Film & Video Courses
SPRING 2007
Anthropology
ANTHRO 106 CULTURE THROUGH FILM Cap 30
Instructor: Enoch Page
10839 W 6:00PM - 10:00PM Grayson Dormitory Rm 104
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. (Gen.Ed. SB, G).
Open to students in Orchard Hill, Central, or Northeast RAP/TAP programs.
Fulfills 5 College Film Studies Major Requirement: TBA
ANTH
306 VISUAL ANTHROPOLOGY
Jacqueline Urla
23459 TuTh 11:15AM - 12:30PM, location TBA Cap 35
23460 Tu 6:30PM - 8:30PM, location TBA
This course examines the politics and poetics of visual representation in the field of anthropology, focusing mainly on film. Beginning with the living museums of world's fairs where "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 examine one of the most popular forms of “looking” at diversity – National Geographic magazine. The second half of the course will offer 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. 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. REQUIREMENTS. Regular attendance at lecture and Tuesday evening film screenings is mandatory. You cannot pass this course if you miss more than 3 screenings. You will be asked to keep a film journal that you turn in with notes on all films. There will be three take-home essays. These will cover basic concepts and materials addressed in readings, lectures, and films.
Prerequisite: ANTHRO 104 or 106
Fulfills 5 College Film Studies Major Requirement: TBA
ANTH 697BB VISUAL
ANTHROPOLOGY AT THE CROSSROADS
Jacqueline Urla
23483 F 1:25PM - 4:25PM, location TBA
Visual anthropology is at a crossroads. Its objective, methods, and contributions to the larger field of anthropology are under intense debate. This seminar will examine the debates surrounding the politics and poetics of visual representation in the field of anthropology, focusing primarily, but not exclusively, on the moving image. We begin with a look at the hybrid roots of visual anthropology (photography and film) emerging simultaneously out of concerns with documenting racial typologies, imperialism, commodified display, and social hygiene in the latter half of the nineteenth century. From there we turn to review various modes of ethnographic filmmaking – from observational to experimental styles --and the various ways filmmakers have understood the epistemological nature, purpose, and form of ethnographic film. Throughout, we will be concerned with critically analyzing the historical contexts and theoretical frameworks shape the various ways in which human cultures have been represented visually. Students will be asked to participate actively in class discussion of films and readings, to prepare critical syntheses of assigned readings, and to produce a final research paper on a topic (to be approved by instructor) relating to visual anthropology.
Graduate course.
Art
ART 230 PHOTO I Cap 26
Section 1: 16849 TuTh 8:00AM - 10:45AM Bartlett Hall Rm 51 Instructor TBA
Section 2: 16850 TuTh 11:15AM - 2:10PM Bartlett Hall Rm 51 Instructor TBA
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.
Open to undergraduate students
with majors in Art, BFA-Art, BFA-Art Ed, BFA-Design or Art History or with
instructor consent.
ART 231 PHOTO II Cap 14
16851 F 9:05AM - 3:00PM
Instructor TBA
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. Open to undergraduate students with majors in Art, BFA-Art, BFA-Art
Ed, BFA-Design or Art History or with instructor consent.
ART 297DD/ART 597LL
DIGITAL MEDIA: TIME BASED
Cap 15
23598 MWF 9:05AM - 11:50AM Lederle Grad Res Ctr rm 127A
Michael Coblyn,
Rosanne Retz
This course explores of the
creative possibilities of digital video and sound. This course presents
students with the basic skills and concepts used in experimental digital video
production through small-scale projects. Students will use industry standard
equipment and learn basic digital video production skills within the context of
contemporary art practices. The
composition, capturing and editing of moving imagery will be
considered from formal, technical, and conceptual vantage points. Basic
research areas include: pre-production, color
manipulation, compositing, time remapping, optical experiments, motion control
and audio production. We will investigate the theme of time (duration,
slowness, speed, rhythm) and sound in narrative linear formats and work with
applications such as Final Cut Pro 5, Photoshop CS 2, QuickTime, Soundtrack
Pro, and DVD Studio Pro 4. Class time
will involve a combination of technical presentations, discussions on pertinent
issues within the context of the medium, screenings and discussions on
contemporary video, work time for projects, and the screening of class
projects.
