Hi Robert, I'm teaching myself how to teach intro to film, so I'll be very interested in any comments you receive, and about your experiences. Right now, my courses aren't titled "film" but rather composition/rhetoric. I made the decision to include film because I believe it is narrative, and I can include the same information as I do in teaching composition--introduction, parallelism, etc. I found a basic book useful, THE ART OF WATCHING FILM. You might look at this for your intro course. Let's keep in touch. Betty >>> Bartlett <[log in to unmask]> 2/4/2007 9:35 AM >>> 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. I would appreciate any suggestions as to effective and interesting ways to approach teaching Intro to Film and Film History courses using these texts. ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.ScreenSite.org ( http://www.screensite.org/ ) ---- For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html