FILM 3610G – CINEMATIC PUBLICS & PARTICIPATIONS: MOVEMENTS, MANIFESTOS, FILM FESTIVALS, COLLECTIVES
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Final projects will address key themes and topics from the course that are then integrated into your own critical discussion and research. Students are not limited to material screened/read in class and are encouraged to incorporate external sources in their detailed analysis of their research area. The research topic will have been approved upon completion …
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Students should submit a brief final project proposal (500 words) and research bibliography proposal that clearly indicates the project topic and outlines the overall thesis and theoretical direction. Students will also submit a preliminary bibliography of at least 6 reliable sources relating to their topic, 4 of which must be peer-reviewed (these include peer-reviewed journal …
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You are invited to create press material for a cinematic public you have found particularly inspiring. You can use a public you have read about class, or you may consult Scott Mackenzie’s Film Manifestos and Global Cinema Cultures (2014) for a selection of over 100 various collectives, societies, and public cinema cultures. This book is …
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In a course that draws connections between the personal spheres and the publics they engage, I invite you all to post reading responses to our class blog. You are required to compose 1 blog entry as a response to a selected week of reading and screenings from Week 1-5. I will grade all of the …
As an upper-year university course, students are expected to attend class weekly and actively participate in class discussion. A large part of your grade will be determined by your ability to contribute meaningfully to class discussion. This means the assigned readings for each week should be completed prior to the start of class, as we …
Personal Blog Reading Responses: 15% (1 blog response to weekly material, 500 words; choose any topic between Weeks 1-5) Press Project: 20% (posted to your blog & submitted to me in class) Proposal and Bibliography: 15% Final Paper, or Video Essay: 30%
Following the completion of this course, students should have: an understanding of how diverse historical, social and cultural formations of cinematic publics (institutions, networks, collectives and communities) inform each other, as demonstrated through their involvement in class discussion and in course work; the ability to communicate the relationships between the theoretical conception of the “public …
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FILM 3610G - CINEMATIC PUBLICS & PARTICIPATIONS: MOVEMENTS, MANIFESTOS, FILM FESTIVALS, COLLECTIVES