UNIVERSITY
ANTHROPOLOGY
U1 50823 ANTHRO 106 CULTURE THROUGH FILM
Location: Thompson 104 Time:6:30PM 10:30PM Days: Tue
Instructor: Harper,Krista M
Location: TBA Time:10:10AM 11:00AM Days: Wed Instructor: TBA
Location: TBA Time:11:15AM 12:05PM Days: Wed Instructor: TBA
Location: TBA Time:9:05AM 9:55AM Days: Wed Instructor: TBA
Location: TBA Time:1:25PM 2:15PM Days: Thu Instructor: TBA
Location: TBA Time:9:05AM 9:55AM Days: Thu Instructor: TBA
Location: TBA Time:10:10AM 11:00AM Days: Thu Instructor: TBA
Location: TBA Time:4:40PM 5:30PM Days: Thu Instructor: TBA
Location: TBA Time:7:00PM 7:50PM Days: Thu Instructor: TBA
Location: TBA Time:12:20PM 1:10PM Days: Thu Instructor: TBA
Location: TBA Time:10:10AM 11:00AM Days: Fri Instructor: TBA
Location: TBA Time:11:15AM 12:05PM Days: Fri Instructor: TBA
Location: TBA Time:9:05AM 9:55AM Days: Fri Instructor: TBA
Exploration of different societies and cultures, and of the field of
cultural anthropology through the medium of film. Ethnographic and documentary
films; focus on gender roles, ethnicity, race, class, religion, politics,
and social change.
U1 55522 ANTHRO 106 CULTURE THROUGH FILM B LEC
Location: Grayson 104 Time:6:30PM 10:30PM Days: Thu
Instructor: Page,Helan-Enoch
Open to Orchard Hill & Central area freshmen only. See course
description above.
U1 59495 ANTHRO 306 VISUAL ANTHROPOLOGY 01 LEC
Location: TBA Time:2:30PM 3:45PM Days: Tue Thu
Instructor: Urla,Jacqueline L
U1 59496 ANTHRO 306 VISUAL ANTHROPOLOGY L01 LAB
Location: TBA Time: TBA Instructor: TBA
This course examines the politics and poetics of visual representation
in the field of anthropology, focusing primarily, but not exclusively,
on the moving image. Many of us have our first exposure to individuals
from cultures other than their own through visual images – film, photography,
and tv. In this class, we will be critically examining how information
about cultural diversity is conveyed through visual images and the historical
contexts and theoretical frameworks that have shaped the various ways in
which “exotic” peoples were put on display, we will look at the implicit
evolutionary paradigms that informed early uses of photography for classifying
racial types. From there, we will turn to a survey of classic and contemporary
ethnographic film. Students will be asked to examine a variety of
documentary, observational, and experimental styles in both ethnographic
film and “indigenous media”, and to consider how relations of power and
authority are embodied in both form and content. We will also look
at recent attempts by native peoples to produce their own television and
video as a way of resisting western-imposed media and protecting a sense
of their cultural identities. Our overall goal will be to better
understand how and under what conditions visual images contribute to anthropology’s
project of fostering meaningful cross-cultural communication. Attendance,
journal, exams. Prerequisite: ANTH 104 or 106 or consent of instructor.
ART
U1 50967 ART 230 PHOTOGRAPHY I 1 STS
Location: Bartlett 51 Time:8:00AM 10:45AM Days: Tue Thu
Instructor: Bowler,Kristen Pamela
U1 50968 ART 230 PHOTOGRAPHY I 2 STS
Location: Bartlett 51 Time:11:15AM 2:10PM Days: Tue Thu
Instructor: Signore,Victor R.
This course is open to Undergraduate ART, BFA, BFA ED, and BFADES majors
only.
Introduction to photographic tools and methods. The balance between
self-inquiry and the importance of process and materials as vehicles of
meaning. Theory explored through class critiques and slide presentations.
Photography examined and discussed both from a personal point of view and
in its wider cultural context.
U1 50969 ART 231 PHOTOGRAPHY II 1 STS
Location: Bartlett 51 Time:9:05AM 3:00PM Days: Fri
Instructor: Poirier,Cynthia D.
In-depth exploration of techniques and materials including zone system,
large format, and non-silver processes. Slide lectures, discussions, and
readings. Prerequisite: ART 230 or consent of instructor
U1 50977 ART 271 INT COMP IN FINE ART 1 STS
Location: FineArtCtr 444 Time:1:25PM 4:10PM Days: Mon Fri Instructor:
Claveloux,Eileen Undergraduate, Graduate students with majors in
ART, BFA, BFA-ED, or BFADES only. Historical overview of the development
of computer art and the significant events leading to the development of
the field. Projects include hands-on experience with computer imaging for
use in the creation of fine art. Prerequisite: completion of foundation
courses or consent of instructor.