Open to Undergraduate ART,
BFA-ART, BFA-ART ED, and BFA-DESIGN majors only. All others, please contact instructors for
permission.
Fulfills 5 College Film Studies Major Requirement: TBA
ART 297Q/597Q - ST-ANIMATION FNDMTLS Cap 10
16898 MW 1:25PM - 4:10PM Fine Arts Center Rm 439
Instructor: Patricia Galvis-Assmus
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, a-mong others. Basic audio and video
skills. Students develop projects of their own design resulting in a
fully edited videotape of their work.
Open to ART, BFA-ART, and
BFA-DESIGN majors, or with instructor consent.
Pre Requisite: Art 271
Fulfills 5 College Film Studies Major Requirement: TBA
ART
397J /697 ST-ANIMATION II Cap 12
16868 MW 1:25PM - 4:10PM Fine Arts Center Rm 447
Instructor TBA
With studio. Continuation of ART 374 using Alias/Wavefront software. Class and personal projects undertaken.
Open to ART, BFA-ART, and
BFA-DESIGN majors only.
Prerequisite: ART 374
Fulfills 5 College Film Studies Major Requirement: TBA
ART 397L - 1 ST-DIGITAL MEDIA: STILL IMAGE Cap 12
16974 TuTh 9:05AM - 11:50AM, Fine Arts Center rm 444
Staff
Open to ART, BFA-ART, and BFA-DESIGN majors only or with instructor consent.
ART 497Q - 1 ST-ADV PHOTO Cap 12
24711 MW 10:10AM - 1:10PM, Bartlett Hall room 51
Susan Jahoda
Open to ART, BFA-ART, BFA-ART ED & BFA-DESIGN majors only (any level) or by instructor permission.
Prerequisites: ART 230, 231, and 397R (Photography III).
ART 697J - ST-COMP ANIMATION II Cap 2
23601 MW 1:25PM - 4:10PM Fine Arts Center Rm 447
Instructor: Patricia Galvis-Assmus
With studio. Principles and applications of computer
animation in film, video, music and technology. Introduction
to 2-D and 3-D animation programs. Skills acquired in preparation for
production in second semester. Emphasis on professionalism
and quality. Prerequisite: Art 597Q or consent of instructor. Open to
Masters Art majors only.
HONORS H13 - 1 HONORS COLLOQ- VIDEO DEAN'S BOOK Cap 15
13670 W 10:10AM - 12:05PM, location TBA
Adrian D'Errico
Students must be enrolled in HONORS 391D Section 22.
This is the mandatory colloquium for HONORS 391D Section 22 which includes
mandatory Saturday workshop dates, February 25th and March 11th, 11am to 4 pm
at the UVC Studios in the Student Union. May 6th, 11am to 4pm in the
HONORS 391V - 1 S-DEAN'S
BOOK – VIDEO Cap 15
13661 W 10:10AM - 12:05PM, location TBA
Adrian D'Errico
This course will focus on the foundations of documentary
film and how it relates to the topics harvested from David K. Shipler’s book The Working Poor: Invisible in America.
More specifically, how one's “personal lens” affect deep reading of text and
what topics are created in the process. Living in an age saturated with mass
media, people have become primarily visual learners, absorbing information at a
dizzying rate. Conversely, most people have not been taught to express their
views in the format that dominates our cultural landscape. Well, here is your
chance! We will work together in building the foundational knowledge, both in
theory and production, necessary to give your visions life on the screen. Prerequisites: HONORS 291D or 291G
Fulfills 5 College Film Studies Major Requirement: TBA
Communication
COMM 240 MODES OF FILM Cap 125
23662 TuTh 4:00PM - 5:15PM, location TBA
L01 Laboratory (23663) Tu 6:15PM - 9:15PM, Herter Hall room 231
Shawn Shimpach
Lecture, lab (screening). The nature and functions of film are discussed, 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. (Course capacity is 125)
Course Eligibility*: Junior & Sophomore COMM majors
UMASS Film Certificate students contact Film Studies office to enroll.
