21L.011  The Film Experience

Essay is due 11/10 and assignment is up under Materials; please read the document in full to see requirements, approach, options, etc. You will be writing about more than one film, and I make clear what your options are for each question. I try to give you lots of sub-questions to get you thinking, but also give you a lot of flexibility as you develop your specific argument and approach.

Hello All - This is an important announcement. Our class has a plex.tv server set up through the MIT Film Office, which permits us to put up copies of films you have already seen in screenings; they are not a substitute for seeing the films Monday night (and films are not posted until the week after our study of them), but you will want to have access to the site to consult the course films for close analysis, for papers, for review for section, etc. Instructions on how to access the plex site are posted under Materials next to the syllabus. Best, eb

You will talk about -- and/or have time to ask any questions about -- your first short assignment on editing in section today. The assignment and the clips about which you can write are under Materials -- and you may need to download the clips to view them (some browsers require that). You will produce a shot breakdown in addition to a 2-3 page essay and turn in both. It is due emailed to your TA on Saturday October 1 by 11.00 p.m. as a pdf. Cheers all, eb

The first class meeting will be lecture, Tuesday Sept. 13 at 3.30.
Your first section will be Thursday, Sept. 15, and your first screening Monday Sept. 19.