U1 50978 ART 271 INT COMP IN FINE ART 2 STS
Location: FineArtCtr 444 Time:1:25PM 4:10PM Days: Mon Wed Instructor:
Claveloux,Eileen
U1 58753 ART 297H ST-INTRO VISUAL CULTRURE 1 LEC
Location: TBA Time:9:05AM 11:05AM Days: Tue Thu
Instructor: Jahoda,Susan Eve
Visual culture can be roughly defined as material artifacts, buildings
and images, plus time-based media and performances, produced by human labor
and imagination. These serve practical functions, aesthetic, symbolic,
ritualistic or ideological ends and, to a significant extent, address the
sense of sight. The term Visual Culture Studies arises from a number
of interdisciplinary fields which include Critical Theory, Cultural Studies,
Deconstruction, Feminism, Film Studies, Media Studies, Political Economy,
Post-Colonial Studies, Post-Structuralism, Psychoanalytic Theory, Queer
Theory, Performance Studies, and Semiotics. Throughout the semester we
will touch upon theories from these various disciplines as a way to critically
understand what constitutes Visual Culture. Divided into a series of interconnected
sections including: Locating the Postmodern, Deconstruction, and The Emergence
of the "Subject" in Identity Politics, material will be examined through
lectures, readings, discussion, film and video screenings. It is
your responsibility to prepare the weekly readings for discussion, screen
the films and videos, complete exams and papers, and keep a notebook/journal
which includes notes and responses to each reading, and prepared questions
for discussion section.
U1 50982 ART 297Q ST-ANIMATION FDMTLS 1 STS
Location: FineArtCtr 439 Time:9:05AM 11:50AM Days: Tue Thu Instructor:
Benn,Janet A
With studio. Introduction to methods and techniques of animation,
as well as history of experimental film. Hands-on work with object,
sand, line, and clay animation among others. Basic audio and video
skills. Students develop projects of their own design resulting in a fully
edited videotape of their work. Pre-requisite: ART 271 or consent
of the instructor. Must have taken ART 271. Pre Requisite: Art 271
BFA "CG" Track majors only.
U1 50990 ART 375 ELCTRNC STILL PHOTOG 1 STS
Location: FineArtCtr 444 Time:11:15AM 2:15PM Days: Tue Thu Instructor:
TBA
This course is open to ART, BFA, and BFADES majors only.
With studio. Aspects of image processing in the context of electronic
still photography. Topics include: image acquisition, image enhancement,
image analysis, spatial and color transformation, image display and recording.
Students develop images and algorithms for display on various devices.
Prerequisites: ART 271 and ART 230 or consent of instructor.
U1 50995 ART 397J ST-ANIMATION II 1 STS
Location: FineArtCtr 447 Time:1:25PM 4:10PM Days: Mon Instructor:
Benn,Janet A
U1 56437 ART 397J ST-ANIMATION II L1 LAB
Location: FineArtCtr 447 Time:1:25PM 3:20PM Days: Wed Instructor:
Benn,Janet A
U1 58836 ART 397J ST-ANIMATION II L2 LAB
Location: FineArtCtr 447 Time:3:30PM 5:30PM Days: Wed Instructor:
Benn,Janet A
U1 59350 ART 497J ST-ADV VIDEO PRODUCTION 01 STS
Location: Machmer E-30D Time:1:25PM 5:25PM Days: Wed Instructor:
Miller,Elizabeth L.
(CROSSLISTED w/ COMM 497J see COMM course description) Application
process and instructor’s permission required. Beginning Monday 14
April 2003, applications are available in the Film Studies office, 101
South College. Tel. 545-3659. Application deadline is Friday
18 April 2003. Students will be selected to enroll from the applications
submitted. Course is open to Five College students. Course
capacity: 12
COMMUNICATION
U1 55579 COMM 240 MODES OF FILM COMM 1 LEC
Location: Herter 227 Time:9:30AM 10:45AM Days: Tue Thu
Instructor: Norden,Martin F
U1 55603 COMM 240 MODES OF FILM COMM L1 LAB
Location: Herter 227 Time:6:30PM 8:30PM Days: Tue
Instructor: Norden,Martin F
The nature and functions of film, including narrative and non-narrative
approaches to film communication. Topics will include: the components
of film expression (composition, movement, editing, sound, directing, and
acting); designs in screen narrative; film's relationship to other arts
and media; and its role as an instrument of social reflection and change.
This course is open to Communication majors only. (Course capacity
is 150) Note: a limited number of students who are NOT UMASS Communication
majors may add this course by completing an ADD form in the Film Studies
office in 101 South College.