Fulfills 5 College Film Studies Major Requirement: 1
*COMM 296F Indep Stu – Film Festival Cap 100
11556 W 7:15PM - 10:45PM, School of Management rm 137
Anne Ciecko
A one-credit pass/fail course in
conjunction with the 2006 Massachusetts Multicultural Film Festival. First
class meeting is Wednesday 31 Jan in SOM 137. Requirements: Attendance at: Wed
31 Jan introductory session, Wed 9 May final class session and 6 screening events with completion of survey at the end of
each event (including filmmaker discussions). Most events
Wednesdays, 7:15-10:45 at UMass; some events at other
*Does not count toward 5C Film Studies Major or UMASS Film Certificate requirements.
COMM 331: PROGRAM PROCESS IN TELEVISION Cap 36
11559 W 10:10AM - 11:00AM, location TBA David Maxcy
11802
M 1:25PM - 4:25PM,
11805
W 1:25PM - 4:25PM
11808 F 9:05AM - 12:05PM South College room 120 Staff
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 12 X 3 labs = 36 Total)
Course Eligibility*: Senior, Junior & Sophomore COMM majors
Fulfills 5 College Film Studies Major Requirement: 8
COMM 342: HISTORY OF FILM II Cap 125
11562 Tu 2:30PM - 3:45PM Thompson Hall room 102
D1 Discussion (11838) W 10:10AM - 11:00AM
D2 Discussion (11568) W 11:15AM - 12:05PM
D3 Discussion (11571) W 12:20PM - 1:10PM
Norden 409 Machmer
Lecture, lab (screening), discussions. A survey of key events and representative films that mark the history of worldwide cinema since 1950. 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. (Course capacity is 25 X 5 disc = 125 total
Course Eligibility*: Senior and Junior COMM majors; OR any student who has taken COMM 240, COMM 340 or COMM 397T.
Fulfills 5 College Film Studies Major Requirement: 2
COMM 397QQ SPECIAL TOPIC- REALITY ON SCREEN Cap 43
24137 TuTh 11:15AM - 12:30PM, location TBA
L01 Laboratory (24175) W 6:00PM - 8:00PM, location TBA
Shawn Shimpach
Lecture, Lab (screening), discussion. This course will explore the complex relationship between moving images and ideas of the real in both movies and television. It will explore theories of representation, surveillance, authenticity, truth, and realism in this context. From the earliest "actuality" films to the recent phenomenon of reality television programming, it will ask in what way screen images capture what is "really" happening in front of the camera and how conventions of representation, genre, and narrative mediate the reality of these images. More significantly, it will inquire into why such questions matter. At issue is the role that moving images, mechanically and electronically reproduced, have in our understanding of the world as it is and ourselves as we experience it. (Course capacity is 43)
Course Eligibility*: Senior & Junior COMM majors
Fulfills 5 College Film Studies Major Requirement: TBA
COMM 397T: SPECIAL TOPIC-CONTEMPORARY WORLD CINEMA Cap 150
1 Lecture (11595) MW 3:35PM - 5:30PM Herter Hall room 227
Ciecko 306 Machmer
Lecture. This course
will offer an overview of recent narrative feature filmmaking from Asia,
Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, and indigenous/diasporic
cinemas in the
Course Eligibility*: Any student
Fulfills 5 College Film Studies Major Requirement: TBA
COMM 433: ADVANCED TELEVISION PRODUCTION/DIRECTION Cap 10
1 Lecture (11652) Tu 11:15AM - 3:15PM Herter TV Studio
Maxcy
120
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 super¬vision of the instructor, each student will produce and direct 2 studio projects which will be aired live on HSCN Channel 15. (Course capacity is 10)
Course Eligibility*: Any Student
Course Prerequisite: COMM 331
Fulfills 5 College Film Studies Major Requirement: 8
COMM 441: PRINCIPLES & TECHNIQUES OF FILM-STYLE
PRODUCTION
1 Lecture (11799) W 2:30PM - 6:30PM, location TBA
Geisler 411 Machmer Cap 12
Lecture, studio. A hands-on introduction to single-camera filmmaking using digital video camcorders (electronic field production) and non-linear 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 (scenes from an episode of "Highlander") will also be included. (Course capacity is 12)
Course Eligibility*: Senior & Junior COMM majors.
