Introduction to Film Studies

Guy Westwell
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Table of contents

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  1. Essential reading and viewing

     

    Almost all the essential reading on this module is taken from Richard Barsam and Dave Monahan, Looking At The Movies: An Introduction to Film (New York: WW Norton, 2010, 3rd Edition). The library has multiple copies of this text but there is often a large amount of competition for these resources so we strongly advise that you buy this book.  Owning it will make your life much easier and it will remain useful on other/later modules. All the essential reading not taken from this book will be made available for download via QM+.

     

    The following website provides extra learning materials, including practice quizzes, podcast tutorials from the authors, essays, sample film analysis, timelines, glossaries, and more: Looking at Movies (3rd. ed.) | W. W. Norton and Company

     

  2. AUTUMN (101 items)
    1. Week 1 – Film history: The cinema of attractions (9 items)
      1. Screening (0 items)
        No screening in week one
      2. Essential reading and viewing (3 items)
        1. Looking at movies: an introduction to film - Barsam, Richard Meran, Monahan, Dave, Gocsik, Karen M., c2010
          Book | Essential | Read 'Precinema', pp. 415-417.
          2011-09-29T12:26:44+01:00
        2. 1:1 The cinema of attractions by Guy Westwell on Prezi
          Webpage | Essential | This link will take you to a 'Prezi' that provides an overview of the first seminar. As well as undertaking the essential reading, you are expected to browse the relevant Prezi before each seminar; this will ensure that you arrive fully prepared to answer questions and contribute to discussion. Prezis will be made available for each of the seminars in the first semester so it is worth taking a little time to familiarize yourself with the software. You can click through the presentation as if it is a slideshow or you can zoom in and out and move from place to place in a more interactive way. If you sign up for a Prezi account (free for educational users) you can save the Prezi to your own space and add your own notes etc.. If you get stuck or confused when using the Prezi let your seminar leader now and they will show you the basics.
          2012-04-10T13:52:08+01:00
        3. Inventing Entertainment: the Early Motion Pictures and Sound Recordings of the Edison Companies
          Website | Essential | The site run by the Library of Congress has a brilliant collection of early American cinema. Follow the Motion Picture link and view as widely in this resource as you can.
          2011-06-22T10:51:23+01:00
      3. Recommended reading and viewing (6 items)
        1. A history of narrative film - Cook, David A., c2004
          Book | Recommended | Read 'Origins', pp. 1-18.
          2011-08-16T10:26:56+01:00
        2. Early cinema: space, frame, narrative - Elsässer, T., Barker, Adam, 1990
          Book | Recommended | Read 'The cinema of attractions: early film, its spectator and the Avant-Garde', pp. 56-63. This article is available as a PDF on QM+.
          2011-08-16T10:35:45+01:00
        3. The University of Exeter - The Bill Douglas Centre for the History of Cinema and Popular Culture
          Website | Recommended | The Bill Douglas centre has lots of interesting information on pre-cinema history, including virtual exhibitions of panoramas and magic lantern slideshows.
          2011-08-19T16:13:13+01:00
        4. The last machine - Curson-Smith, Richard, British Film Institute, 1995 (videorecording)
          Audio Visual | Recommended
          2011-08-15T14:46:37+01:00
        5. Early cinema: primitives and pioneers, 2005 (dvd)
          Audio Visual | Recommended
          2011-06-21T20:24:48+01:00
        6. Landmarks of early film - Shepard, David, 1997 (dvd)
          Audio Visual | Recommended | Vol. 1 and Vol. 2
          2011-08-15T14:53:17+01:00
    2. Week 2 – Film history: The rise of the story film (9 items)
      1. Screening (1 item)
        1. Before the Nickelodeon: the early cinema of Edwin S. Porter - Musser, Charles, British Film Institute, 1982 (dvd)
          Audio Visual | Essential
          2011-06-22T10:51:13+01:00
      2. Essential reading and viewing (4 items)
        1. Looking at movies: an introduction to film - Barsam, Richard Meran, Monahan, Dave, Gocsik, Karen M., c2010
          Book | Essential | Read pp. 417-423.
          2011-09-29T12:28:17+01:00
        2. 1:2 Rise of the story film by Guy Westwell on Prezi
          Webpage | Essential
          2012-04-10T14:29:59+01:00
        3. Daring Daylight Burglary (1903) - YouTube
          Webpage | Essential | An early British film that clearly shows the shift towards storytelling and the editing together of different locations into a coherent plot. This provides a nice contrast with the work of Edwin S. Porter.
          2011-11-23T11:41:51+00:00
        4. The birth of a nation - Griffith, D. W., 1915 (dvd)
          Audio Visual | Essential | You are not necessarily expected to watch the whole of this film but you should spend at least an hour browsing through it and paying particular attention to issues of narrative and film form.
          2011-08-16T10:55:27+01:00
      3. Recommended reading and viewing (4 items)
        1. A history of narrative film - Cook, David A., c2004
          Book | Recommended | Read 'DW Griffith and the development of narrative form', pp. 29-41 and pp. 51-84.
          2011-08-16T10:51:27+01:00
        2. Film art: an introduction - Bordwell, David, Thompson, Kristin, c2008
          Book | Recommended | Read ''The development of the classical Hollywood cinema, 1908-1927', pp. 468-471.
          2011-08-16T10:59:34+01:00
        3. The cinema book - Cook, Pam, 2007
          Book | Recommended | Read 'The rise of the American film industry', pp. 3-11.
          2011-08-16T11:04:25+01:00
        4. Films | The Public Domain Review
          Webpage | Recommended | A good resource for finding films and related curios from the early cinema period, as well as lots of other interesting film material.
