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Hi everyone,

 

I've just finished my first semester teaching a course in film analysis.  While

I have a great love of film, my academic knowledge is somewhat small - I'm

primarily a writing/literature instructor and begged for this course when the

original instructor left.  I learned a great deal about film during the course

of the semester, but want to learn much more and develop a first rate film

analysis class.

 

I would be very interested, therefore (and most grateful!), to hear any and all

suggestions about texts to use, approaches to take (historical?  genre?

director?), and films to show.  The books I used this semester - ordered by the

previous instructor - were "Understanding Movies" by Giannetti and "A History of

Narrative Film" by Cook.  While I learned a lot, as I said, I wonder if these

are the best available.  What else is out there?  I would be especially

interested in books particularly about film analysis.  Many of my students had

difficulty, especially at first, in viewing a film objectively, in analyzing

rather than criticizing.

 

Thanks very much in advance!  I've been lurking on this list for about a month

now, and am very impressed with the width and depth of knowledge.  I've learned

quite a bit reading your posts.  I hope to learn even more!

 

Craig Russell

 

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