Course Prerequisites: COMM 297D/231 or COMM 331 or permission of instructor/application process.
Course Notes: Junior and Senior COMM majors who have completed either COMM 297D/231 or COMM 331 may add this course through Spire. Others may add only by permission of the instructor. Students who do not meet the prerequisites for this class may fill out an application available from the instructor (Office: 411 Machmer).
Fulfills 5 College Film Studies Major Requirement: 8
COMM 493E: SEMINAR-SCREENWRITING Cap 20
1 Seminar (11655) TuTh 9:30AM - 10:45AM
Norden 409 Machmer
Lecture, discussion. An examination of the art, craft, and business of screenwriting from theo¬retical and practical perspectives. Topics included: the nature of screenplay formats and struc¬tures; creation and de¬velopment of premise, plot, character, and action; scene writing; adap¬ta¬tion issues; place of the screenwriter in the collaborative process of filmmak¬ing; and marketing strate¬gies. 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 in¬clude several screenwriting projects. (Course capacity is 20)
Course Eligibility*: Senior & Junior COMM majors
Fulfills 5 College Film Studies Major Requirement: TBA
COMM 493F: SEMINAR-FILM DOCUMENTARY Cap 20
1 Seminar (11847) TuTh 2:30PM - 4:30PM
Geisler 411 Machmer
Lecture, discussion. This course combines critical analysis with a hands-on introduction to pro¬ducing a documentary. Students will view, analyze, and critique all or part of fifteen works by filmmakers from Robert Flaherty ("Nanook of the North") to Morgan Spurlock ("Supersize Me"), 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 Prerequi¬site: COMM 240 or COMM 297D/231 or COMM 340 or COMM 342 or COMM 493E or consent of instructor.
Course Eligibility*: Senior & Junior COMM majors
Fulfills 5 College Film Studies Major Requirement: TBA
COMM 497N: SPECIAL TOPIC–ASIAN POPULAR CINEMA Cap 10
1 Lecture (23673) M 6:30PM - 10:15PM
Ciecko 306 Machmer
Lecture, discussion, screening. This course studies popular cinema from
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.
Fulfills 5 College Film Studies Major Requirement: TBA
COMM 499D: CAPSTONE COURSE-PART2 – LATINOS IN
1 Lecture (23918) W 9:05AM - 12:05PM, location TBA
Castaneda, 411 Machmer Cap 12
Lecture, discussion. This course is the second part of the year-long capstone course.
We will continue to examine the role of Latinos and Latino cinema in and
outside of
Prerequisite(s): COMM 499C
Course Notes*: Only students enrolled in COMM 499C-Capstone Course-Part I in Fall 2006 may register.
Fulfills 5 College Film Studies Major Requirement: TBA
COMM 593D: SEMINAR-ADVANCED SCREENWRITING Cap 20
11967 TuTh 11:15AM-12:30PM,
Geisler 411 Machmer
Lecture, discussion. Building upon the concepts learned in the introductory course (COMM 493E - Screenwriting Seminar), this class will involve an intensive workshop environment where stu¬dents receive continuing, in-depth feedback on their work in progress, as they strive for profes¬sional competence in feature-length theatrical screenwriting or writing for episodic television. Two professional screenplays and the films or TV shows produced from them will also be analyzed as stu¬dents 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 TV show, or two episodes for a current sitcom. (Course capacity is 20)
Course Eligibility*: Senior & Junior COMM majors
Course prerequisite: COMM 493E or another college-level screenwriting course or permission of the instructor.
