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• Course overview, review of syllabus, introductions

• Make sure I have your email address and the last 4 digits of your social security number so I can add you to the listserv and gradebook

• Photography history (Power Point presentation)
• Watch portion of "Landmarks of Early Film, Vol. 1" in class today

• Syllabus Quiz due at the beginning of class

• Early film history - late 1800s - 1950 (Power Point presentation)
• Watch portion of "Landmarks of Early Film, Vol. 1"" in class today (Edison films, Lumière Brothers films, Méliès films)

Have read for today:

• Chapter 1: Photography in "Understanding Movies" (p. 1-48)

• Reading Quiz #1 due at the beginning of class

• Have the student information form on our class website filled out by today (you will get 5 points for filling this out by today)

• Watch and analyze scenes from various films in class today (The Sixth Sense, Minority Report, Psycho)
• Requirements for Short Assignment #1 discussed in class today

Have read for today:

• Chapter 2:  Mise en Scène in "Understanding Movies" (p. 49-74)

• Reading Quiz #2 due at the beginning of class
• Please bring in a film review from a national magazine or newspaper for discussion in class today

• Watch and analyze "Citizen Kane" in class today (total run time: 119 minutes)

Have read for today:

• Chapter 2:  Mise en Scène in "Understanding Movies" (p. 74-101)

• Reading Quiz #3 due at the beginning of class

• Continue watching and analyzing "Citizen Kane" in class today (total run time: 119 minutes)

• Discussion of Short Assignment #1 findings

• Short Assignment #1 due

Have read for today:

• Chapter 3:  Movement in "Understanding Movies (p. 103-146)

• Reading Quiz #4 due at the beginning of class

Have read for today:

• Chapter 4:  Editing in "Understanding Movies" (p.147-224)

• Reading Quiz #5 due at the beginning of class

• Watch and analyze "Our Hospitality" in class today (total run time:  74 minutes)

• Watch and analyze "The Graduate" in class today (total run time:  105 minutes)

• To Be Announced
  (possible "catch-up" day)

• Continue watching and analyzing "The Graduate" in class today (total run time:  105 minutes)

Have read for today:

• Chapter 5:  Sound in "Understanding Movies" (p. 225-264)

• Reading Quiz #6 due at the beginning of class

• Requirements for Short Assignment #2 discussed in class today

Have read for today:

• Chapter 6: Acting in "Understanding Movies" (p.265-317)

• Reading Quiz #7 due at the beginning of class

• Review for midterm exam
• Midterm exam study guide discussed in class today

Have read for today:

• Chapter 7:  Drama in "Understanding Movies" (p.319-363)

• Reading Quiz #8 due at the beginning of class

• Midterm Exam
• Requirements for final paper assignment discussed in class today

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• If you have a suggestion or comment about the class so far, please have the mid-semester feedback form filled out online by today (this is optional)

• Watch "Meshes of the Afternoon" in class today (total run time: 14 minutes)

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• Film Movements (Power Point Presentation)
• Watch and analyze "Breathless" in class today (total run time: 90 minutes)

• Continue watching and analyzing "Breathless" in class today (total run time: 90 minutes)
• Discussion of Short Assignment #2 findings

• Short Assignment #2 due

• Requirements for Short Assignment #3 discussed in class today

Have read for today:

• Chapter 8: Story in "Understanding Movies" (p. 365-405)

• Reading Quiz #9 due at the beginning of class

• Watch and discuss "This Film Is Not Yet Rated" in class today (run time: 97 minutes) - click here to watch video online

Have read for today:

• Chapter 9:  Writing in "Understanding Movies" (p.407-446)

• Reading Quiz #10 due at the beginning of class

• Watch and discuss "Behind the Screens: Hollywood Goes Hypercommercial" in class today (run time: 37 minutes)
• Discuss questions on Behind the Screens handout

Have read for today:

• Chapter 10:  Ideology in "Understanding Movies" (p. 447-494)

• Discussion of Short Assignment #3 findings
• Course evaluations

Have read for today:

• Chapter 11:  Critique in "Understanding Movies" (p. 495-534)

• Short Assignment #3 due

• Discussion and presentation of what you wrote about in your final papers

• Final paper due

• Note: We don't have a final exam for this class - your final paper serves as your "final"