          2011-09-08T08:46:59+01:00
    3. Week 3 – Key concept: Performance (focusing on Buster Keaton) (11 items)
      1. Screening (2 items)
        1. Buster Keaton: volume 1: The high sign - Keaton, Buster, Cline, Edward F., 1921 (dvd)
          Audio Visual | Essential
          2011-08-16T11:31:04+01:00
        2. The Buster Keaton chronicles: Our hospitality - Keaton, Buster, 1923 (dvd)
          Audio Visual | Essential
          2011-08-16T11:31:10+01:00
      2. Essential reading and viewing (3 items)
        1. Looking at movies: an introduction to film - Barsam, Richard Meran, Monahan, Dave, Gocsik, Karen M., c2010
          Book | Essential | Read pp. 269-319.
          2011-09-29T12:29:13+01:00
        2. Looking at movies: DVD - Barsam, Richard Meran, Monahan, Dave, Gocsik, Karen M., c2010
          Audio Visual | Essential | Watch DVD chapter 7.
          2011-08-16T11:46:15+01:00
        3. 1:3 Performance by Guy Westwell on Prezi
          Webpage | Essential
          2012-04-10T15:07:50+01:00
      3. Recommended reading and viewing (6 items)
        1. The Oxford guide to film studies - Hill, John, Gibson, Pamela Church, 1998
          Book | Recommended | Read 'Film acting' by Paul McDonald, pp. 30-36; PDF available on QM+.
          2011-08-16T12:01:57+01:00
        2. The cinema book - Cook, Pam, 2007
          Book | Recommended | Read 'Stars', pp. 33-39; PDF available on QM+.
          2011-08-16T11:32:01+01:00
        3. Buster Keaton | Senses of Cinema
          Website | Recommended | This web site contains some useful web resources on Buster Keaton.
          2011-08-16T11:20:55+01:00
        4. A history of narrative film - Cook, David A., c2004
          Book | Recommended | Read pp. 169-205, especially the section on Buster Keaton.
          2011-08-16T11:48:29+01:00
        5. The Buster Keaton chronicles: The General - Keaton, Buster, 1927 (dvd)
          Audio Visual | Recommended
          2011-08-16T12:07:39+01:00
        6. Film - Schneider, Alan, Svensk filmindustri, Evergreen theater Inc, 1965 (videorecording)
          Audio Visual | Recommended | This film is written by Samuel Beckett and stars Buster Keaton.
          2011-08-16T12:13:43+01:00
    4. Week 4 – Key concept: Sound (15 items)
      This material covered in this week's class forms the basis for the assignment on sound in Sunrise.
      1. Screening (2 items)
        1. Sunrise: a song of two humans - Murnau, F.W. (Friedrich Wilhelm), Fox Film Corporation, Eureka Video, 1927 (dvd)
          Audio Visual | Essential
          2011-08-16T12:58:44+01:00
        2. Sunrise - Original Theatrical Trailer - YouTube
          Webpage | Recommended | Note - this trailer doesn't have a soundtrack; the soundtrack would most likely have been provided by the in-house cinema musicians.
          2012-04-18T10:13:10+01:00
      2. Essential reading and viewing (3 items)
        1. Looking at movies: an introduction to film - Barsam, Richard Meran, Monahan, Dave, Gocsik, Karen M., c2010
          Book | Essential | Read, pp. 367-411.
          2011-09-29T12:29:54+01:00
        2. Looking at movies: DVD - Barsam, Richard Meran, Monahan, Dave, Gocsik, Karen M., c2010
          Audio Visual | Essential | Watch DVD chapter 9.
          2011-08-16T12:22:11+01:00
        3. 1:4 Sound by Guy Westwell on Prezi
          Webpage | Essential
          2012-04-11T10:05:20+01:00
      3. Recommended reading and viewing (10 items)
        1. Finding His Voice - 1929 Max Fleischer cartoon - YouTube
          Webpage | Recommended | An early animation playing with the new synch-sound technology. Max Flesicher was a major competitor to Walt Disney during the 1920s and 1930s.
          2011-09-08T09:03:14+01:00
        2. FilmSound.org
          Website | Recommended | This is an extremely useful site with lots of interesting information, including a useful collection of some of the key writing on film sound.
          2011-08-16T12:18:07+01:00
        3. Film art: an introduction - Bordwell, David, Thompson, Kristin, c2008
          Book | Recommended | Read 'Sound in the cinema', pp. 347-377. Please note – page numbers in Film Art vary with different editions; available as a PDF on QM+.
          2011-08-16T14:03:50+01:00
        4. The cinema book - Cook, Pam, 2007
          Book | Recommended | Read pp. 47-49.
          2011-08-16T14:05:37+01:00
        5. The Oxford guide to film studies - Hill, John, Gibson, Pamela Church, 1998
          Book | Recommended | Read 'Film music', pp. 43-51.
          2011-08-16T14:06:16+01:00
        6. Sunrise: a song of two humans - Fischer, Lucy, 1998
          Book | Recommended | Please read 'Country/city' & 'Sound/silence', pp.28-40; available as a PDF on QM+.
