Course Requirements: · Brief presentation of film sequence on a specific technical topic (cuts, shots, narration, etc.) and completion of an Annotated Shot Sequence (2 pages) from a movie of your choice. |
