WCC Film 100 course introduction-otw powerpoint LUTHER

1. FILM 100:
INTRODUCTION TO FILM
Professor Eric Luther
TX Community College transfer student
SMU: Dallas, TX – Bachelors of Humanities
NYU: New York, NY – Masters in Arts & Humanities Education
10 years in media production (mainly TV news)
Taught communications and media courses as adjunct at other
community colleges, but came full-time to WCC as of Fall 2010
Curriculum/Department Chair, Communication & Media Arts

2. FILM 100:
INTRODUCTION TO FILM
Tell us your name and what brings you to this class
What is one of your favorite films and why? What
elements of film contribute to making it one of your
favorites? Is it…
The Narrative/Story/Script?
A Specific Performance(s)?
The Cinematography/Editing?
A Specific Scene?
The Special Effects?
Something Else?

3. FILM 100:
INTRODUCTION TO FILM
What is one of your favorite
films and why? What elements
of film contribute to making it
one of your favorites? Is it…
The Narrative/Story/Script?
A Specific Performance(s)?
The
Cinematography/Editing?
A Specific Scene?
The Special Effects?
Something Else?

4. FILM 100:
INTRODUCTION TO FILM
TODAY’S OVERVIEW:
Go over Class Outline + Blackboard +
Book/First Assignment + Watch On The
Waterfront

5. FILM 100:
USING BLACKBOARD
All assigned class work and materials can be found
in the corresponding WEEKLY CLASS MATERIAL &
ASSIGNMENTS area of the course blackboard
shell:

6. FILM 100:
USING BLACKBOARD
Click into the appropriate week by date
of class meeting:

7. FILM 100:
USING BLACKBOARD
There you will see class material &
assignments for that week:

8. What is “FILM 100:
Introduction to Film”?
What is “FILM”?
The art of cinema; we’ll be approaching
FILM as a language and examining how
that language communicates with
viewers
100 level = Introductory College Class
The beginning of a course of study; the
basics

9. What is “FILM 100:
Introduction to Film”?
Why is this class important?
Film is a wonderfully expressive and
collaborative art form that allow filmmakers
to comment and reflect on the human
condition.
To be able to critically appreciate cinema
on a deeper level will only make you love
movies more, as well as provide
meaningful insight into the creative process
that brings them to us.

10. FILM EXAMPLE
ON THE WATERFRONT
Full Screening In Class
Answer Basic Questions for next
class based on assigned reading –
BRING SCREEING NOTES
WORKSHEET TO CLASS!
We’ll be using On The Waterfront to
further our discussion of CHAPTER
ONE: NARRATIVE next time we meet

11. ON THE WATERFRONT
1954 Crime Drama
Directed by Elia Kazan
Nominated for 12 Academy Awards and won 8
including;
Best Picture
Best Actor (Marlon Brando)
Best Supporting Actress (Eva Marie Saint)
Best Director

12. ON THE WATERFRONT
In 1989, On the Waterfront was deemed "culturally,
historically or aesthetically significant" by the
Library of Congress and selected for preservation
in the United States National Film Registry
In 1997 it was ranked by the American Film
Institute as the eighth-greatest American movie of
all time and in AFI's 2007 list it was ranked 19th
An example of “Classic” Hollywood Movie-making
at its finest
CLICK HERE TO WATCH

13. Assignments
READING TEXTBOOK CHAPTER 1:
NARRATIVE
On The Waterfront Screening Notes
Worksheet
We will hit the ground running next class
and jump into Chapter One material so
please be prepared…