          2011-08-16T14:09:51+01:00
        7. The jazz singer - Crosland, Alan, Jolson, Al, Warner Bros. Pictures, 1927 (dvd)
          Audio Visual | Recommended
          2011-08-16T14:19:19+01:00
        8. Nashville - Altman, Robert, 1975 (dvd)
          Audio Visual | Recommended
          2011-08-16T15:38:31+01:00
        9. Jerry Goldsmith Online
          Website | Recommended | A site celebrating the work of contemporary Hollywood composer Jerry Goldsmith
          2011-10-02T10:10:35+01:00
        10. Top 10 Movie Sound Effects We All Recognize
          Webpage | Recommended
          2011-10-02T18:52:02+01:00
    5. Week 5 – Film history: The studio system and Hollywood in the 1930s (8 items)
      1. Screening (2 items)
        1. Frankenstein - Whale, James, 1931 (dvd)
          Audio Visual | Essential
          2011-08-16T14:30:20+01:00
        2. Frankenstein (1931) Trailer - YouTube
          Webpage | Recommended
          2012-04-18T10:17:54+01:00
      2. Essential reading and viewing (3 items)
        1. A history of narrative film - Cook, David A., c2004
          Book | Essential | Read 'The sound film and the American studio system', pp. 231-289; available as a PDF on QM+
          2011-08-17T12:24:25+01:00
        2. 1:5 The rise of the studio system by Guy Westwell on Prezi
          Webpage | Essential
          2012-04-13T10:40:25+01:00
        3. Looking At Movies - Barsam, Richard, Monahan, Dave, 2010
          Book | Essential | Joint Hons students should read pp.59-109. Single Hons students will most likely have done this reading on the compulsory Genre module.
          2011-10-28T10:18:24+01:00
      3. Recommended reading and viewing (3 items)
        1. The classical Hollywood cinema: film style & mode of production to 1960 - Bordwell, David, Staiger, Janet, Thompson, Kristin, 1985
          Book | Recommended | Read 'The introduction of sound', pp. 298-308.
          2011-08-16T14:34:19+01:00
        2. The genius of the system: Hollywood filmmaking in the studio era - Schatz, Thomas, c1988
          Book | Recommended
          2011-08-17T12:28:43+01:00
        3. Dracula - Browning, Tod, 1931 (dvd)
          Audio Visual | Recommended
          2011-08-16T14:35:04+01:00
    6. Week 6 – Study skills: Looking at movies and principles of film form (7 items)
      1. Screening (2 items)
        1. Juno - Reitman, Jason, 2007
          Audio Visual | Essential
          2011-08-16T15:02:12+01:00
        2. Juno - Official Trailer - YouTube
          Webpage | Recommended
          2012-04-18T10:19:40+01:00
      2. Essential reading and viewing (3 items)
        1. Looking at movies: an introduction to film - Barsam, Richard Meran, Monahan, Dave, Gocsik, Karen M., c2010
          Book | Essential | Read pp. 1-57.
          2011-09-29T12:30:32+01:00
        2. Looking at movies: DVD - Barsam, Richard Meran, Monahan, Dave, Gocsik, Karen M., c2010
          Audio Visual | Essential | Watch DVD chapters 1 and 2.
          2011-08-16T14:39:57+01:00
        3. 1:6 Film analysis by Guy Westwell on Prezi
          Webpage | Essential
          2012-04-17T12:20:41+01:00
      3. Recommended reading and viewing (2 items)
        1. Academic English On-Line - Study Skills
          Webpage | Recommended
          2011-09-08T08:55:57+01:00
        2. Hollywood cinema - Maltby, Richard, c2003
          Book | Recommended | Read 'Taking Hollywood seriously,' pp.5-41; available as a PDF on QM+.
          2011-09-08T11:11:34+01:00
    7. Week 7 – Reading week (0 items)
      You are expected to use the time to catch up on any reading missed (especially relating to key concepts) and to prepare for classes beginning in Week 8.
    8. Week 8 – Key concept: Narrative (i) (8 items)
      1. Screening (2 items)
        1. Stagecoach - Ford, John, Wayne, John, Trevor, Claire, Walter Wanger Productions, United Artists, 2004 (dvd)
          Audio Visual | Essential
          2011-08-16T15:53:25+01:00
        2. Stagecoach (trailer) - YouTube
          Webpage | Recommended
          2012-04-18T10:24:31+01:00
      2. Essential reading and viewing (3 items)
        1. Looking at movies: an introduction to film - Barsam, Richard Meran, Monahan, Dave, Gocsik, Karen M., c2010
          Book | Essential | Read pp. 113-155.
          2011-09-29T12:31:02+01:00
        2. Looking at movies: DVD - Barsam, Richard Meran, Monahan, Dave, Gocsik, Karen M., c2010
          Audio Visual | Essential | Watch DVD chapter 4.
          2011-08-16T15:43:23+01:00
        3. 1:8 Narrative by Guy Westwell on Prezi
          Webpage | Essential
          2012-04-18T09:48:35+01:00
      3. Recommended reading and viewing (3 items)
        1. Introduction to film - Lacey, Nick, 2005
          Book | Recommended | Read 'Introduction to narrative', pp. 77-98; available as a PDF on QM+.
          2011-08-16T16:17:08+01:00
        2. Film art: an introduction - Bordwell, David, Thompson, Kristin, c2008
          Book | Recommended | Read 'Narrative as a formal system', pp. 68-107.
          2011-08-16T15:57:42+01:00
        3. Memento - Nolan, Christopher, 2000 (dvd)
          Audio Visual | Recommended
          2011-08-16T16:15:20+01:00
    9. Week 9 – Key concept: Mise-en-scène (9 items)
      1. Screening (3 items)
        1. Citizen Kane - Welles, Orson, 1941 (dvd)
          Audio Visual | Essential
          2011-08-16T16:24:18+01:00
        2. Citizen Kane - The Theatrical Trailer - YouTube
          Webpage | Recommended
          2012-04-18T10:04:42+01:00
        3. Stagecoach (trailer) - YouTube
          Webpage | Recommended
          2012-04-18T10:23:42+01:00
      2. Essential reading and viewing (3 items)
        1. Looking at movies: an introduction to film - Barsam, Richard Meran, Monahan, Dave, Gocsik, Karen M., c2010
          Book | Essential | Read pp. 155-207.
