Students will write a film adaptation of a short story or similar. Thiscourse will teach students the basics of photography,camera functions, videoediting, media analysis, and filmmaking. If you love film, then this course will help you learn more about film analysis, film. Intro to film, film 2, film 3 syllabus introduction to film, film 2, film 3 cameron murray key west high school phone. Those who take this course for honors will have an extra assignment to be devised and agreed between student and teacher by the third week of class. Theory and practice is a hybrid studiesproduction course that will explore the intersection of music and the moving image. During the semester we will consider what happens when a. During these weeks, one lecture will be live, while the 2 nd lecture is replaced by students watching prof. Syllabus eng 320 aa horror literature and film portal. Fall 2018 graduate literature course descriptions english. Such revisions, if any, will be sent to you via email.
A visit to the film museum of brussels is envisaged. Students will investigate traditional as well as nontraditional film images, themes. Film literature, a course based on the indiana academic standards for englishlanguage arts, is a study of how literature is adapted for film or media. I recommend watching the movies, then reading the play. An introduction to the history of film from its beginnings in the late nineteenth century to the present. Course description this course examines the relationship between writing and cinema by focusing on film adaptations of literary genres such as the novel, short story, nonfiction essay, and poem. In this section of the course, we will learn the elements of film language, focusing mostly on the four most important elements. This course will explore the nature of film, theater, and television through selected case studies in adaptation. The course will help students prepare for upperdivision english classes as well as a wide range of upperdivision courses in other departments by teaching students the necessary skills of close reading, critical writing, and research. This is a shakespeare and film adaptation course, so we will treat the movies as a text just like the plays. Teaching film and film adaptations in literature courses. The diving bell and the butterfly as autobiographical multitext. Sep 06, 2017 teaching film adaptation or just the film adaptations.
Course film links the films required for this course will be available as streaming video via elms about two weeks before each is due. This can also make it easier to keep track of all the characters. Students will write a film adaptation of a short story or similar source material, which will be assigned by the instructor. Film 388 sample syllabus film studies at umd, college park. The class will address the ethics of adaptation, questions and techniques surrounding the need to fictionalize truth for dramatic purposes, as well as touching. Through illustrated lectures, selected screenings, and discussion, students will develop a historical appreciation of film genres including narrative, documentary, and experimental, and of the legacy of major filmmakers.
Tian mansha vital reading hutcheon, a theory of adaptation, chapter 4. To pass this course, students must complete a midterm essay exam, write short papers in response to the assigned readings, complete a fully documented, 10page, mla style research paper, and complete a 510 minute presentation on a topic related to horror literature and film. Despite my appreciation for bad movies, most of the literature i teach does not do well in the adaptation department. Exploring modern hollywoods leading genre, by liam burke up of mississippi, 2016, is a book devoted entirely to comic books adapted into film. In the era of silent film 18951929 several hundred shakespeare films were made in england, france germany and the united states, even. Please consult the moodle for a more detailed syllabus, extra resources, and all assignments. Film literature english courses zionsville community high.
Week by week course outline please remain flexible regarding the following schedule. This seminar will begin with an overview of the history of adaptation theory in relationship to literary and film studies, engage with the concepts of prominent theorists, and. Filmed shakespeare began in 1899, with sir herbert beerbohm tree performing the death scene from king john for the camera. Film technique influences a wide array of other forms which use visuals and sound to communicate information and ideas. As this is a course in literature and film analysis, students do not need to. Students will read about the history of film, the reflection or influence of film on the culture, and issues of interpretation, production, and adaptation. During the semester we will consider what happens when a variety of short stories, novels. Sarah bernhardt, who had played hamlet a number of times in her long career, filmed the duel scene for the paris exposition of 1900. Course description this course examines the relationship between writing and cinema by focusing on film adaptations of. While climate change is a global health issue, its health impacts vary across geographies and populations. It is the students responsibility to make note of all such announcements. Understand how to write a script logline, outline and onepage synopsis.
Next, we will move from film production to film form. Write your 1012 page script idea as a logline, outline and onepage synopsis. All provisions in this syllabus are subject to revision by the instructor. Film 370u film noir from 1960 4 this course examines film noir and neonoir as concepts that, after the studio era, are referenced explicitly by filmmakers and audiences. Students will read all of austens major novels and selections from the juvenilia and letters, and will be expected to.
An introduction to the theory of adaptation 1996, clarendon press, oxford, pp. Not only will this course cover techniques and styles of horror literature and film, it will. This course examines the aesthetics of cinema and key elements of the art of filmmaking as well as the cultural relevance and critical analysis of film. In a 250 to 350word posting, you may address one of my questions, or introduce another point. The broad goals of this course will be to introduce students to the basic tools of literary. Dogma as well as the process involved in adapting a literary source into a film. Of course, detective fiction was born in the 19th c, penned by a variety of writers that well very briefly hear soundbites from this summer as i weave them. Film literature english courses zionsville community. No expertise in literary criticism or film theory will be presumed. Adaptation 2016 spring a 2016springaxfms3942636926370 syllabus h print the complete syllabus course number fms 394 course title screenwriting adaptations credits 3 prerequisites screenwriting fundamentals faculty name. This course may be taken more than once for credit when different writers are studied. Denmark to corporate america as in ethan hawkes film adaptation.
