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'''TCF 340 International Cinema''' is a discussion-oriented course taught by [[User:Jeremy Butler|Jeremy Butler]].
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'''JCM 312 International Cinema''' is a discussion-oriented course taught by [[User:Jeremy Butler|Jeremy Butler]].
  
 
== Course objectives ==
 
== Course objectives ==
  
TCF 340 assumes the student understands generally the contours of international cinema history. The course's objective therefore is to investigate in some depth the cinematic work of a particular nation and the historical/theoretical issues pertaining to it. This term our topic will be the French cinema.
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JCM 312 assumes the student understands generally the contours of international cinema history. The course's objective therefore is to investigate in some depth the cinematic work of a particular nation and the historical/theoretical issues pertaining to it. This term our topic will be the French cinema.
  
The online syllabus ('''Fall 2014'''): http://goo.gl/KfRVST
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The online syllabus ('''Fall 2019'''): [http://bit.ly/j312f19 bit.ly/j312f19]
  
 
==Study groups==
 
==Study groups==
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'''Group 1'''
 
'''Group 1'''
* Christian Abbatiello
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* Addison Bessette
* Andrew Barksdale
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* AJ Evans
* Brooks Bell
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* Daniel Mccraw
* Cameron Benson
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* Meg Gatens
* Mia Blackman
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* Tessa Anderson
 
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'''Group 2'''
 
'''Group 2'''
* Chase Bodiford
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* Lillie Harrison
* Kayla Cassese
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* Kathryn Flandermeyer
* Jessica Dimas
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* Will Prybylski
* Matthew Eden
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* Jeremy Elliott
* Shelby Fallin
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*Jacob Snead
 
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'''Group 3'''
 
'''Group 3'''
* Becca Hanlon
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* Ben Rubin
* Thomas Klein
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* Richard Miksi
* Ezra Laemmle
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* Kilmer Bennewitz
* Natalie Landers
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* Daniel Lake
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'''Group 4'''
 
'''Group 4'''
* Taylor Martin
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* Michael Kulick
* Allen Miller
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* Lily Prater
* Ethan Montgomery
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* Tyrell Shavers
* George Murdison
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* Sarah Maynard
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* Alex Perry
 
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'''Group 5'''
 
'''Group 5'''
* Alex Pounders
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* Nick Golden
* Cape Sandlin
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* Emily Bertolino
* Kacey Tanveer
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* Darius Horn
* Trevyon Tellis
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* Miller Wilkinson
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* Zach Andry
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== Online study guides ==
 
== Online study guides ==
 
===Chronological order===
 
===Chronological order===
#Film Analysis: [[TCF340/Butler/Narrative Structure|Narrative Structure]], ''Television''
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#Film Analysis: [[JCM312/Narrative Structure|Narrative Structure]], ''Television''
#Film Analysis: [[TCF340/Butler/Mise-en-scene|Mise-en-scene]], ''Television''
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#Film Analysis: [[JCM312/Mise-en-scene|Mise-en-scene]], ''Television''
#Film Analysis: [[TCF340/Butler/Cinematography|Cinematography]], ''Television''
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#Film Analysis: [[JCM312/Cinematography|Cinematography]], ''Television''
#Film Analysis: [[TCF340/Butler/Editing|Editing]], ''Television''
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#Film Analysis: [[JCM312/Editing|Editing]], ''Television''
#Film Analysis: [[TCF340/Butler/Sound|Sound]], ''Television''
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#Film Analysis: [[JCM312/Sound|Sound]], ''Television''
#Film Analysis: [[TCF340/Analytical Exercise (Discussion)|Discussion]] of Analytical Exercise
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#Film Analysis: [[JCM312/Analytical Exercise (Discussion)|Discussion]] of Analytical Exercise
 
#Early French Cinema
 
#Early French Cinema
#The Avant-Garde ([[TCF340/The Avant-Garde (Discussion)|Discussion]])
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#The Avant-Garde ([[JCM312/The Avant-Garde (Discussion)|Discussion]])
#French Cinema Between the Wars I: Popular Front [[TCF340/French Cinema Between the Wars I: Popular Front (Discussion)|(Discussion)]]
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#French Cinema Between the Wars I: Popular Front [[JCM312/French Cinema Between the Wars I: Popular Front (Discussion)|(Discussion)]]
#Bazinian Realism [[TCF340/Bazinian Realism (Discussion)|(Discussion)]]
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#Bazinian Realism [[JCM312/Bazinian Realism (Discussion)|(Discussion)]]
 
