FILM 1101 Language of Film 1:
SYLLABUS
M 09:30-01:10PM 220 F (WEB)

Film 1 Spring 2013 Syllabus
FILM ONE FILM DEPARTMENT BROOKLYN COLLEGE
JOHN BEATTY SYLLABUS Spring 2013


COURSE REQUIREMENTS

Text Books:

Barsam, Richard and dave Monahan Looking at Movies W.W. Norton and CO., NY
(You can use the 3rd or 4th Edition)

OR

Giannetti, Louis Unserstanding Movies Pearson/Prentice Hall; Upper Saddle River, . NJ
(You can use the 10th, 11th or 12th edition)

 Papers and Exams

The will be two quizzes, a midterm and a final

Quizzes and Exams

There will be two quizzes (15 minutes) which will be in a short answer format (fill ins, true false multiple choice, identify)

The mid term and final will be short answer and essay. You will have 1 hour for the midterm and 2 hours for the final

 THE FINAL EXAM IS MONDAY MAY 20th 10:30 a.m.- 12:30 p.m. YOU MUST BE ON TIME FOR THE FINAL. STUDENTS ARRIVING MORE THAN 15 MINUTES LATE WILL LOSE AN AUTOMATIC 20% OFF THEIR FINAL SCORE. STUDUENTS ARRIVING MORE THAN 30 MINUTES LATE WILL NOT BE ADMITTED.

Grades are computed as follows:

Quiz 1 (Technical terms) = 15%
Quiz 2 (Analytic terms) = 15%
Midterm = 30%
Final = 40%
Total =100%

The Paper

An analysis of a scene in a film. The film you select must be one NOT shown in class or in a language you do not speak fluently. The paper should discuss the way the director handles the opening, closing, first appearance of the main character or set piece. The paper is NOT to be descriptive, but is to be analytic.

E-mails

If you contact me by e-mail (Profbeatty@hotmail.com) put your full name and course number on the e-mail . Names like “sexy dancer” are not on my roster. If they are not there I will not respond to the e-mail. Do NOT e-mail me asking me questions that are answered in the syllabus or the schedule of classes (e.g. "When is the final?")

Web Site

There is a web site for the course – http://Johnbeatty.name and from there, follow the links, or go directly to:

http://userhome.brooklyn.cuny.edu/anthro/jbeatty/COURSES/FILM1/fall_2012/main1.html

Attendance and Lateness

Departmental policy allows you two absences a term. Since classes meet only once a week, each absence means you have missed more than three hours of class time. Students who miss more than two classes for whatever reason will fail the course. Students are considered absent if they come more than 15 minutes late.

Cell Phones

If you have one, turn the damned thing off! If the phone goes off during class it is an automatic “F” in the course, plus expulsion from the college and a slow painful death. Your cell phone will also be destroyed. No joke.

TENTATIVE LIST OF FILMS TO BE SHOWN

1. Early Films; Basic Film Terms; clip from Sherlock Jr.
2, Trip to the Moon; Great Train Robbery ;Cabinet of Dr..Caligari;
3, Sunrise
4. Frankenstein
5 Third Man
6. Cat People
7 Strangers on a Train
8 The Innocents
9 The Haunting
10 Touch of Evil
11 Night of the Hunter
12 Sunset Blvd
13 Without a Clue
14 Shinjuu Ten no Amijima