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We'll be going to the Cleveland Film Fest on Tuesday, March 25th.  You will have some choice (but not absolute choice) about which films...

After talking in your groups and identifying the "rub" of the "alien" in these films -- what has been more *difficult* f...

This student video essay didn't have the same perimeters as yours (it was a single student's production, not a group production, s...

TEN CANOES makes a number of statements about storytelling.  Many of these "statements" are direct; many of them are indirect.  So...

In this class there are five assignments that you can use to demonstrate your learning.  Four of the five assignments are ongoing throughout...

What visual tropes did you see in this film?  (Describe them carefully.) Were they tropes that you recognized from other films, or were...

In four-person groups, you will develop a video essay that deals with the tensions of seeing “there” from “here” -- in relation to a particu...

Your group film proposal should include the following elements: 1. The name of the film you will analyze. 2. A list of important context...

By mid-term, you should have COMPLETED the reading and researching phase of this project.  At this point in the semester you will have suffi...

One of my favorite ways of starting a film discussion is by asking the question:  What about the film WORKED for you?  My second questi...

What about the film bumped you out of the narrative flow?   Was it the IDEAS in the film?  Was it the EXECUTION of the film?  Was it so...

In this class we look at films in three distinct ways:  as art, as cultural expression / conversation, as a business process.   Do...

You can always write a journal entry that summarizes a movie or reading that we have assigned for class.   Be sure that you write about...

In this class we’ll regularly look at films in three distinct ways:  as art, as cultural expression / conversation, as a business process. ...