U1 51697 COMM 296F Indstu-FILM FESTIVAL 1 IND
Location: SOM 137 Time:7:30PM 10:00PM Days: Wed Instructor: Ciecko,Anne
This is a 1-credit mandatory pass/fail course for participation in
the 11th Annual Massachusetts Multicultural Film Festival. You must attend
a minimum of 8 of the Festival presentations and complete a short response
paper on each program attended. Most events will be on Wednesdays, 7:30-10:00PM
at UMass, however, a few films will be presented at other Five College
campuses. For more detailed information, contact the Film Studies Office,
101 South College. Tel: 413-545-3659. The Festival begins Wed., Feb. 11.
331: PROGRAM PROCESS IN TELEVISION
U1 51699 COMM 331 Program Proc In Tv 1 LEC
Location: Machmer E-33 Time:1:25PM 2:15PM Days: Wed Instructor:
Maxcy,David J.
U1 56325 COMM 331 Program Proc In Tv L1 LAB
Location: SouthCollg 120 Time:1:25PM 4:25PM Days: Mon Instructor:
TBA
U1 56326 COMM 331 Program Proc In Tv L2 LAB
Location: TBA Time:9:05AM 12:05PM Days: Wed Instructor: TBA
U1 56327 COMM 331 Program Proc In Tv L3 LAB
Location: TBA Time:9:05AM 12:05PM Days: Fri Instructor: TBA
Course Director: David Maxcy, 120 South College
Lecture, studio. Introduction to concepts and techniques of television
production, through lectures, lab exercises, and guided production projects.
All 3 sections will meet together once a week for a 50-minute lecture with
the course director. Each section will then meet once
a week for a 3-hour lab session. (Course capacity is 36 Total/3 sections
@12). Course Eligibility*: Senior & Junior COMM majors
342: HISTORY OF FILM II
U1 51700 COMM 342 HISTORY OF FILM II 1 LEC
Location: Thompson 104 Time:2:30PM 3:45PM Days: Tue Instructor:
Anderson,Carolyn Location: SouthCollg 108 Time:9:05AM 9:55AM Days: Wed
Instructor: TBA
Location: SouthCollg 108 Time:10:10AM 11:00AM Days: Wed Instructor:
TBA
Location: SouthCollg 108 Time:11:15AM 12:05PM Days: Wed Instructor:
TBA
Location: SouthCollg 108 Time:12:20PM 1:10PM Days: Wed Instructor:
TBA
Location: SouthCollg 108 Time:1:25PM 2:15PM Days: Wed Instructor:
TBA
Location: Thompson 104 Time:4:00PM 6:00PM Days: Tue Instructor:
Anderson,Carolyn Anderson 308 Machmer
Lecture, screening, discussion. A survey of key events and representative
films that mark the history of motion pictures since 1950 world-wide.
In addition to identifying and providing access to major works, the course
is designed to facilitate the study of the various influences-- industrial,
technological, aesthetic, social, cultural, and political--that have shaped
the evolution of the medium, with a particular emphasis on film in the
United States. Three unit exams and 2 short papers. (Course
capacity is 125 Total/5 sections @ 25) Course Eligibility*: COMM
majors Course Notes: An honor’s colloquium will be offered
397T: SPECIAL TOPIC-CONTEMPORARY WORLD CINEMA
Ciecko 306 Machmer
U1 51716 COMM 397T ST-Cntmp Wrld Cinema 1 LEC
Location: Herter 227 Time:3:35PM 5:30PM Days: Mon Wed Instructor:
Ciecko,Anne T
Lecture & screenings. This course offers an overview of recent
narrative fiction feature filmmaking from Africa, the Middle East, Asia,
Latin America, and a variety of indigenous/diasporic cinemas. As we situate
and study cinema in national, transnational, and global contexts, we will
explore political, social, and economic circumstances that impact the production,
exhibition, marketing, distribution, and reception of films. We will address
the ways contemporary films construct images of nations, nationalism, and
national culture(s). Other issues to be considered include the following:
the relationship between cinema and discourses of development; the means
by which contemporary films are labeled art and/or entertainment for the
masses; the impact of new technologies; cultural and linguistic exchanges;
the rise of international co-productions; policies, funding, and the relationship
between governments and industries; the means by which films reach and
are received by different audiences; and the cultural value of stars, auteurs,
and genres. Feature films and clips will be regularly screened and analyzed
using tools of film criticism and cultural studies. The class will combine
lectures, screenings, discussions, group activities, and individual assignments.
(Course capacity is 150). Course Eligibility*:
Seniors & Juniors
433: ADVANCED TELEVISION PRODUCTION/DIRECTION
Maxcy 120 South College
U1 51735 COMM 433 Adv Tv Prod Direct 1 LEC
Location: SouthCollg 120 Time:11:15AM 3:15PM Days: Tue Instructor:
Maxcy,David J. U1 51736 COMM 433 Adv Tv Prod Direct L1
LAB
Location: SouthCollg 120 Time:1:00PM 3:00PM Days: Thu Instructor:
Maxcy,David J.
