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Information about a cinema history course offered at the university of toledo during spring 2012. The course covers the history of cinema from its origins to the present day, with a focus on technological changes, aesthetic trends, economic interests, and politics. Students are expected to attend every class meeting, complete readings and assignments on time, and engage in classroom discussions. Four exams will be administered over the course of the semester, and academic dishonesty is not tolerated.
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Email: matt.yockey@utoledo.edu Office: CPA 2053 Office Hours: M W 12:00-2: Course Description: This course presents an overview of the history of cinema, from its origins at the end of the 19th century to the present day. We will consider how technological changes, aesthetic trends, economic interests, and politics have affected film form and content and evaluate films according to their period of production. We will also consider how films from 1895 to 2012 are part of a larger interconnected matrix and not simply discrete texts that exist along a timeline. Text: Film History: An Introduction (Third Edition) – Kristin Thompson and David Bordwell Assignments/Grade Distribution: Exams: Four exams will be administered over the course of the semester. They are worth 15% each of your overall grade (60% total). Quizzes: Quizzes will be administered on a regular basis throughout the semester. They are worth a total of 20% of your overall grade. Research Paper: A paper (5-7 pages, double-spaced) will be assigned on an aspect of cinema history. It will require library research and is worth 20% of your overall grade. Grading Scale: A+ 97-100, A 94-96, A- 90-93, B+ 87-89, B 84-86, B- 80-83, C+ 77-79, C 74-76, C- 70-73, D+ 67-69, D 64-66, D- 60-63, F 0- A: exemplary work B: above average but not exceptional C: average; fulfills the basic requirements of an assignment D: below average, falling short of the minimum requirements F: incomplete or seriously lacking in effort or merit
Course Policies: I) Department of Theatre & Film Statement on Academic Honesty: Academic dishonesty by students enrolled in undergraduate or graduate courses and programs offered by the Department of Theatre & Film will not be tolerated. Academic dishonesty includes but is not limited to:
VI) Electronic Communications Policy: Students are responsible for monitoring and managing their University-provided email account on a frequent and consistent basis (I recommend doing so daily). Students may choose to forward email to non-University email accounts at their own risk. A student’s failure to receive or read in a timely manner official University communications sent to the student’s official email address does not absolve the student from knowing and complying with the content of the official communication. SCHEDULE (subject to change throughout the semester) Week 1: M 1/9 Screening: Early film shorts W 1/10 Reading: Chapter 1 (pp.3-21) and Chapter 2 (22-42) Screening: Early film shorts Week 2: M 1/16 No class – MLK Day W 1/18 Reading: Chapter 3 (pp. 43-67) Screening: various selections of D.W. Griffith’s work Week 3: M 1/23 Reading: Chapter 5 (pp. 87-104) Screening: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Robert Wiene, 1920) (71 min.) W 1/25 Reading: Chapter 6 (pp. 105-127) Screening: various selections of Eisenstein Week 4: M 1/30 Reading: pp. Chapter 7 (pp. 128-151) Screening: Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (F.W. Murnau, 1927) (94 min.) W 2/1 EXAM 1 Screening: Vampyr (Carl Dreyer, 1932) (83 min.)
Week 5: M 2/6 Reading: Chapter 8 (pp. 152-174) Screening: various art cinema shorts W 2/8 Reading: Chapter 9 (pp. 177-194) Screening: Blackmail (Alfred Hitchcock, 1929) (84 min.) Week 6: M 2/13 Reading: Chapter 10 (pp. 195-218) Screening: The Maltese Falcon (John Huston, 1941) (100 min.) W 2/15 Reading: Chapter 12 (pp. 239-258) Screening: Triumph of the Will (Leni Riefenstahl, 1935) (excerpts) Week 7: M 2/20 Reading: Chapter 13 (pp. 259-276) and Chapter 14 (277-295) Screening: L’Atalante (Jean Vigo, 1934) (89 min.) W 2/22 EXAM 2 Screening: The Wild One (Laslo Benedek, 1953) (79 min.) Week 8: M 2/27 Reading: Chapter 15 (pp. 298-323) Screening: High Noon (Fred Zinnemann, 1952) (85 min.) W 2/29 Reading: Chapter 16 (pp. 324-341) Screening: The Bicycle Thief (Vittorio De Sica, 1948) (93 min.) Week 9: No class – Spring Break Week 10: M 3/12 Reading: Chapter 17 (pp. 342-357) Screening: The Third Man (Carol Reed, 1949) (104 min.) W 3/14 Reading: Chapter 19 (pp. 381-402) Screening: Rashomon (Akira Kurosawa, 1950) (88 min.) Week 11: M 3/19 Screening: 8 ½ (Federico Fellini, 1963) (138 min.) W 3/21 Reading: Chapter 20 (pp. 403-438) Screening: Breathless (Jean-Luc Godard, 1960) (90 min.)