#French Cinema Between the Wars II: Poetic Realism (discontinued)
 
#French Cinema Between the Wars II: Poetic Realism (discontinued)
#French New Wave I: Alain Resnais [[TCF340/French New Wave I: Alain Resnais (Discussion)|(Discussion)]]
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#French New Wave I: Alain Resnais [[JCM312/French New Wave I: Alain Resnais (Discussion)|(Discussion)]]
#French New Wave II: François Truffaut [[TCF340/French New Wave II: François Truffaut (Discussion)|(Discussion)]]
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#French New Wave II: François Truffaut [[JCM312/French New Wave II: François Truffaut (Discussion)|(Discussion)]]
#French New Wave III: Éric Rohmer [[TCF340/French New Wave III: Éric Rohmer (Discussion)|(Discussion)]]
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#French New Wave III: Éric Rohmer [[JCM312/French New Wave III: Éric Rohmer (Discussion)|(Discussion)]]
#French Modernism: Jean-Luc Godard & Bertolt Brecht [[TCF340/French Modernism: Jean-Luc Godard & Bertolt Brecht (Discussion)|(Discussion)]]
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#French Modernism: Jean-Luc Godard & Bertolt Brecht [[JCM312/French Modernism: Jean-Luc Godard & Bertolt Brecht (Discussion)|(Discussion)]]
#Godard and Contemporary Feminism ([[TCF340/Godard and Contemporary Feminism (Discussion)|Discussion]])
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#Godard and Contemporary Feminism ([[JCM312/Godard and Contemporary Feminism (Discussion)|Discussion]])
#French Feminism, Continued: Agnès Varda ([[TCF340/French Feminism, Continued: Agnès Varda (Lecture)|Lecture]], [[TCF340/French Feminism, Continued: Agnès Varda (Discussion)|Discussion]])
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#French Feminism, Continued: Agnès Varda ([[JCM312/French Feminism, Continued: Agnès Varda (Lecture)|Lecture]], [[JCM312/French Feminism, Continued: Agnès Varda (Discussion)|Discussion]])
#Claire Denis ([[TCF340/Claire Denis (Discussion)|Discussion]])
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#Claire Denis ([[JCM312/Claire Denis (Discussion)|Discussion]])
#Godard Since 1968 ([[TCF340/Godard Since 1968 (Discussion)|Discussion]])
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#Godard Since 1968 ([[JCM312/Godard Since 1968 (Discussion)|Discussion]])
 
#Cinema Ascetic: Robert Bresson
 
#Cinema Ascetic: Robert Bresson
  
 
===List of lecture notes===
 
===List of lecture notes===
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[[:Category:JCM312 Lecture]]
  
 
===List of discussion notes===
 
===List of discussion notes===
[[:Category:TCF340 Discussion]]
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[[:Category:JCM312 Discussion]]
  
 
===Extra credit===
 
===Extra credit===
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===Books===
 
===Books===
#Jeremy Butler, ''Television: Critical Methods and Applications''
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#Jeremy Butler, ''Television: Visual Storytelling and Screen Culture''
  
 
===Articles and book chapters===
 
===Articles and book chapters===
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In alphabetical order, not the order in which they are assigned.
 
In alphabetical order, not the order in which they are assigned.
  
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Revision as of 01:15, 25 October 2019

JCM 312 International Cinema is a discussion-oriented course taught by Jeremy Butler.

Course objectives

JCM 312 assumes the student understands generally the contours of international cinema history. The course's objective therefore is to investigate in some depth the cinematic work of a particular nation and the historical/theoretical issues pertaining to it. This term our topic will be the French cinema.