Lecture, Studio. Intensive workshop course in advanced
concepts and techniques of studio-based television production, with a focus
on the direction of live programs. Under the supervision
of the instructor, students will produce individual projects in a variety
of genres which will be aired on local cable television outlets.
(Course cap is 10) Course Eligibility*: Any Student Course Prerequisite:
COMM 331
441: PRINCIPLES AND TECHNIQUES OF FILM-STYLE PRODUCTION
Geisler 411 Machmer
U1 56264 COMM 441 Prin&Tech Film Styl 1 LEC
Location: SouthCollg 108 Time:2:30PM 6:30PM Days: Wed Instructor:
Geisler,Bruce H
Lecture, studio. A hands-on introduction to single-camera filmmaking
using 16mm film cameras and/or video camcorders (electronic field production)
and non-linear (computer-based) editing. Students will learn concepts of
pre-production, shot composition, lighting, visual storytelling, continuity
editing, and production & post production audio as they plan, shoot
and edit exercises and complete projects. A "real world" editing
project may also be included. (Course capacity is 12). Course Eligibility*:
Application process and permission of instructor is required. Students
cannot add this course through SPIRE.
Course Prerequisite: Application process and permission of instructor
is required. Course Notes: Tuesday, November 4, 2003, applications
will be available outside Professor Geisler’s office, Machmer 411.
Application deadline is Tuesday, November 18, 2003. Students will
be selected to enroll from the applications submitted. Preference
is given to COMM Seniors. COMM 297D highly recommended. This course was
formerly numbered and titled COMM 341-Principles and Techniques of Filmmaking.
Students who have already taken COMM 341 cannot take this course.
444: FILM STYLES AND GENRES: SCREEN SATIRE
Stromgren 412 Machmer
U1 55891 COMM 444 Film Styles & Genres 1 LEC
Location: SouthCollg 108 Time:4:00PM 5:45PM Days: Tue Thu Instructor:
Stromgren,Richard LLecture, discussion. The nature and function of
screen satire in theory, and practice. Focus on how irony, parody,
spoof, caricature, and other forms of comic wit have been employed by key
directors in satiric observations of social institutions, practices, and
thought. Requirements: class reports, individual research projects,
and 2 exams. (Course capacity is 25)Course Eligibility*:
Senior & Junior COMM majors
Course Prerequisite: COMM 240 or COMM 340 or consent of instructor.
493E: SEMINAR-SCREENWRITING
Norden 409 Machmer
U1 51737 COMM 493E Sem-Screenwriting 1 SEM
Location: SouthCollg 108 Time:2:30PM 3:45PM Days: Tue Thu Instructor:
Norden,Martin FLecture, discussion. An examination of the art, craft,
and business of screenwriting from theoretical and practical perspectives.
Topics included: the nature of screenplay formats and structures; creation
and development of premise, plot, character, and action; scene writing;
adaptation issues; place of the screenwriter in the collaborative process
of filmmaking; and marketing strategies. The focus will be on scriptwriting
for storytelling movies and, to a limited extent, TV programs. In-class
activities will include exercises in visual thinking, scene analyses, and
staged readings. Written work will include several screenwriting
projects. (Course capacity is 20)Course Eligibility*:
Senior COMM majors
493F: SEMINAR-FILM DOCUMENTARY
Geisler 411 Machmer
U1 58797 COMM 493F Sem-Film Documentary 1 SEM
Location: SouthCollg 108 Time:2:30PM 3:45PM Days: Tue Thu Instructor:
Geisler,Bruce H
Lecture, discussion. This course combines critical analysis with
a hands-on introduction to producing a documentary. Students will
view analyze, and critique all or part of fifteen works by filmmakers from
Robert Flaherty (“Nanook of the North”) to Michael Moore (“Bowling for
Columbine”), to further their understanding of the documentarian’s craft
and art. Students will also do pre-production (research and scripting)
on their own short documentary, along with shorter hands-on exercises in
writing narration, interview techniques, use of archival sources, etc.
(Course capacity is 20). Course Eligibility*: Senior
& Junior COMM majors. Course Prerequisite: COMM 240 or
COMM 297D or COMM 340 or COMM 342 or COMM 493E or consent of instructor.
497J: SPECIAL TOPIC-ADVANCED VIDEO PRODUCTION
Miller (5-College)
U1 51741 COMM 497J ST-Adv Video Prodctn 1 LEC
Location: Machmer E-30D Time:1:25PM 5:25PM Days: Wed Instructor:
Miller,Elizabeth L.
Lecture, studio. This advanced video production course is open to five
college students who have a solid understanding of basic video production.
