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#You will be assigned a short [[w:Buster_Keaton|Buster Keaton]] film. | #You will be assigned a short [[w:Buster_Keaton|Buster Keaton]] film. | ||
#*[[Keaton shorts|View list of Keaton shorts here.]] | #*[[Keaton shorts|View list of Keaton shorts here.]] | ||
+ | #Read these two Keaton sources | ||
+ | ##His Wikipedia article | ||
+ | ##The section of James Curtis, ''Buster Keaton'', that deals with your short film. You may want to read the entire chapter on Keaton' work during this time period. | ||
#Create a Wikipedia-style article for your short on Screenpedia. (The best articles will be uploaded to Wikipedia.) | #Create a Wikipedia-style article for your short on Screenpedia. (The best articles will be uploaded to Wikipedia.) | ||
#*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u577WkW2TVY Here's a handy 7-minute video tutorial to help you out.] | #*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u577WkW2TVY Here's a handy 7-minute video tutorial to help you out.] |
Revision as of 14:56, 13 September 2022
Each student will analyze the visual humor in a short film by Buster Keaton.
- You will be assigned a short Buster Keaton film.
- Read these two Keaton sources
- His Wikipedia article
- The section of James Curtis, Buster Keaton, that deals with your short film. You may want to read the entire chapter on Keaton' work during this time period.
- Create a Wikipedia-style article for your short on Screenpedia. (The best articles will be uploaded to Wikipedia.)
- Here's a handy 7-minute video tutorial to help you out.
- Your article must be written on Screenpedia using your assigned account.
- Your article must contain the following sections, with appropriate subheadings (as can be seen in these Wikipedia articles: The Frozen North and The Goat):
- Introduction (two or three sentences, in Wikipedia style)
- Plot (minimum three paragraphs)
- Cast
- Production (a few notes about the making of the film; does not have to be detailed, but should include information from a Keaton book)
- One bonus point each for:
- Inserting a screenshot you created.
- Properly inserting a citation for any reference material you used.
- Submit your article by emailing its URL to jbutler@ua.edu by 11:59 p.m., Tuesday, 9/27. Worth 10 points.
- Create screenshots with VLC Media Player or other software from your Keaton short. You must capture at least one from every shot in the short.
- Submit all of your screenshots on a flash drive. Due in class Tuesday, 9/27. Worth 5 points.
- Select a short segment (minimum 5 minutes) and write an analysis of comic moments in it.
- Illuminate the comic moments with at least five screenshots.
- Use the theories of humor we discussed to explain why they are comic.
- Submit in print in class Tuesday, 10/4. Worth 20 points.
- Illuminate the comic moments with at least five screenshots.
- The entire assignment is worth 35% of your final grade.