1. Table of Contents
Introduction
I. What is Film?: A Brief Introduction to Film History
II. On Lumière Brothers’ Short Films
III. Screening and Discussion
Chapter 1 Factors of Film: Plot, Story and Actor’s Performance
I. On Georges Méliès’ A Trip to the Moon (1902)
II. Screening and Discussion
Chapter 2 Story told by Camera: Shot, Scene and Sequence
I. On Edwin S. Porter’s The Great Train Robbery (1903)
II. Screening and Discussion
Chapter 3 Film Terms and Storyboard
I. Types of Shot, Editing, Camera Angle, Music, Lighting and Other
II. On Sergei Eisenstein’s Battleship Potemkin (1925)
III. Screening and Discussion
IV. Practice: A Storyboard for “The Odessa Steps” from Battleship Potemkin
Chapter 4 Analyzing Shots and Their Meanings
I. On Charlie Chaplin’s Modern Times
II. Screening and Discussion
Chapter 5 Film Adaption (I): On Terence Fisher’s Dracula
I. Read and Discuss the Script Quotes
II. Screening and Discussion: Fisher’s Dracula (1958)
Chapter 6 Film Adaption (II): How to Write a Film Summary
I. How to Write a Film Summary
II. Screening and Discussion: Fisher’s Dracula (1958)
III. Practice: A Summary for the Film Dracula
Chapter 7 Film Adaption (III): A Comparison of the Novel Dracula and
Its Film Adaptation
I. On Bram Stoker’s Novel Dracula (1897)
2. II. Novel quotes and film clips
III. Screening and Discussion
IV. Practice: A comparison of the novel and its film adaptation
Chapter 8 Film Review and Analysis (I): Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds
I. Read and Discuss the Script Quotes
II. Screening and Discussion: Hitchcock’s The Birds (1963)
Chapter 9 Film Review and Analysis (II): How to Write a Film Review
I. How to Write a Film Review: Sample Readings
II. Screening and Discussion: Hitchcock’s The Birds
III. Practice: Writing a Film Review
Chapter 10 Film Review and Analysis (III): How to Analyze a Film
I. Auteur Theory
II. Structural Analysis: Sample Readings
III. Discussion
Chapter 11 Film Adaption (III): On Mark Romanek’s Never Let Me Go
I. Read and Discuss the Screenplay
II. Screening: Romanek’s Never Let Me Go (2010)
III. On Theme and Symbols of the Film
Chapter 12 Film Adaption (IV): A Comparison of the Novel Never Let Me Go and
Its Film Adaptation
I. On Kazuo Ishiguro’s Novel Never Let Me Go (2005)
II. How to Write a Comparative Analysis
III. Film Review: A Sample Reading
IV. Discussion
Chapter 13 What is Documentary Film?: An Introduction
I. Film Festivals and Related Terms
II. Differences between Feature Film and Documentary Film
III. Screening and Discussion: Robert Flaherty’s Nanook of the North (1922) and
Chi Po-lin’s Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above (2013)
IV. Discussion
3. Chapter 14 Taiwan New Wave Cinema of the 1980s
I. Introduction to the Selected Taiwan New Wave Cinema
II. Screening and Discussion
Chapter 15 Final Project Proposal
Supplementary Materials