In a seminar/studio environment, students will have an opportunity to explore
advanced aspects of the medium including proposal development/fundraising,
digital editing, sound recording, advanced cinematography, and distribution
for finished work. Through in-class critiques and the viewing and discussion
of film and video, students will look and think critically about the construction
of the moving image and the creative use of sound. Weekly screenings
and readings will be geared towards documentary work but will also include
video art to explore a range of visual strategies and aesthetic approaches
to video making. Application process and permission of instructor
required. (Course capacity for COMM students is 4). Course
Eligibility*: Application process and permission of instructor is
required. Students cannot add this course through SPIRE. Course
Prerequisite: Application process and permission of instructor is
required. Course Notes: Beginning Tuesday, November 4, 2003,
applications are available in the Film Studies Office, 101 South College
(TEL: 545-3659), UMASS. Application deadline is Friday, November
21, 2003. Students will be selected to enroll from the applications
submitted. Students selected to enroll in COMM 497J/ART 497J must
also register for COMM 296F: Indstu-Film Festival (1-credit, Mandatory
Pass/Fail course). Limited course capacity. Course is
cross-listed with ART 497J.
497N: SPECIAL TOPIC–ASIAN POPULAR CINEMA
Ciecko 306 Machmer
U1 58801 COMM 497N ST-Asian Pop Cinema 1 LEC
Location: SouthCollg 108 Time:6:00PM 9:30PM Days: Tue Instructor:
Ciecko,Anne T
Lecture, discussion, screening. This course studies popular cinema
from Asia and the Asian diasporas, with a special emphasis on questions
of genre and gender. Focusing primarily on specific contextual issues of
production, exhibition, distribution, and reception, our study of narrative
fiction feature films will be comparative, cross-cultural, and interdisciplinary.
Film genres to be considered include the following: historical epic/biopic;
musicals (including Hindi “masala” movies), comedy, melodrama, romance,
martial arts/ swordplay/ samurai films, horror and thriller, sci-fi and
fantasy (especially Japanese anime), urban gangster/action films, and “exploitation”
genres. Critical and theoretical course readings from film studies and
cultural studies will likely deal with questions of the national, transnational,
and global; audience/reception studies; stardom and fan culture; feminism,
gender studies, and queer theory; genre studies; auteur theory; Asia/Pacific/America
studies; postcolonialism and issues of “hybridity”; theories of globalization
and diaspora. (Course capacity is 10). Course Eligibility*:
Senior and Junior COMM majors or permission of instructor is required.
Course Notes: There are no specific prerequisites but some background
in film studies and/or cultural theory is recommended.
593D: SEMINAR-ADVANCED SCREENWRITING
Geisler 411 Machmer
U1 58804 COMM 593D S-Advanced Screenwriting 1 LEC
Location: SouthCollg 108 Time:11:15AM 12:30PM Days: Tue Thu Instructor:
Geisler,Bruce H
Lecture, discussion. Building upon the concepts learned in the
introductory course, (COMM 493E – Screenwriting Seminar), this class will
involve an intensive workshop environment where students receive continuing,
in-depth feedback on their work in progress, as they strive for professional
competence in feature-length theatrical screenwriting or writing for episodic
television. Two professional screenplays and the films or shows produced
from them will also be analyzed as students delve deeper into the writer’s
art and craft. Students will complete either 60 pages of a feature
length motion picture screenplay or a complete episode for an existing
dramatic T.V. show, or two episodes for a current sitcom. (Course
capacity is 20)Course Eligibility*: Senior COMM majors Course prerequisite:
COMM 493E or another college-level screenwriting course or permission of
the instructor.
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
U1 51651 COMP-LIT 381 Slfre Avant-Grd Film 1 LEC
Location: Herter 231 Time:3:35PM 7:00PM Days: Mon Instructor:
Levine,Don Eric
Location: TBA Time:2:30PM 3:45PM Days: Tue Instructor: TBA
Location: TBA Time:2:30PM 3:45PM Days: Tue Instructor: TBA
Location: TBA Time:4:00PM 5:15PM Days: Tue Instructor: TBA
Location: TBA Time:7:00PM 8:15PM Days: Tue
Explores modern origin of film experimentation in avant-garde modes
such as Expressionism, Surrealism, and contemporary results of this heritage.
Trying to determine if film is the most resolutely modern of the media,
we’ll look at cinema as the result of two obsessive concerns: 1) the poetic,
dreamlike, and fantastic, 2) the factual, realistic, and socially critical
or anarchistic. Thus, we’ll attempt to discover how modern culture deals
with avant-garde imperatives to always “make it new.” Films and film-makers
such as Breathless (Godard). Lang, My Own Private Idaho, The American Soldier
(Fassbinder), others. Requirements: one 5 page paper for the midterm, ten
page final paper or project; attendance.