          2011-09-29T12:31:32+01:00
        2. Looking at movies: DVD - Barsam, Richard Meran, Monahan, Dave, Gocsik, Karen M., c2010
          Audio Visual | Essential | Watch DVD chapter 5
          2011-08-16T16:24:36+01:00
        3. 1:9 Mise-en-scene by Guy Westwell on Prezi
          Webpage | Essential
          2012-04-18T09:58:38+01:00
      3. Recommended reading and viewing (3 items)
        1. Mise-en-scène: film style and interpretation - Gibbs, John Edward, c2002
          Book | Recommended | Read pp. 5-39; available as a PDF on QM+.
          2011-08-16T16:32:00+01:00
        2. Introduction to film - Lacey, Nick, 2005
          Book | Recommended | Read ‘Types of mise-en-scene,’ pp.26-28; available as a PDF on QM+. Note - the material shown in the boxed section of this article usefully indicates how particular types of mise-en-scene can be used to classify and order a wide range of films.
          2012-04-18T10:01:21+01:00
        3. Platoon - Stone, Oliver, c2007 (dvd)
          Audio Visual | Recommended
          2011-08-16T16:34:46+01:00
    10. Week 10 – Key concept: Cinematography (10 items)
      1. Screening (1 item)
        1. RKO 281 - Ross, Benjamin, 1999 (dvd)
          Audio Visual | Essential
          2011-08-16T16:50:19+01:00
      2. Essential reading and viewing (3 items)
        1. Looking at movies: an introduction to film - Barsam, Richard Meran, Monahan, Dave, Gocsik, Karen M., c2010
          Book | Essential | Read pp. 207-262.
          2011-09-29T12:31:58+01:00
        2. Looking at movies: DVD - Barsam, Richard Meran, Monahan, Dave, Gocsik, Karen M., c2010
          Audio Visual | Essential | Watch DVD chapter 6.
          2011-08-16T16:50:36+01:00
        3. 1.10 Cinematography by Guy Westwell on Prezi
          Webpage | Essential
          2012-04-18T10:37:35+01:00
      3. Recommended reading and viewing (6 items)
        1. Film art: an introduction - Bordwell, David, Thompson, Kristin, c2008
          Book | Recommended | Read 'The shot: cinematography', pp. 229-294.
          2011-08-16T16:51:19+01:00
        2. A history of narrative film - Cook, David A., c2004
          Book | Recommended | 'Orson Welles and the modern sound film', pp. 327-355. If you are interested in learning more about Kane this is a good starting point.
          2011-08-16T16:56:52+01:00
        3. Cinematography
          Webpage | Recommended
          2011-09-08T08:29:35+01:00
        4. ASC: The American Society of Cinematographers
          Website | Recommended
          2011-09-08T08:49:47+01:00
        5. Into The Abyss: Teal and Orange - Hollywood, Please Stop the Madness
          Webpage | Recommended
          2011-09-19T10:30:50+01:00
        6. BFI | Sight & Sound | A brief history of cinematography
          Webpage | Recommended
          2012-05-11T12:16:22+01:00
    11. Week 11 – Key concept: Editing (6 items)
      1. Screening (1 item)
        1. Cutting Edge: The Magic of Editing [DVD] - Apple, Wendy, 2004
          Audio Visual | Essential
          2011-08-16T16:53:09+01:00
      2. Essential reading and viewing (3 items)
        1. Looking at movies: an introduction to film - Barsam, Richard Meran, Monahan, Dave, Gocsik, Karen M., c2010
          Book | Essential | Read pp. 319-367.
          2011-09-29T12:32:28+01:00
        2. Looking at movies: DVD - Barsam, Richard Meran, Monahan, Dave, Gocsik, Karen M., c2010
          Audio Visual | Essential | Watch DVD chapter 5.
          2011-08-16T16:54:04+01:00
        3. 1.11 Editing by Guy Westwell on Prezi
          Webpage | Essential
          2012-04-18T10:45:19+01:00
      3. Recommended reading and viewing (2 items)
        1. Film art: an introduction - Bordwell, David, Thompson, Kristin, c2008
          Book | Recommended | Read 'The relation of shot to shot: editing', pp. 294-347; available as a PDF on QM+.
          2011-08-16T16:54:49+01:00
        2. Film editing: the art of the expressive - Orpen, Valerie, 2003
          Book | Recommended
          2011-08-16T16:56:21+01:00
    12. Week 12 – Film history: classical Hollywood cinema (9 items)
      This material covered in this week's class forms the basis for the assignment on classical Hollywood cinema.
      1. Screening (2 items)
        1. His Girl Friday - Hawks, Howard, Columbia Pictures Corporation, 2002 (dvd)
          Audio Visual | Essential
          2011-08-17T14:21:53+01:00
        2. His Girl Friday - Trailer - YouTube
          Webpage | Recommended
          2012-04-18T14:11:55+01:00
      2. Essential reading and viewing (4 items)
        1. The classical Hollywood cinema: film style & mode of production to 1960 - Bordwell, David, Staiger, Janet, Thompson, Kristin, 1985
          Book | Essential | Read ‘An excessively obvious cinema’ & ‘Classical narration’, pp.3-11 & 24-42; available as PDFs on QM+.
          2011-08-17T12:26:43+01:00
        2. The cinema book - Cook, Pam, 2007
          Book | Essential | Read 'Classic Hollywood narrative', pp. 39-42; available as a PDF on QM+.
