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| Date | Topics | Readings | |
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| Aug 22 | Clark, Chaps 1 and 5 | ||
| Aug 24 | The Senses: Aural and Visual
Class Exercise: Boxes | Tony Schwartz, from The responsive chord
Paul Martin Lester, What the Brain Sees: Color, Form, Depth, and Movement Dancing on Saddam's Statue (still photo from Fox news footage) The Statue (a series of photos providing a different perspective on Saddam's statue) | |
| Aug 29 | Technology terms and jargon
Audio Terms Visual Terms |
Clark, pp. 18-24 Steve Schoenher's History of Recording Technology Only accessible from on-campus computers | |
| Aug 31 | Computer Presentations and Games
Case Study: How to build a Web Site In-class Presentation Meet in Neff B88 Computer Lab |
Clark, pp. 44-52, 167-172
Dr. Dixon's Web Page Instuctions | |
| Sep 5 | Labor Day | ||
| Sep 7 | Terms and Jargon Day: A Game Show | Glossary of Media Terms | |
| Sep 12-14 | Narratives and Dramatic Structure
Case Study: The Sitcom Class Screening: Fast Times (1986) |
Aristotle, Poetics
Clark, pp. 54-58 |
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| Sep 19-21 | CITIZEN KANE (in two parts) | Sep 26-28 |
The art of mass production/Mass production as art Class Screening: The Visual Trip (from the Narc DVD) Class Screening: The making of Master and Commander |
Clark, Chap 4
Benjamin, The work of art in the age of mechanical reproduction |
| Oct 3-5-12 | Semiotics: Encoding/decoding
TV ad: Cingular cell phones Dramatic analysis due |
Clark, pp. 52-53 Hall, Encoding/Decoding Barthes, The rhetoric of the image Robert Seiler, "Selling Patriotism/Selling Beer: The Case of the "I AM CANADIAN" Commercial" (Refer to pages 56-61 for an example of a semiotic analysis of a tv advertisement). | |
| Oct 10 | Fall Break | ||
| Oct 17-19 24-26 |
Film and Video
Visual design and editing Class Screening: Homicide (pilot episode) |
Interactive
Storyboard Exercise How to draw Storyboards |
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| Oct 31-Nov 2 | It's All Fake: The Creation of the Illusion Four versions of the Gunfight at OK Corral Semiotic analysis due Oct 31 |
To be announced | |
| Nov 7-9 | Format and Genre
Documentary | Clark, pp. 15-17, 24-29, 59-74 (Documentary) | |
| Nov. 14-16, 21 | Sound and Audio Music Recording Audio for TV and Film |
Tankel, Remixing as recoding | |
| Nov 21 | Thanksgiving | ||
| Nov 28-30 | PSA Presentations |
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| Dec 5-7 |
Final Examination Screening
Frank's Place (pilot) (Dec 5) Aesthetic analysis due Dec 7 |
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| FINAL | Wednesday, Dec. 14, 4-6 p.m.
My Media World Website (In class presentations) | ||
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