U1 58956 COMP-LIT 381H Slfre Avant-Grd Film 1 LEC
Location: Herter 231 Time:3:35PM 7:00PM Days: Mon Instructor:
Levine,Don Eric U1 58957 COMP-LIT 381H Slfre Avant-Grd
Film D1 DIS
Location: TBA Time:2:30PM 5:30PM Days: Tue Instructor: TBA
We apply ourselves to the problem of vision as an acquired skill, learning
to distinguish the ways Hollywood normative cinema has constructed a visual
language which we accept, uncritically, as how reality appears on the screen.
This language is examined- how what it presents differs from what we see
with the “naked” eye and how it, in turn, forms what we see (what we can
see, what we look for) in the world. Various types of avant-garde film
are examined so that we come to imagine how it might be otherwise (films
by directors such as Dreyer, Lang, Man Ray, Buñuel, Vertov, Godard,
Fassbinder, Egoyah, Van Sant). Student attend a large lecture and film
screening (once a week) and, the next day an intensive seminar-style section
of 2-3 hours. Here we present and discuss new material, some from readings,
and, occasionally, screening of additional films and film clips. The course
is incremental and there is thus an absolute attendance requirement. There
will be a take-home mid-term essay (5 pages) and final essay (10 pages),
a two-page scene analysis, and an approved self-directed project. This
course differs from ComLit 381 in the length of the section (2-3 hours
per week instead of 75 minutes), extra work-load and additional readings.
Recommended only for students (at all levels) who have been interested
in film. There is a required hands on film-making colloquium for one extra
credit- a total of 5 credits. Limited space- priority to Honors students.
Note: Wait list students should attend 1st class.
U1 58966 COMP-LIT H06 Hnrs Col Comlit 381H 1 SEM
Location: TBA Time:2:30PM 4:30PM Days: Thu Instructor: Levine,Don
Eric
Students must also be enrolled in COMLIT 381H. In this 1-credit hands-on
studio component to COMLIT 381H, the aim is to investigate aspects of film
(such as shot formation, camera movement, editing approaches) by making
a series of short films. Students will collaboratively a range of expressive
possibilities on video. Working in groups of three or four, students will
alternate roles of writer/director, camera person, editor, etc. in constructing
brief scenes. No experience necessary.
U1 51656 COMP-LIT 382 Cinema And Psyche 1 LEC
Location: SOM 137 Time:3:35PM 6:35PM Days: Mon Instructor: Portuges,Catherine
Location: TBA Time:2:30PM 3:20PM Days: Tue Instructor: TBA
Location: TBA Time:2:30PM 3:20PM Days: Tue Instructor: TBA
Location: TBA Time:4:00PM 4:50PM Days: Tue Instructor: TBA
Location: TBA Time:4:00PM 4:50PM Days: Tue Instructor: TBA
An exploration of the intersections between cinema and psychological
interpretation, the course concerns the psychodynamics of reading visual
texts produced in different cultures, languages, and national traditions.
This semester's focus is on comparative representations of childhood, family,
gender, and war in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, and the West. Among
our considerations are the following: how do individual directors represent
history and national identity? in what ways do spectators from different
cultural milieux and historical moments understand those representations?
what are the psychological consequences of encountering powerful images
from cultures other than one's own? How do psychoanalytic perspectives
enable us to 'read' the cinematic constructions of childhood experience,
especially when portrayed in situations of trauma and wartime upheaval?
Based on close reading of films, theoretical and critical essays, and interviews,
our work aims to examine the often-unconscious resistances and 'mis-readings'
that accompany the increasingly international world of cinema. Requirements:
Attendance; a brief oral exercise; mid-term paper, final paper
U1 51662 COMP-LIT 391A S- Spirit Cinema:E/W 1 LEC
Location: TBA Time:2:30PM 3:20PM Days: Wed Instructor: Dienes,Laszlo
U1 51661 COMP-LIT 391A S- Spirit Cinema:E/W L1 LAB
Location: TBA Time:7:00PM 10:00PM Days: Tue Instructor: Dienes,Laszlo
An introduction to spiritual cinema, its theme and characteristics,
from early to modern masters. In the context of a brief look at the
cinematic achievements of such filmmakers as Bergman, Bresson, Kurosawa,
Mizoguchi, Pasolini, Fellini and their philosophy of film as a spiritual
art. We will focus on the art and times of the Russian film director,
Audrey Tarkovsky. Of interest to students in Comparative Literature,
Film, English, Art, Philosophy, History, Religion, and Russian Studies.
No prerequisites, other than an open mind and a genuine interest in filmmaking
that is unlike any other. No prior familiarity with the work of these
directors is required. Comparative Literature and Russian majors and graduate
students will be expected to do some research in a foreign language.