          2011-08-17T12:25:41+01:00
        3. Looking at movies: an introduction to film - Barsam, Richard Meran, Monahan, Dave, Gocsik, Karen M., c2010
          Book | Essential | Read pp.421-423, 430-434.
          2011-09-29T12:32:56+01:00
        4. 1.12 Classical Hollywood cinema by Guy Westwell on Prezi
          Webpage | Essential
          2012-04-18T14:20:18+01:00
      3. Recommended reading and viewing (3 items)
        1. Film art: an introduction - Bordwell, David, Thompson, Kristin, c2008
          Book | Recommended | Read 'The classical Hollywood cinema after the coming of sound', pp. 481-484.
          2011-08-16T14:30:44+01:00
        2. davidbordwell.net : essays
          Webpage | Recommended | In this extended blog entry David Bordwell, Janet Staiger and Kristin Thompson reflect on their seminal book The Classical Hollywood Cinema, some 25 years after its publication.
          2012-02-11T15:32:34+00:00
        3. The Philadelphia story - Cukor, George, Grant, Cary, Hepburn, Katharine, Stewart, James, 1940 (dvd)
          Audio Visual | Recommended
          2011-08-17T12:29:14+01:00
  3. SPRING (110 items)
    1. Week 1 – Key concept: Censorship (10 items)
      1. Screening (1 item)
        1. I'm no angel - Ruggles, Wesley, West, Mae, Grant, Cary, Paramount Productions, Paramount Pictures, 2005 (dvd)
          Audio Visual | Essential
          2011-09-08T10:19:59+01:00
      2. Essential reading and viewing (3 items)
        1. The cinema book - Cook, Pam, 2007
          Book | Essential | Read 'Censorship', pp. 7-11; available as a PDF on QM+.
          2011-08-17T16:26:19+01:00
        2. Looking at movies: an introduction to film - Barsam, Richard Meran, Monahan, Dave, Gocsik, Karen M., c2010
          Book | Essential | Read pp.118, 421, 432, 485.
          2011-09-29T12:33:23+01:00
        3. 2:1 Censorship by Guy Westwell on Prezi
          Webpage | Essential
          2012-04-19T09:56:36+01:00
      3. Recommended reading and viewing (6 items)
        1. French & Petley, Censoring the Moving Image
          Webpage | Recommended
          2011-11-01T16:59:07+00:00
        2. Hollywood censored: morality codes, Catholics, and the movies - Black, Gregory D., 1994
          Book | Recommended
          2011-08-17T16:33:52+01:00
        3. The wages of sin: censorship and the fallen woman film, 1928-1942 - Jacobs, Lea, c1991
          Book | Recommended
          2011-08-17T16:34:15+01:00
        4. The new censors: movies and the culture wars - Lyons, Charles, c1997
          Book | Recommended
          2011-08-17T16:34:24+01:00
        5. Freaks - Browning, Tod, 1932 (dvd)
          Audio Visual | Essential
          2011-08-17T16:24:43+01:00
        6. Scarface - Hawks, Howard, 1932 (dvd)
          Audio Visual | Recommended
          2011-08-17T16:35:33+01:00
    2. Week 2 – Film history: the Production Code and wartime propaganda (11 items)
      1. Screening (2 items)
        1. Casablanca - Curtiz, Michael, Bogart, Humphrey, Bergman, Ingrid, Warner Bros. Pictures, 1942 (dvd)
          Audio Visual | Essential
          2011-08-17T16:24:26+01:00
        2. Casablanca - Trailer [1942] [16th Oscar Best Picture] - YouTube
          Webpage | Recommended
          2012-04-19T10:51:19+01:00
      2. Essential reading and viewing (4 items)
        1. Pre-code Hollywood: sex, immorality, and insurrection in American cinema, 1930-1934 - Doherty, Thomas Patrick, c1999
          Book | Essential | Read 'Introduction', pp. 1-21; available as a PDF on QM+.
          2011-08-17T16:49:13+01:00
        2. "Complete Nudity Is Never Permitted": The Motion Picture Production Code of 1930
          Webpage | Essential | This website contains an excerpted version of the 1930 production code
          2011-09-08T10:16:00+01:00
        3. Digital History
          Webpage | Essential | This is the report on Casablanca produced by the Production Code Administration.
          2011-09-08T10:11:12+01:00
        4. 2:2 The Production Code by Guy Westwell on Prezi
          Webpage | Essential
          2012-04-19T10:54:02+01:00
      3. Recommended reading and viewing (5 items)
        1. A history of narrative film - Cook, David A., c2004
          Book | Recommended | Read 'Studios politics and the Production Code', pp. 236-239.
          2011-08-17T16:50:31+01:00
        2. A history of narrative film - Cook, David A., c2004
          Book | Recommended | Read 'Wartime and Postwar Cinema', pp.368-385.
          2011-08-17T16:51:59+01:00
        3. Controlling Hollywood: censorship and regulation in the studio era - Bernstein, Matthew, 2000
          Book | Recommended
          2011-08-17T16:53:10+01:00
        4. The dame in the kimono: Hollywood, censorship and the production code from the 1920s to the 1960s - Leff, Leonard J., Simmons, Jerold, 1990
          Book | Recommended | Read pp. 1-55.
          2011-08-17T16:53:31+01:00
        5. The big sleep - Hawks, Howard, 1946 (dvd)
          Audio Visual | Recommended
          2011-08-17T16:54:16+01:00
    3. Week 3 – Key concept: Narrative (ii) – Point-of-view (12 items)
      1. Screening (2 items)
        1. Gilda - Vidor, Charles, Columbia Pictures Corporation, 1946 (dvd)
          Audio Visual | Essential
          2011-08-17T16:23:31+01:00
        2. Gilda Trailer - Trailer Addict
          Webpage | Recommended
          2012-04-20T12:43:44+01:00
      2. Essential reading and viewing (5 items)
        1. Film art: an introduction - Bordwell, David, Thompson, Kristin, c2008
          Book | Essential | Read 'Narration: the flow of story information', pp. 82-91. This is available as a PDF on QM+.
