Intro to Film Summer 13 Week 1

Intro to Film Summer 13 Week 1

• Take care of registration issues at first break
• Introduce Self
  • About Me
  • How to survive classes
  • Assignments and agenda always on whiteboard
  • Suggest good notetaking
  • My lesson plans on blog
• Pedagogical ideas
  • Watch RSA video
  • Talk about constructivism
  • Watch a Vision of Students Today
• Look at Canvas
• Review Syllabus
  • Clarify text issues
• Break (10 min)
• Purposes of film mini-lecture
  • Brainstorm meanings of “film”
    • Means to power
    • art form
    • business
    • shared experience
    • system of communication
      • shared expectations and language of a film
    • clarify “film” vs. “movie” vs. “cinema”
  • Terms used: Cinematic Language
  • Transition to Mise-En-Scene: what makes film different than other art forms?
• Introduce idea of Mise-En-Scene
  • All Choices are intentional
  • Introduce ideas about staging:
    • Use picture from Kagemusha
    • Position
      • Rule of Thirds
    • Lighting
    • Color
    • Camera Position
    • Framing
      • Tight groupings vs Loose groupings
    • Use of on-screen / off-screen space
    • Open / Closed framing
  • Give ideas about what to think about while watching Ran
  • Talk about why I chose Ran
    • Use of color, space, light, dark, sound
    • Perspective of a visual artist – show paintings
• Long break (20-30 min)
• Ran
• Break (10 min)
• Discussion
  • What did the visual elements tell you about the story?
  • How did the visual elements assist you in understanding the narrative?
• Online discussion forum
• Due next week