(SAME AS ENGLISH 391E)
U1 56416 COMP-LIT 499D Capstone Course 1 IND Open
Location: Herter 231 Time:3:35PM 7:00PM Days: Mon Instructor:
Levine,Don Eric Location: TBA Time:2:30PM 5:30PM Days: Tue
Instructor: TBA
Location: TBA Time:2:30PM 4:30PM Days: Thu Instructor: TBA
(SEE Description of Complit 381H)
Graduate Class
U1 18753 COMP-LIT 694A S-FASSBINDER&GODARD AND MELODRAMA
1 SEM Capacity:15
Location: Herter 211 Time:2:30PM 6:30PM Days: Wed Instructor:
Levine,Don Eric
What were Godard’s early films for Fassbinder? Instead of rejecting
the most influential avant-garde filmmaker of the sixties, Fassbinder adopted
Godard as father. Yet, this fathering was a highly selective progeneration.
What does the juxtaposition of these filmmakers reveal and conceal- and
not only about Fassbinder’s films, since we cannot see those of Godard
without having our past viewings of Fassbinder films in our heads. Fassbinder
sets us on track with two remarks: “Godard believes that film is the truth
24 frames per second, while I believe film is the lie 25 frames per second,”
and “Both Godard and I despise our characters.” The course will raise theoretical
issues of spectatorship, tone (irony, distanciation, citation) gender,
genre, while being firmly grounded in the formal analysis of filmic text;
the construction of the filmic text and its “meaning,” and the destruction
of subject by means of abysmal structures (mises-en
abyme, structural, or metaphoric infinite regresses); Fassbinder’s
ideological fatigue and complex sexual politics, Godard’s political innocence
(which is not the same as naivete), his cinematic energy amidst his films’
increasing cultural despair. Qualified Undergraduates by permission only.
Please leave a message including your name, Spire ID, class year, major,
and contact info for Prof. Levine in Comparative Literature dept (S. College)
to enroll. Prerequisites: familiarity with film theory and discourse, preferably
by at least two courses in film analysis. Course meets as intensive seminar,
once a week for 4 hours. Films selected from: Why Does Herr R. Run Amok
& Breathless; American Soldier & Les Carabiniers; The Bitter
Tears of Petra Von Kant & Une Femme Mariee; Effie Briest & Vivre
sa Vie; Beware of the Holy Whore and Contempt.
ENGLISH
U1 59377 ENGLISH 391E S-Spiritual Cinema: E/W 01 SEM
Location: TBA Time:2:30PM 3:20PM Days: Wed Instructor: Dienes,Laszlo
U1 59378 ENGLISH 391E S-Spiritual Cinema: E/W L01 LAB
Location: TBA Time:7:00PM 10:00PM Days: Tue Instructor: Dienes,Laszlo
(Same as Complit 391A)
Related ENGLISH courses: (will NOT count towards UMASS film certificate)
ENGLISH 291B-Lab SHAKESPEARE ON FILM 59628 Instructor: K. Farrell
W 7:00 - 9:30 pm
A film series which screens performances of Shakespeare's plays once
a week. For students enrolled in English 221. Students in 221 who sign
up for the series receive 1 credit, and may arrange with the instructors
to do some Independent writing about Shakespeare and film for further credit.
Students not in 221 may add the course for 1 or more credits with permission
of the instructor.
ENGLISH 297G EXPERIMENTAL WRITING WORKSHOP 59371 Instructor: D. Coudriet
& K. Westhoff Tu 4:00 - 6:30 pm
Mandatory Pass/Fail 3-credit course. Screenwriting and Film as Narrative
Art. It is no news that Hollywood films are often crafted around a what-will-sell
formula. But at what cost to the creative process of screenwriting? This
workshop-intended for the beginning screenwriter-will seek first to define
the "formula" and then to demonstrate ways in which the narrative art,
subversion, and creativity may still be possible in screenwriting.
GERMAN
U1 56937 GERMAN 270 FROM GRIMM TO DISNEY 01 LEC
Location: Thompson 102 Time:4:00PM 5:15PM Days: Tue Thu
Instructor: Cocalis,Susan L
The Brothers Grimm fairy tales, first collected in the early 19th century
and including such well-known tales as Snow White, Cinderella, Rumpelstiltskin,
and Little Red Riding Hood. Modern social, feminist, and psychoanalytical
interpretations of the tales; the Grimms and their theories of folk literature;
the origins and sources of the tales; and their modern reception and adaptation
as children's tales and adults' literature and film. Conducted in English.