Fulfills 5 College Film Studies Major Requirement: TBA
Comparative Literature
COMP-LIT 383 - NARRATIVE AVANT-GARDE
FILM Cap 124
20521 M
3:35PM - 7:00PM Herter Hall Rm 231 Instructor: Don
Levine (Lecture)
20522 Tu 2:30PM - 3:45PM Instructor/location TBA
(Discussion)
20523 Tu 2:30PM - 3:45PM Instructor/location TBA (Discussion)
20524 Tu 4:00PM - 5:15PM Instructor/location TBA (Discussion)
20525 Tu 7:00PM - 8:15PM Instructor/location TBA (Discussion)
Lecture, discussion. Explores modern origin of experimentation in film in avant-garde modes such as Expressionism, Surrealism and contemporary results of this heritage to determine if film is the most resolutely modern of the media. Emphasis on the ways in which Avant-garde films can problematize themselves through the ploys of telling a story. By means of a self-consciousness of story-telling which undermines viewer identification, the drive for closure, the demand for origins and order, and even cause and effect, these avant-garde films restore to playfulness its strength and ambiguity. Requirements: one 5 page paper for midterm, final paper or project; attendance.
(Gen.Ed. AT)
Fulfills 5 College Film Studies Major Requirement: TBA
COMPLIT 383H NARRATIVE
AVANT-GARDE FILM
(AT) Levine, 328 Herter Hall
23628 Lec. M 3:35-7:00 (meets with CL383 and 499D), Herter 231
23629 Dis. 1 TuTh 2:30-4:30 (meets with CL 499D), location TBA
23630 Dis 2 TuTh 2:30-4:30 (meets with CL 499D), location TBA
See above for general course description. Students in COMLIT 383H may also register for COMLIT H01, a one-credit, optional, hands-on component. The purpose is to investigate aspects of film (such as shot formation, camera movement, editing approaches). Students will collaboratively explore a range of expressive possibilities on video. Working in groups of four, students will alternate roles of creator/writer, camera-person, editor, etc., in constructing brief scenes. No experience necessary
Fulfills 5 College Film Studies Major Requirement: TBA
COMP-LIT 391I - S-SPIRITUAL CINEMA EAST/WEST Cap 30
20536 M 7:00PM -
10:00PM TBA Laszlo Dienes (Lecture)
23371 Tu 2:30PM -
3:45PM TBA Laszlo Dienes
(Discusión
Lecture, discussion. An introduction to spiritual cinema, its
themes 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 others and their philosophy of film as a spiritual art. We will focus on the art and times of the
Russian film director, Andrey 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
assumed. OIT computer account is
required. A significant portion of the
course will use resources on the Web; students will be
expected to do some of the coursework electronically.
Fulfills 5 College Film Studies Major Requirement: TBA
COMPLIT 695C FASSBINDER/GODARD: MELODRAMA Cap 15
Levine, 328 Herter Hall
20527 W 2:30-6:30, location TBA
Lecture. What were Godard's early films for Fassbinder? Instead of rejecting the most influential avant-garde film maker of the sixties, Fassbinder adopted Godard as father. Yet this fathering was a highly selective progeneration. What does the juxtaposition of these film makers reveal and conceal - and not only about Fassbinder's films, since we cannot now 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 abyssal 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 naiveté), his cinematic energy amidst his films' increasing cultural despair. Pre-requisites: 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 and Breathless; American Soldier and Les Carabiniers; The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant and Une Femme Mariée; Effie Briest & Vivre sa Vie; Beware of the Holy Whore and Contempt.
Undergrads with prior film course experience may register with instructor permission.
English
*ENGLISH 298C Practicum-World Cinema Cap 35
23915 W 6:30PM - 9:00PM, location TBA
Kirby Farrell
1-credit pass/fail practicum. Description TBA.
*Does not count toward 5C Film Studies Major or UMASS Film Certificate requirements.