The online syllabus (Fall 2019): bit.ly/j312f19

Study groups

Group 1

  • Addison Bessette
  • AJ Evans
  • Daniel Mccraw
  • Meg Gatens
  • Tessa Anderson

Group 2

  • Lillie Harrison
  • Kathryn Flandermeyer
  • Will Prybylski
  • Jeremy Elliott
  • Jacob Snead

Group 3

  • Ben Rubin
  • Richard Miksi
  • Kilmer Bennewitz
  • Daniel Lake

Group 4

  • Michael Kulick
  • Lily Prater
  • Tyrell Shavers
  • Sarah Maynard
  • Alex Perry

Group 5

  • Nick Golden
  • Emily Bertolino
  • Darius Horn
  • Miller Wilkinson
  • Zach Andry

Online study guides

Chronological order

  1. Film Analysis: Narrative Structure, Television
  2. Film Analysis: Mise-en-scene, Television
  3. Film Analysis: Cinematography, Television
  4. Film Analysis: Editing, Television
  5. Film Analysis: Sound, Television
  6. Film Analysis: Discussion of Analytical Exercise
  7. Early French Cinema
  8. The Avant-Garde (Discussion)
  9. French Cinema Between the Wars I: Popular Front (Discussion)
  10. Bazinian Realism (Discussion)
  11. French Cinema Between the Wars II: Poetic Realism (discontinued)
  12. French New Wave I: Alain Resnais (Discussion)
  13. French New Wave II: François Truffaut (Discussion)
  14. French New Wave III: Éric Rohmer (Discussion)
  15. French Modernism: Jean-Luc Godard & Bertolt Brecht (Discussion)
  16. Godard and Contemporary Feminism (Discussion)
  17. French Feminism, Continued: Agnès Varda (Lecture, Discussion)
  18. Claire Denis (Discussion)
  19. Godard Since 1968 (Discussion)
  20. Cinema Ascetic: Robert Bresson

List of lecture notes

Category:JCM312 Lecture

List of discussion notes

Category:JCM312 Discussion

Extra credit

Shot Logger

Prepare frame grabs for Shot Logger, using a French film.

More details will be announced later.

Texts & resources

Books

  1. Jeremy Butler, Television: Visual Storytelling and Screen Culture

Articles and book chapters

In alphabetical order, not the order in which they are assigned.

  1. Armes, Roy. French Cinema. NY: Oxford University, 1985.
  2. Bazin, André. "The Era of the Popular Front." In Jean Renoir, pp. 36-52. Edited and with an introduction by Francois Truffaut. Translated by W. W. Halsey II and William H. Simon. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1973.
  3. Bazin, André. "The Evolution of Film Language." In The New Wave, pp. 24-51. Edited and translated by Peter Graham. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1968.
  4. Bazin, André. "LE JOUR SE LÊVE . . . Poetic Realism." In LE JOUR SE LÊVE: A Film by Marcel Carné and Jacques Prévert, pp. 5-12. Translated by Dinah Brooke and Nicola Hayden. NY: Simon and Schuster, 1970.
  5. Brecht, Bertolt. "The Modern Theatre is the Epic Theatre." In Brecht on Theatre, pp. 33-42. Edited and translated by John Willett. New York: Hill and Wang, 1964.
  6. Bresson, Robert. Notes on Cinematography. Translated by Jonathan Griffin. NY: Urizen, 1977.
  7. Crisp, C. G. Eric Rohmer: Realist and Moralist. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1988.
  8. Fofi, Goffredo. "The Cinema of the Popular Front in France (1934-38)." In Screen Reader I, pp. 172-224. London: SEFT, 1977.
  9. Kuhn, Annette. Women's Pictures: Feminism and Cinema. Boston: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1982.
  10. Hughes, Robert. The Shock of the New. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1980.
  11. MacCabe, Colin. Godard: Images, Sounds, Politics. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University, 1980.
  12. MacCabe, Colin. Godard: A Portrait of the Artist at Seventy. New York: Faber & Faber, 2003.
  13. Monaco, James. Alain Resnais. NY: Oxford University, 1979.
  14. Monaco, James. The New Wave. NY: Oxford University, 1976.
  15. Penley, Constance. "Les Enfants de la Patrie." Camera Obscura, 8-9-10, pp. 32-59.
  16. Wollen, Peter. "Godard and Counter Cinema: VENT D'EST." In Readings and Writings: Semiotic Counter-Strategies. London: Verso, 1982.