(Gen.Ed. AL)
U1 59599 GERMAN 597F ST-LITERATURE AND FILM 01 LEC
Location: TBA Time:11:15AM 12:30PM Days: Tue Thu
Inspired by the film "ADAPTATION", the seminar will explore the problems
posed by film adaptation of prose fiction, especially the compulsion toward
narrative. This is particularly striking since modernist fiction
so stridently moves in teh opposite direction, toward narrative fragmentation
and documentary approaches. Looking back on the selections of novels
and films below, it becomes apparent to me that the course will have a
feminist tone, since so much of the work deals with female identity --
either as a social construct or as a structure for narrative experimentation
itself. In short, we will try to explore the meaning of Flaubert's
claim, "Madame Bovary, c'est moi!" Tentative list of titles (books
available at Amherst Books, Main Street, Amherst): Adaptation/ The
Orchid Thief; The Hours/ Mrs. Dalloway; The Piano Teacher/Death in Venice;
Dracula/ Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror; Madame Bovary (Renoir film);
The Handmaid's Tale; Billiards at Half Past Nine / Not Reconciled, or Amerika
(Kafka: "The Stoker")/ Class Relations
Requirements: strictly faithful attendane and participation;
journal entries; paper at end of semester (no extensions). Advanced
undergrads by permission only.
ITALIAN
U1 52759 ITALIAN 350 Italian Film 1 LEC
Location: Herter 227 Time:2:30PM 5:30PM Days: Tue Instructor:
Stone,Jennifer A.Re-examines Italian neo-realism and the filmmakers' project
of social reconstruction after Fascism. How Italian film produces meaning
and pleasures through semiotics and psychoanalysis, as a means to understand
the specific features of Italian cinema, its cultural politics, and the
Italian contribution to filmmaking. Taught in English
JAPANESE
U1 59254 JAPANESE 190B Japanese Fiction Through Film 1
Location: HasLabAdd 124 Time:2:30PM 3:45PM Days: Tue Thu Instructor:
Holman,Martin Location: SOM 137 Time:6:30PM 8:30PM Days: Tue
Instructor: TBA
Interested in Samurai? Geisha? Anime? Sushi? Judo? Futons? Toyota trucks?
Karaoke? Zen? How about literature and cinema? Indulge your
taste for Japan in this new class. A study of Japanese literature
and its transformation from book to screen. No knowledge of Japanese
is necessary. All readings are in English. For more information contact
Martin Holman, Asian Lang & Lit, 329 Herter, 545-4953, Email: mholman@asianlan.umass.edu
Related Japanese course (does not count towards UMASS Film Certificate)
U1 56698 JAPANESE 143 Lit-Classical & Medieval 1 LEC
Location: Morrill II 131 Time:9:05AM 9:55AM Days: Mon Wed Fri
Instructor: Forrest,Stephen This seminar explores the unique culture of
the samurai warrior class from its ancient origins to its transformation
under the Tokugawa regime and its demise in modern times. To the west,
the enema of Japan emerges from the samurai honor code that provides seemingly
incompatible practices like Zen training and ritual suicide. How could
a warrior class exist through centuries of peace by practicing, philosophically,
the Way of the Sword? In addition to aspects to aspects of samurai warfare
and the philosophy of death, we will also study the samurai way of love.
Among the primary and secondary materials will be samurai legends and tales,
the theater of war, and samurai films. Same as COMLIT
240.
LEGAL STUDIES
U1 52914 LEGAL 397F ST-Crime On Film 01 LEC
Location: TBA Time:9:05AM 12:05PM Days: Wed Instructor: Brooks,Dianne
L.
How the law translates to film. The purposes for which law narratives
are used. The aesthetic and ideological constructions of law and legal
issues in feature and documentary films. Textual theoretical approaches
to cinema combined with cultural studies and critical legal theory. Classic,
art, independent, and contemporary popular films. Films screened during
class each week. Students must sign up for the lab.
This course is open to Undergraduate Seniors, Juniors & Sophomores
only.
POLITICAL SCIENCE
U1 56275 POLISCI 201 American Politics Through Film 1
Location: Herter 231 Time:1:25PM 2:15PM Days: Mon Wed Instructor:
Mileur,Jerome M Location: Herter 231 Time:7:00PM 9:30PM Days: Wed
Instructor: TBA
Location: TBA Time:9:05AM 9:55AM Days: Fri Instructor: TBA
Location: TBA Time:10:10AM 11:00AM Days: Fri Instructor: TBA
Location: TBA Time:11:15AM 12:05PM Days: Fri Instructor: TBA
Location: TBA Time:12:20PM 1:10PM Days: Fri Instructor: TBA
Location: TBA Time:1:25PM 2:15PM Days: Fri Instructor: TBA
Location: TBA Time:2:30PM 3:20PM Days: Fri Instructor: TBA
Motives used to explore the development of American politics in the
20th century. The forces that shaped our politics early in the century
(immigration, reform, religion), the rise of "big" government in the depression
and World War II years (the new roles of the federal government, the enhanced
presidency, internationalism, and anti-communism), and selected issues
(race, gender, modern campaigns) prominent since the 1960s. The meaning
of political democracy in America and how our understanding of it has adapted
to changing times and conditions
U1 57162 POLISCI 297A ST- Amer Pol Through Film 1 LEC
Location: TBA Time:1:00AM 1:00AM Days: TBA Instructor: TBA