Recommended Texts
Bordwell, David. Narration in the Fiction Film. University of Wisconsin Press, 1989. ISBN: 0415018773.
Bordwell, David. On the History of Film Style. University of Wisconsin Press, 1992. ISBN: 0674634292.
Katz, Steven. Film Directing Shot by Shot Michael Weise Productions, 1992. ISBN: 0941188108.
Rieser, Martin, ed. New Screen Media: Cinema / Art / Narrative British Film Institute, 1999. ISBN: 0851708641.
Rush, Michael. New Media in Late 20th Century Art. Thames and Hudson, 2001. ISBN: 0500203296.
Van Abbemuseum, Stedelijk. Cinema Cinema: Contemporary Art and the Cinematic Experience. NAi Pubilshers, 1999. ISBN: 9070149710.
| SES # | TOPICS | READINGS |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Roots of Narrative: Lumiere vs. Melies | |
| 2 | Video Narrative vs. Film Narrative | |
| 3 | Documentary vs. Narrative | Rush, Michael. Introduction in New Media in Late 20th Century Art. Thames and Hudson, 2001. ISBN: 0500203296. Cooper, Pat, and Ken Dancyger. "The Experimental Drama." In Writing the Short Film. Focal Press, 1999. ISBN: 0240803698. |
| 4 | Diaristic Narrative | Russell, Catherine. "Autoethnography from Journeys of the Self." Chapter 10 in Experimental Ethnography . Duke University Press, 1999. ISBN: 0822323192. Rabiger. "Developing Story Ideas." In Directing – Film Techniques and Aesthetics. Focal Press, 2003. ISBN: 0240805178. |
| 5 | Presentations: Assignment #1: Variations on a Scene | Bordwell, David. "Art-Cinema Narration." In Narration in the Fiction Film. University of Wisconsin Press, 1989. ISBN: 0415018773. |
| 6 | Production In-class / Lighting and Re-staging | |
| 7 | Oneiric Video (Dream Narrative) Presentations: Assignment #1a: Re-staging | Bordwell, David. "Parametric Narration." In Narration in the Fiction Film. University of Wisconsin Press, 1989. ISBN: 0415018773. |
| 8 | Minimal Narrative Presentations: Assignment #2: Dream Sequence Assignment Rough Cut | |
| 9 | Beyond the Rules | |
| 10 | Alternative Scriptwriting | Dancyger, Ken and Jeff Rush. "Beyond the Rules." In Alternative Scriptwriting. Focal Press, 2001. ISBN: 0240804775. |
| 11 | Editing In-class Production: The Kuleshov Effect Presentations: Assignment #2a: Re-editing of Dream Sequence | Murch, Walter. In the Blink of an Eye. Silman-James Press, 2001. ISBN: 1879505622. |
| 12 | Mise en Scene (Production In-class) Presentations of Assignment #3: Slice of Life Mini-Narrative (Fictionalizing Reality) | Bazin, Andre. What is Cinema? University of California Press, 1967. ISBN: 0520000927. |
| 13 | Introduction to Assignment #4: Deconstructing Narrative In-class Production | |
| 14 | Individual Meetings | |
| 16 | Introduction to Assignment #5: Final Project Narrative Critique | Mulvey, Laura. "Visual Pleasure and the Narrative Cinema." In Issues in Feminist Film Criticism. Edited by Patricia Erens. Indiana University Press, 1991. ISBN: 0253206103. Wees, William. "Carrying On: Leslie Thornton, Su Friedrich, Abigail Child and American Avant-Garde Film in the Eighties." Canadian Journal of Film Studies , Volume 10, no. 1 (2002). |
| 17 | In-class Production | |
| 18 | Presentations: Rough Cuts and Assemblies, Dailies, for Final Project | |
| 19 | Voice-over Narration and Audio Recording Demo: FCP Voice-over, Miking Techniques Presentations: Deconstructing Narrative Exercise or Works-in-Progress for Final Project | |
| 20 | Presentations | |
| 21 | Narrative Critique | |
| 22 | The Game of Form Presentations of Final Project Works-in-Progress | |
| 23 | Voice-over Narration | Kar-Wai, Wong. Excerpt from Chunking Express, DVD. Miramax Home Entertainment, 1994. |
| 24-26 | Presentations: Assignment #5: Final Project Presentations |