Griffiths adaptation of the clansmen into the first featurelength film. The basic thematic and chronological structure of the course is as follows. The course expands students cinematic vocabulary by allowing them to. Critically evaluate film and media representations of environmental injustice and proposed solutions. Thorburns prerecorded lecture videos on opencourseware. Several weeks of this class operate in a flipped mode. We will consider film noir in relation to genre, ideology, aesthetics, and the representation of social difference in the poststudio era. Have a 4 page script adaptation of a short story assigned story. In this course, you will learn why taking action to plan for and adapt to climate change is necessary for protecting human health, as well as what kinds of actions are most. The worlds climate is changing, and among the most significant negative consequences is to human health. This is a survey course designed to introduce you to the broad range of theoretical, formal, and historiographic issues specific to cinema.
Sample syllabus this syllabus is provided as a sample. Film studies the nature of this course is to promote understanding and awareness of film as one of the most powerful and influential forms of media. This course is designed to enhance students appreciation for the history and traditions of american film. Adaptation studies involves relationships among texts of different media. The course is open to film studies majors who have earned at least 60 credits. The course will also feature contemporary horror, such as stephen kings bestselling novels and the tv adaptation of robert kirkmans popular comic book the walking dead. This course explores how narrative structures and models operate differently. For me, the crux of the issue of teaching film adaptation in. This course will introduce students to screenwriting adaptation techniques, focusing primarily on the challenges of adapting true stories pulled from various nonfiction sources. The class syllabus notes what portions of the text should be read before each class meeting. Reflecting on this, screen adaptation celebrates its emergence in the late 20th and 21st centuries and explores the varieties of methodologies and debates within the field. To use skills learned in the course of the trimester to analyze a literary adaptation not.
Teaching film and film adaptations in literature courses posted on september 6, 2017 october 2, 2017 by shellihomer this past spring, we had a few posts on different elements of teaching film, jacinta yanders on documentary films and composition and phil smith on teaching disney adaptations in a two part post. Student learning outcomeslearning objectives course description. Students will participate in acting projects, crew for their classmates, and produce several individual projects while workshopping the adaptation of franz kafkas short story the metamorphosis, into a collaborative multimedia production. The syllabus includes american, british, french, italian, japanese and scandinavian movies. Shakespeare, film and media literature mit opencourseware. Other than your research paper, all course material will be drawn from class lectures, screenings, and the above text. Feel free to engage your classmates ideas as you write. Slos, course policies, assignments, and other information is. Better articulate their own ethical values, social commitments, and political perspectives. The course will rely on lectures and workshops animated by a number of film professionals. Students will learn to identify, and effectively express, the visual components of literature as well as the literary components of film through an analysis of plot, character, dialogue, setting, theme, and symbolism.
Teaching film adaptation or just the film adaptations. David suchet as hercule poirot and film director billy wilders adaptation of raymond chandlers american hardboiled noir, double indemnity 1944. Students will work individually and in groups to write, shoot,and edit their own projects. Fictional texts that have been adapted into films can be productive sites for analysing a range of. English 434, literature and film, which satisfies the visual and performing arts requirement of the university studies core, examines the interaction of film and literary texts, and the qualities of each. In particular, we will explore this topic through a wide variety of issues including various facets of production, structure, technique, historical context, reception, style. This will allow you to see what scenes were cut, changed, and think about why and what the effect of these changes are. Drawing on approaches from genre studies to transtexuality to cultural.
It is a sampling of the thought and accumulated critical opinion that forms the basis of the modern stature of 100 years of filmmakingas art or culturally important dramatic work. And this tradition dates back to the very beginnings of cinema with d. Pdf of film adaptation syllabus course description this course examines the relationship between writing and cinema by focusing on film adaptations of literary genres such as the novel, short story, nonfiction essay, and poem. Syllabus this unit examines recent film adaptations of the late 20th and early 21st cenutry, focusing on an american context, although with some inclusion of films from other national contexts. Sample student projects during the semester include psas.
Adaptation seminar syllabus university of washington. Our objective for this course will be to reframe the ways that we consider and discuss adaptations, from text to film and beyond. Queer adaptations in film, fiction, and tv spring 2012 instructor. This advanced course deals with narrative issues in film point of view, time, structure, style, tone, adaptation. This course will examine how film is linked to other forms of storytelling such as the novel, short story, and theater. For each response posting, i will pose specific questions about course texts and adaptation theory. The purpose of this course is to explore the multifacted relationship between literary texts and their film adaptations by focusing on representative films by two masters of this process. The students will be lead through the creative process and role of the film director. Historically, climaterelated hazards such as drought, flooding, pest and disease outbreaks, coastal storms and heat waves have had devastating impacts on people and the environment in which they live.
In short, the process of adapting one text into a new text is a wideranging and complex process. Theatre 240 directing 1 fall this course introduces students to the craft and theory of theatrical production. Africa is considered one to be one of the most vulnerable regions to climate change. Film appreciation 101 is intended as a journey through the world of film. Basic film production cinema 24 download the full syllabus as a pdf here note that this is a daily schedule only. All that said, i am very careful of when i incorporate films into the literature classroom.
Film 388 connects the theoretical understanding of film studies that students develop in the classroom to professional experience in the workplace. All email related to the course will be sent to your official marywood addresses only, so be sure to check it. This course explores why climate change adaptation is important in the african context. Maybe its an issue of under funding or maybe it is a disconnect between the original writer and screenwriter that loses the essence of the original text. Slos, course policies, assignments, and other information is available via the download link above.
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