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Pearson Longman © 2009
THE ART OF BEING HUMANHU300
John Ragan
Our agenda for this seminarOur agenda for this seminar
Finishing Unit 8Finishing Unit 8 Looking ahead to Unit 9Looking ahead to Unit 9 The final projectThe final project
First…any questions?First…any questions?
Any questions about the course, or Any questions about the course, or the assignments? the assignments?
Unit 8Unit 8
Unit 8 – human expression through FilmUnit 8 – human expression through Film
CONVENTIONS OF FILMCONVENTIONS OF FILM
Conventions are the Conventions are the conditions accepted by the conditions accepted by the audience.audience.
Cinematography is the way Cinematography is the way in which the camera tells in which the camera tells the story.the story.
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CONVENTIONS OF FILMCONVENTIONS OF FILM
ConventionsConventionso intercutintercuto elongated momentelongated momento lingering takelingering takeo panpano dissolvedissolve
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CONVENTIONSCONVENTIONS OF FILMOF FILM
ConventionsConventionso freeze framesfreeze frameso tracking shottracking shoto cutcuto quick cutquick cuto flipflip
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EARLY MILESTONESEARLY MILESTONES
InventionInventiono Thomas Edison Thomas Edison ““peep showpeep show”” & &
projector technologyprojector technology
Arts and PropagandaArts and Propagandao D.W. Griffith D.W. Griffith –– The Birth of a The Birth of a
NationNationo Eisenstein - Eisenstein - PotemkinPotemkin
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MAJOR FILM GENREMAJOR FILM GENRESS
Slapstick ComedySlapstick Comedyo Chaplin & the Little Tramp Chaplin & the Little Tramp –– Gold Rush,Gold Rush, Modern TimesModern Times
FarceFarceo Marx Brothers Marx Brothers –– A Night A Night at the Operaat the Opera
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MAJOR FILM GENRESMAJOR FILM GENRES
Animated FilmAnimated Filmo Snow White and the Snow White and the Seven DwarfsSeven Dwarfs
o Who Framed Roger Who Framed Roger Rabbit?Rabbit?
o RatatouilleRatatouillePearson Longman © 2009
MAJOR FILM GENRESMAJOR FILM GENRES
Film NoirFilm Noiro Huston - Huston - The Maltese The Maltese FalconFalcon
o Wilder - Wilder - Double IndemnityDouble Indemnityo Truffaut - Truffaut - Shoot the Piano Shoot the Piano PlayerPlayer
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MAJOR FILM GENRESMAJOR FILM GENRES
Romantic ComedyRomantic Comedyo It Happened One NightIt Happened One Nighto The Philadelphia StoryThe Philadelphia Story (comedy of (comedy of
manners)manners)o AdamAdam’’s Ribs Ribo When Harry Met SallyWhen Harry Met Sallyo As Good as It GetsAs Good as It Gets
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MAJOR FILM GENRESMAJOR FILM GENRESRomantic ComedyRomantic Comedyo Monsoon WeddingMonsoon Weddingo Lost in TranslationLost in Translation
Screen MusicalScreen Musicalo SinginSingin’’ in the Rain in the Raino Dirty DancingDirty Dancingo Shall We Dance?Shall We Dance?
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MAJOR FILM GENRESMAJOR FILM GENRES
The WesternThe Westerno High NoonHigh Noono Butch Cassidy and the Butch Cassidy and the Sundance KidSundance Kid
o Dances with WolvesDances with Wolves
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MAJOR FILM GENRESMAJOR FILM GENRES
Horror and SuspenseHorror and Suspenseo Un Chien AndalouUn Chien Andalou
Social IssuesSocial Issueso Mr. Deeds Goes to TownMr. Deeds Goes to Towno ItIt’’s a Wonderful Lifes a Wonderful Lifeo Grapes of WrathGrapes of Wratho SullivanSullivan’’s Travelss Travels
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MAJOR FILM GENRESMAJOR FILM GENRES
Social IssuesSocial Issueso Do the Right ThingDo the Right Thingo Tales from the HoodTales from the Hoodo The Lives of OthersThe Lives of Others
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MAJOR FILM GENRESMAJOR FILM GENRES
Documentaries & Documentaries & DocudramasDocudramas
Documentaries Documentaries –– a nonfiction film that usually a nonfiction film that usually has a narrator but not a structured storyline.has a narrator but not a structured storyline.