          2011-08-18T14:18:19+01:00
        2. Looking at movies: an introduction to film - Barsam, Richard Meran, Monahan, Dave, Gocsik, Karen M., c2010
          Book | Essential | Read the pages related to 'point of view' and 'point of view shot', see index p.590.
          2011-09-29T12:34:05+01:00
        3. Observations on film art : The eye's mind
          Webpage | Essential
          2011-09-08T08:42:27+01:00
        4. Observations on film art : Watching you watch THERE WILL BE BLOOD
          Webpage | Essential
          2011-09-08T08:43:38+01:00
        5. 2:3 Point of view by Guy Westwell on Prezi
          Webpage | Essential
          2012-04-20T12:17:00+01:00
      3. Recommended reading and viewing (5 items)
        1. Cinema and spectatorship - Mayne, Judith, 1993
          Book | Recommended
          2011-08-18T14:43:54+01:00
        2. Film theory and criticism: introductory readings - Braudy, Leo, Cohen, Marshall, 2009
          Book | Recommended | Read 'Visual pleasure and narrative cinema' by Laura Mulvey (1975), pp. 837-848. Also available in Movies and Methods Vol. 2, ed. Bill Nichols (Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1985), pp.303-315; also available as a PDF on QM+.
          2011-08-18T14:44:27+01:00
        3. An introduction to film studies - Nelmes, Jill, 2003
          Book | Recommended | Read 'Spectator, audience and response’ by Patrick Philips, pp. 92-128.
          2011-08-18T14:49:44+01:00
        4. Saving Private Ryan - Spielberg, Steven, 1998 (dvd)
          Audio Visual | Recommended
          2011-08-18T15:11:01+01:00
        5. Homosexuality in Film Noir by Richard Dyer
          Webpage | Recommended | An interesting article about censorship and the depiction of homosexuality in film noir. Not strictly relevant to our discussion this week but useful as an adjunct to our earlier focus on censorship.
          2011-09-08T17:04:07+01:00
    4. Week 4 – Careers (11 items)
      1. Screening (2 items)
        1. Sunset Boulevard - Wilder, Billy, 1950 (dvd)
          Audio Visual | Essential
          2011-08-17T16:24:11+01:00
        2. [Trailer] Billy Wilder - Sunset Boulevard - YouTube
          Webpage | Recommended
          2012-04-20T12:48:25+01:00
      2. Essential reading and viewing (4 items)
        1. Graduate Attributes, Queen Mary, University of London
          Webpage | Essential
          2011-08-18T15:17:07+01:00
        2. Resources , Queen Mary, University of London
          Webpage | Essential | The website for the Queen Mary careers service has a great deal of useful information. Please read the material relating to CVs before class.
          2012-01-30T10:23:47+00:00
        3. 2:4 Careers by Guy Westwell on Prezi
          Webpage | Essential
          2012-04-20T12:24:49+01:00
        4. Graduate Attributes, Queen Mary, University of London
          Webpage | Essential
          2012-04-22T08:31:24+01:00
      3. Recommended reading and viewing (5 items)
        1. Getting a graduate job: Directgov
          Webpage | Recommended
          2011-09-08T08:21:05+01:00
        2. Welcome to Skillset Film - Skillset
          Webpage | Recommended
          2011-09-08T08:22:20+01:00
        3. Your Creative Future
          Website
          2011-09-08T08:36:57+01:00
        4. How Gareth Edwards Shot 'Monsters' On An Incredibly Low Budget
          Webpage | Recommended
          2011-09-08T12:25:26+01:00
        5. Letters of Note: I like words
          Webpage | Recommended
          2012-04-23T09:52:08+01:00
    5. Week 5 – Key concept: Technology (11 items)
      1. Screening (2 items)
        1. Rebel without a cause - Ray, Nicholas, 1955 (dvd)
          Audio Visual | Essential
          2011-08-17T16:23:16+01:00
        2. Rebel Without A Cause Trailer - YouTube
          Webpage | Recommended
          2012-04-20T12:49:24+01:00
      2. Essential reading and viewing (3 items)
        1. The cinema book - Cook, Pam, 2007
          Book | Essential | Read 'Technology', pp. 45-67; available as a PDF on QM+.
          2011-08-18T15:18:20+01:00
        2. 2.5 Technology by Guy Westwell on Prezi
          Webpage
          2012-04-20T12:37:36+01:00
        3. BFI Imax
          Webpage | Essential | If you have not already done so already, you should visit the BFI Imax on the South Bank.
          2011-08-18T15:42:11+01:00
      3. Recommended reading and viewing (6 items)
        1. The rise of 3D - Anthony Lane
          Website | Recommended
          2011-09-08T10:49:39+01:00
        2. A history of narrative film - Cook, David A., c2004
          Book | Recommended | Read 'Colour technologies: a brief overview', see colour supplement - pp.385-387.
          2011-08-18T15:19:14+01:00
        3. Film art: an introduction - Bordwell, David, Thompson, Kristin, c2008
          Book | Recommended | Read 'Mechanics of the movies', pp. 2-8; available as a PDF on QM+.
          2011-08-18T15:22:12+01:00
        4. The Oxford guide to film studies - Hill, John, Gibson, Pamela Church, 1998
          Book | Recommended | Read 'History and cinema technology' by Duncan Petrie, pp. 245-255.
