On 3/9/01 4:21 PM, "Daniel I Humphrey" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > While it's important to introduce students to "the classics" in a film > *history* class, in a intro to film class different issues are often at > center stage. For my money, it's much more effective to use a James > Cameron film as an example of a long take than "Magnificent Ambersons", at > least to a group of restless freshmen.... Similar methods are being used in other disciplines (i.e., the use of more contemporary literature in an English 102 class), but my question would be where to draw the line. While using contemporary films certainly makes the Intro to Film class more relevant to the student in question, I wonder if perhaps we're not doing the student a great disservice by not exposing them to films they otherwise wouldn't see. I think the truly successful Intro is going to find a way to blend the two approaches. Ed ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.tcf.ua.edu/ScreenSite