Winged MigrationWinged Migrationo Roger and Me, Bowling for Columbine, Roger and Me, Bowling for Columbine,
Fahrenheit 9/11Fahrenheit 9/11o An Inconvenient TruthAn Inconvenient Truth
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MAJOR FILM GENRESMAJOR FILM GENRES
Documentaries & DocudramasDocumentaries & Docudramas
Docudrama Docudrama –– a nonfiction film a nonfiction film that has not only a narrator but that has not only a narrator but characters, either real people or characters, either real people or actors, and a story line.actors, and a story line.
o Ladybird, LadybirdLadybird, Ladybird
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MAJOR FILM GENRESMAJOR FILM GENRES
Fictionalized BiographyFictionalized Biographyo The Agony and the Ecstasy The Agony and the Ecstasy (Michelangelo)(Michelangelo)
o Lust for Life Lust for Life (van Gogh)(van Gogh)o AmadeusAmadeus (Mozart) (Mozart)o La Vie en Rose La Vie en Rose (Piaf)(Piaf)
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MAJOR FILM GENRESMAJOR FILM GENRES
AdaptationsAdaptationso The KillersThe Killers (Hemingway (Hemingway’’s s ““The KillersThe Killers””
o Tess of the DTess of the D’’UrbervillesUrbervilles (Hardy)(Hardy)
o TroyTroy ( ( The Iliad)The Iliad)Pearson Longman © 2009
TWO AMERICAN CLASSICSTWO AMERICAN CLASSICS
o Citizen Kane Citizen Kane
o CasablancaCasablanca
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THE FILM AUTEURTHE FILM AUTEUR
Ingmar BergmanIngmar Bergmano The Seventh SealThe Seventh Sealo Wild StrawberriesWild Strawberries
Federico FelliniFederico Fellinio La StadaLa Stadao La Dolce VitaLa Dolce Vitao 8 1/28 1/2
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THE FILM AUTEURTHE FILM AUTEUR
Alfred HitchcockAlfred Hitchcocko Shadow of a DoubtShadow of a Doubto The BirdsThe Birdso PsychoPsycho
Akira KurosawaAkira Kurosawao The Seven SamuraiThe Seven Samuraio Throne of BloodThrone of Bloodo RanRan
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THE FILM AUTEURTHE FILM AUTEUR
Stanley KubrickStanley Kubricko Paths of GloryPaths of Gloryo Dr. Strangelove, or How I Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomband Love the Bomb
o A Clockwork OrangeA Clockwork Orange
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THE FILM AUTEURTHE FILM AUTEUR
Francis Ford CoppolaFrancis Ford Coppolao The Godfather TrilogyThe Godfather Trilogyo Apocalypse NowApocalypse Now
Martin ScorseseMartin Scorseseo Mean StreetsMean Streetso Age of InnocenceAge of Innocenceo The DepartedThe Departed Pearson Longman © 2009
THE FILM AUTEURTHE FILM AUTEUR
Pedro AlmodovarPedro Almodovaro To sobre mi madre (All To sobre mi madre (All About My Mother)About My Mother)
o Hable con ella (Talk to Hable con ella (Talk to Her)Her)
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What film genres appeal to you?What film genres appeal to you?
And…do you think a film should And…do you think a film should have a moral lesson?have a moral lesson?
Is this similar to the other arts that Is this similar to the other arts that are found in the Humanities are found in the Humanities (painting, music, literature, etc)?(painting, music, literature, etc)?
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Looking ahead to Unit 9Looking ahead to Unit 9
On the topic of popular culture:On the topic of popular culture:
Items, lifestyles, products, etc.,Items, lifestyles, products, etc.,
that are known by, accepted by,that are known by, accepted by,
or followed by a large segmentor followed by a large segment
of the population.of the population.
Popular culture…Popular culture…what things would you say are what things would you say are
part of current American popular part of current American popular culture?culture?
UNIT 9UNIT 9There is no reading assignment – There is no reading assignment – instead, you are asked to view a instead, you are asked to view a
part of a PBS special on advertising part of a PBS special on advertising in modern America.in modern America.
Unit 9Unit 9
There also is a discussion There also is a discussion assignment and a seminar…assignment and a seminar…
The Unit 9 seminar is our final The Unit 9 seminar is our final seminar of the course!seminar of the course!
The final project is due in Unit The final project is due in Unit 99
Final projectsFinal projects
Per the Kaplan late policy: Late Per the Kaplan late policy: Late final projects must receive prior final projects must receive prior approval by the instructor. The approval by the instructor. The project will need to be reduced project will need to be reduced by one letter grade (if the project by one letter grade (if the project would have received a B, it will would have received a B, it will need to be given a C, etc)need to be given a C, etc)