          2011-08-18T15:22:52+01:00
        5. Widescreen cinema - Belton, John, 1993
          Book | Recommended
          2011-08-18T15:29:37+01:00
        6. How to read a film: movies, media, and beyond : art, technology, language, history, theory - Monaco, James, 2009
          Book | Recommended | Read 'Technology: image and sound', pp. 76-167. Please note - page numbers in older editions may vary.
          2011-08-18T15:30:37+01:00
    6. Week 6 – Film analysis – Key concept summary (4 items)
      1. Screening (2 items)
        1. Three kings - Russell, David O., Ridley, John, Roven, Charles, Witt, Paul Junger, McDonnell, Edward L., Clooney, George, Wahlberg, Mark, Warner Bros, Village Roadshow Pictures, c2000 (dvd)
          Book
          2012-04-20T13:00:23+01:00
        2. THREE KINGS - Trailer ( 1999 ) - YouTube
          Webpage | Recommended
          2012-04-20T13:03:35+01:00
      2. Essential reading and viewing (2 items)
        1. 1:6 Key concept summary by Guy Westwell on Prezi
          Webpage
          2012-04-20T12:54:42+01:00
        2. 2:6 Key concept summary by Guy Westwell on Prezi
          Webpage | Essential
          2012-04-21T08:14:58+01:00
    7. Week 7 – Reading week (0 items)
      You are expected to use the time to catch up on any reading missed and to prepare for classes beginning in Week 8.
    8. Week 8 – Hollywood in the 1950s (9 items)
      1. Screening (2 items)
        1. Touch of evil - Welles, Orson, 1958 (dvd)
          Audio Visual | Essential
          2011-08-17T16:22:45+01:00
        2. Touch of Evil trailer - YouTube
          Webpage | Recommended
          2012-04-21T08:17:22+01:00
      2. Essential reading and viewing (3 items)
        1. A history of narrative film - Cook, David A., c2004
          Book | Essential | Read 'Hollywood, 1952-1965', pp.387-431. Available as a PDF on QM+.
          2011-08-18T15:44:30+01:00
        2. Otto Preminger and the End of Classical Cinema | Senses of Cinema
          Webpage | Essential
          2012-04-21T08:33:32+01:00
        3. 1:8 Hollywood in the 1950s by Guy Westwell on Prezi
          Webpage | Essential
          2012-04-21T08:07:22+01:00
      3. Recommended reading and viewing (4 items)
        1. Wellesnet: Touch of Evil - The Welles/Universal Memo
          Webpage | Recommended
          2012-04-21T08:34:39+01:00
        2. Hollywood's Cold War - Shaw, Tony, c2007
          Book | Recommended
          2011-08-18T15:51:10+01:00
        3. A certain tendency of the Hollywood cinema, 1930-1980 - Ray, Robert B., c1985
          Book | Recommended
          2011-09-08T11:43:56+01:00
        4. The searchers - Ford, John, Warner Bros. Pictures, 2000 (dvd)
          Audio Visual | Recommended
          2011-09-08T11:35:35+01:00
    9. Week 9 – New Hollywood (12 items)
      1. Screening (2 items)
        1. The Wild Bunch - Peckinpah, Sam, Holden, William, Warner Bros.-Seven Arts, 1969 (dvd)
          Audio Visual | Essential
          2011-08-17T16:22:15+01:00
        2. The Wild Bunch (Trailer) - YouTube
          Webpage | Recommended
          2012-04-21T08:19:03+01:00
      2. Essential reading and viewing (3 items)
        1. Looking at movies: an introduction to film - Barsam, Richard Meran, Monahan, Dave, Gocsik, Karen M., c2010
          Book | Essential | Read pp.447-452.
          2011-09-29T12:34:54+01:00
        2. A history of narrative film - Cook, David A., c2004
          Book | Essential | Read 'Hollywood 1965 - 1995', pp. 845-879. Available as a PDF on QM+.
          2011-08-18T16:06:11+01:00
        3. 2:9 New Hollywood by Guy Westwell on Prezi
          Webpage | Essential
          2012-04-21T08:09:56+01:00
      3. Recommended reading and viewing (7 items)
        1. Easy riders, raging bulls: how the sex 'n' drugs 'n' rock'n'roll generation saved Hollywood / Peter Biskind - Biskind, Peter, 1999
          Book | Recommended
          2012-02-29T13:03:22+00:00
        2. Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock 'N' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood (2003) - IMDb
          Webpage | Recommended
          2012-02-29T13:07:35+00:00
        3. New Hollywood cinema: an introduction - King, Geoff, 2002
          Book
          2011-09-08T11:25:16+01:00
        4. The big picture: Hollywood cinema from Star Wars to Titanic - Krèamer, Peter, British Film Institute, 2001
          Book | Recommended
          2011-09-08T11:24:41+01:00
        5. Mapping Contemporary Cinema
          Website | Recommended | This is a website that publishes essays on contemporary cinema written and edited by students at Queen Mary.
          2011-09-08T11:25:50+01:00
        6. Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid - Peckinpah, Sam, 1973 (dvd)
          Audio Visual | Recommended
          2011-08-19T12:09:52+01:00
        7. The border - Richardson, Tony, Efer Productions, 1981 (videorecording)
          Audio Visual | Recommended
          2011-08-19T12:20:50+01:00
    10. Week 10 – Film analysis: introduction to 'Lone Star' (8 items)
      1. Screening (2 items)
        1. Lone Star - Sayles, John, Castle Rock Entertainment (Firm), 1996 (dvd)
          Audio Visual | Essential
          2011-08-17T16:21:52+01:00
        2. Lone Star (1996) Trailer - YouTube
          Webpage | Recommended
          2012-04-21T09:02:00+01:00
      2. Essential reading and viewing (3 items)
        1. Borders and Boundaries: An Interview with John Sayles.
          Webpage | Essential
          2012-04-21T08:58:48+01:00
        2. Remember to Forget the Alamo: The dynamics of cultural memory in John Sayles' Lone Star - G. Whitehouse, September 2002
          Article | Essential | Follow link to access article online.