French
FRENCHST 353 – FRANCOPHONE AFRICAN &
CARIBBEAN FILM Cap 60
24391 Tu 4:00PM - 7:00PM Instructor:
Patrick Mensah (Lecture)
24392 Th 1:00PM - 2:15PM
Instructor: Patrick
Mensah (Discussion)
24393 Th 2:30PM - 3:45PM
Instructor: Patrick
Mensah (Discussion)
Histories and
development of African Francophone and
Fulfills 5 College Film Studies Major Requirement: TBA
German
GERMAN 304 - FROM
23619 TuTh 1:00PM - 2:15PM, location TBA
23620 W 6:00PM - 8:30PM, location TBA
Instructor: Tobias Nagl (Lecture, lab)
A survey of prewar German cinema,
including works of great directors who emigrated to the U.S., such as Lang, Murnau, and Lubitsch, followed by the Nazi cinema, post-war
cinema in both German states, and in the international media context since
German reunification. Conducted in English. (Gen.Ed. AT)
Fulfills 5 College Film Studies Major Requirement: TBA
Italian
ITALIAN 350 - ITALIAN FILM Cap 150
21230 Tu 6:00PM - 9:00PM Herter Hall Rm 227
Instructor: Jennifer Stone
Course taught in English.
Re-examines Italian neo-realism and the filmmakers? project
of social reconstruction after Fascism. How Italian film produces meanings and
pleasures through semiotics and psychoanalysis, so as to understand the
specific features of Italian cinema, its cultural politics, and the Italian
contribution to filmmaking and formal aesthetics. Course taught in English.
Fulfills 5 College Film Studies Major Requirement: TBA
ITALIAN 491A - 1 AUTEUR AND
FILM THEORY Cap 50
21253 Tu 2:30PM - 5:30PM Herter Hall room 227
Jennifer Stone
Course taught in English. To interpret contemporary film, the history
of film theory is a precondition as is a survey of the institution of cinema in
Europe and
Fulfills 5 College Film Studies Major Requirement: TBA
Japanese
JAPANESE 197N ST-ASIAN HOMOSEXUALITIES
IN FILM & LIT Cap 50
23976 TuTh 2:30PM - 3:45PM, location TBA
Stephen Miller
Description TBA.
Fulfills 5 College Film Studies Major Requirement: TBA
Journalism
JOURNAL 397L - ST-DOCUMENTARY TRADITION IN LIT & FILM Cap 30
21282 M 2:30PM - 6:00PM, location TBA
Instructor: Madeleine Blais
This course offers an in depth exploration of the artistic and journalistic impulse to capture in words and images what the Irish call the “music of what happens.” Sample pairings include Harvest of Shame shown in conjunction with the John Steinbeck novel, Grapes of Wrath, Capturing the Friedmans with the Susan Orlean essay, “Seriously Silly”, Dead Man Walking with Norman Mailer’s great work of literary nonfiction, The Executioner’s Song. We will examine the strengths and weaknesses of varying approaches to what amounts to the same material, with a special emphasis on how the author/director honors truth and fact simultaneously.
Open to Senior, Junior and Sophomore Journalism majors only.
Fulfills 5 College Film Studies Major Requirement: TBA
Judaic
*JUDAIC 392O S-JEWISH THEATRE AND FILM Cap 20
13796 Tu 4:00PM - 7:00PM
Tobin Hall room 204 Olga
Gershenson
This course tells a cultural
history of Jewish theatre and Jewish film.
The topics include: performativity in
Jewish ritual; Jewish drama, characters, audiences; theatre- and film-makers. The focus is on issues of cultural, national,
and religious identity. All readings and
film excerpts are in English.
*5College Film Studies Major and UMASS Film
Certificate component course only.
Fulfills 5 College Film Studies Major Requirement: TBA
Portuguese
PORTUG
408 - 1
24325 MW 4:00PM - 6:30PM, location TBA
Description TBA.
Fulfills 5 College Film Studies Major Requirement: TBA
PORTUG 697A - 1 ST-BRAZIL IN
FILM & FICTION Cap 15
24542 MW 4:00PM - 6:30PM, location TBA
Description TBA.