G'day,

Well I remember learning first year Film studies from B+T. The classes were
organised around seeing how well the ideas from the book could be applied to
different films, and a question of were there films that resisted the B+T
treatment. We spent many hours watching clips chosen by the teacher, taking
notes by ourselves using the different tools from the book to analyse how
say, editing, sound, mise en scene etc made meaning in the film, and then
breaking into groiups to combine ideas for 15 minutes before each group
reported back to the class as a whole.

Lisa

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> Date:    Sun, 4 Feb 2007 09:35:27 -0600
> From:    Bartlett <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Teaching Intro to Film & Film History
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> I am slated to teach Introduction to Film and Film History courses next
> year.  I
> want to use the Bordwell and Thompson book, Film Art, for the first course
> and the B&T book,
> Film History, for the second.  However, these books seem so comprehensive
> that I am concerned
> about how to use class time in a way that will not seem redundant to the
> students.
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> I would appreciate any suggestions as to effective and interesting ways to
> approach teaching Intro to Film and Film History courses using these
> texts.
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