          2011-08-19T10:40:59+01:00
        3. 2:10 Lone Star (i) by Guy Westwell on Prezi
          Webpage | Essential
          2012-04-21T09:08:33+01:00
      3. Recommended reading and viewing (3 items)
        1. Tex-Sex-Mex: American identities, Lone Stars, and the politics of racialized sexuality - Limon, Jose E., Autumn 1997
          Article | Recommended | Follow link to access article online.
          2011-08-19T10:50:44+01:00
        2. Lines of demarcation in a town called Frontera: a review of John Sayles' movie Lone Star - Montoya, Margaret E., Winter 1997
          Article | Recommended | Follow link to access article online.
          2011-08-19T10:41:05+01:00
        3. The Cinema of John Sayles
          Webpage | Recommended
          2011-09-07T14:41:49+01:00
    11. Week 11 – Film analysis: borders and 'Lone Star' (13 items)
      1. Screening (2 items)
        1. The three burials of Melquiades Estrada - Jones, Tommy Lee, Arriaga, Guillermo, Javelina Film Company, 2005 (dvd)
          Audio Visual | Essential
          2011-08-17T16:21:20+01:00
        2. The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada Trailer (Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada) - IMDb
          Webpage | Recommended
          2012-04-21T09:03:31+01:00
      2. Essential reading and viewing (3 items)
        1. Memory and popular film - Grainge, Paul, 2003
          Book | Essential | Read 'Forget the Alamo: history, legend and memory in John Sayles' Lone Star' by Neil Campbell, pp. 162-81; available as a PDF on QM+.
          2011-08-19T10:26:24+01:00
        2. Mise-en-scène: film style and interpretation - Gibbs, John Edward, c2002
          Book | Essential | John Gibbs, 'Lone Star scene analysis,' in Mise-en-scène: Film Style and Interpretation (London: Wallflower Press, 2001), pp.27-38; available as a PDF on QM+.
          2011-08-19T12:18:53+01:00
        3. 2:11 Lone Star (ii) by Guy Westwell on Prezi
          Webpage | Essential
          2012-04-21T09:07:56+01:00
      3. Recommended reading and viewing (8 items)
        1. Border bandits: Hollywood on the southern frontier - Fojas, Camilla, 2008
          Book | Recommended
          2011-09-08T12:15:11+01:00
        2. Magical urbanism: Latinos reinvent the US city - Davis, Mike, c2000
          Book | Recommended
          2011-09-08T12:11:42+01:00
        3. Borders and Identity
          Webpage | Recommended
          2011-09-08T09:06:22+01:00
        4. Border Film Project
          Webpage | Recommended
          2011-09-08T09:08:03+01:00
        5. La Nueva Frontera: A Whole New World -- Printout -- TIME
          Webpage | Recommended
          2011-09-08T09:10:45+01:00
        6. Texas-Mexican Conjunto
          Webpage | Recommended | An article about a hybrid musical style associated with the Tex-Mex border and which features on the Lone Star soundtrack.
          2011-09-08T11:39:36+01:00
        7. Which Way Home
          Website | Recommended | This documentary is, at the time of writing, available to watch on 4OD - http://www.channel4.com/programmes/which-way-home/4od
          2011-09-08T11:54:50+01:00
        8. Babel - González Iñárritu, Alejandro, 2006 (dvd)
          Audio Visual | Recommended
          2011-08-19T12:20:54+01:00
    12. Week 12 – Film Analysis: How to write (about film) (9 items)
      1. Screening (2 items)
        1. Monsters [DVD]: Amazon.co.uk: Whitney Able, Scoot McNairy, Gareth Edwards: Film & TV
          Audio Visual | Essential
          2011-09-08T12:20:54+01:00
        2. Monsters - Official Trailer [HD] - YouTube
          Webpage | Recommended
          2012-04-21T09:11:07+01:00
      2. Essential reading and viewing (3 items)
        1. Writing about movies - Gocsik, Karen, Barsam, Richard, 2007
          Book | Essential | This is an electronic book accessible via the link provided.
          2011-08-19T12:48:38+01:00
        2. 2.12 Writing about film by Guy Westwell on Prezi
          Webpage | Essential
          2012-04-21T08:55:21+01:00
        3. Academic English On-Line - Study Support
          Webpage | Essential | You don't have to spend a long time on this site but do visit it and bookmark it for future reference. It can be very helpful when developing your writing.
          2011-09-08T08:54:54+01:00
      3. Recommended reading and viewing (4 items)
        1. Film art: an introduction - Bordwell, David, Thompson, Kristin, c2008
          Book | Recommended | Read 'Critical analysis of films', pp. 414-443.
          2011-08-19T14:32:14+01:00
        2. The cinema book - Cook, Pam, 2007
          Book | Recommended | Read 'Looking at film', pp. 319-323.
          2011-08-19T14:34:23+01:00
        3. A short guide to writing about film - Corrigan, Timothy, 2010
          Book | Recommended
          2011-08-19T14:38:14+01:00
        4. The Oxford guide to film studies - Hill, John, Gibson, Pamela Church, 1998
          Book | Recommended | Read 'The film text and film form' by Robert P. Kolker, pp. 11-29.
          2011-08-19T14:35:26+01:00
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