Spring 2024 Film AF8237 section 001

VISUAL EXPERIENCES

Call Number 15086
Day & Time
Location
F 10:00am-1:00pm
511 Dodge Hall
Points 3
Grading Mode Standard
Approvals Required None
Instructor Eric Mendelsohn
Type LECTURE
Method of Instruction In-Person
Course Description

The course seeks to bridge two intimately related studies that currently exist within the Film Program: 1. intensive academic analysis of filmmaking practices/principles and, 2.  the practitioner’s creative/pragmatic application of those practices/principles in their own work. Students will study, through screenings, lectures and personal research, an overview of various directing forms/methodologies (conventional coverage, expressive directing, comedy directing, subjective directing, objective directing, multiple-protagonist narrative, etc.) with a primary focus on the Western classic narrative tradition. The visual grammar, axiomatic principles, structural necessities of a variety of directing forms/genres will be analyzed and compared with works of art from other disciplines (poetry, painting, sculpture, etc.) and cultures.  The ultimate goal is student implementation of these principles in their own work, exposure to and examination of some works of the established canon, as well as a greater understanding of the context in which creation occurs.

Web Site Vergil
Department Film
Enrollment 39 students (68 max) as of 9:05PM Wednesday, December 4, 2024
Subject Film
Number AF8237
Section 001
Division School of the Arts
Open To Schools of the Arts
Section key 20241FILM8237R001