1. Film Appreciation Class

2. Time Frame Fall Academics (Nov – Jan) (...possibly internship Mondays) ½ Credit 2 Meetings per Week

3. “Photography is truth. The cinema is truth twenty-four times per second.” - Jean-Luc Godard

4. Goal of the Class: Give you a deeper understanding of movies as an art form.

5. Help you see the connection between films of the past and present…

6. Focus of the Class: Classic Films, Master Directors, Iconic Actors

7. How Will We Do This? Watch 1 Film Per Week

8. Discuss the film and some key aspects of the art of film.

9. Readings from my web site…

10. Readings from my blog…

11. Some Films We’ve Watched in the Past… “A film is never really good unless the camera is an eye in the head of a poet.” - Orson Welles

12. Master Directors of Sound & Silent Eras

13. Film Noir: The Blood Melodrama

14. French New Wave & Classical American

15. Screwball Comedy & Westerns

16. Experimental Films

17. International Takes on American Genres

18. Weekly Structure 1 class discussion 1 morning for full-length film 7 Films

19. Requirements Weekly Readings from the Web Site and Blog Weekly Writing in Response to the Movies, Readings and Discussions

20. Sign Up Today: Tell Your CS Staff Advisor This Week: Please Indicate Interest Level: “Very Interested” or “Maybe” 10 Student Limit

21. This Will Be Fun…