FMS 100: Introduction to FilmSpring 2009Lectures:M/W/F 10:45 – 11:35 am, Business Admin C 116Screenings:M 4 – 7 pm, Physical Science F 173Professor:Victoria MengOffice:LL 643DHours:M 1:30 – 3:30 pm or by appointmentMailbox:FMS department main officeE-mail:[email protected] refer to the course Blackboard website for additional informationFMS 100: Introduction to Film is the foundational course for the Film and Media Studies program. It introduces students to the rigorous academic study of film as an industry, a set of technologies, and a mass culture informed by contemporary history and politics. Most of all, the course focuses on film as a form of art whose structures and styles can be better understood through close analysis. By analyzing a film’s form – its sets, actors, lighting, framing, editing, sounds, and effects – we can learn more about how it conveys its “content” – its story, message, and theme.This course demands “active learning” – you can’t do well in it if you just “sit back, relax, and enjoy the show.” Expect to spend about five hours a week in addition to lecture and screening time learning and reviewing course materials – and more hours during exam and paper weeks. This course is not only about film; it is also about helping you to form and to articulate your ideas through film. I believe that the experience will be both enlightening and fun.Course Objectives:* Introduce students to the multifaceted and rigorous study of film and other media.* Describe how technology affects how films are made and experienced.* Explain both industrial and independent modes of filmmaking.* Discuss film narratives as a site where cultural and political values are expressed.* Approach film structure through the tools of art criticism.* Teach students to formulate critical arguments about films and to perform shot analyses to support their theses.* Expose students to elements of FMS's areas of emphases to help them to choose their areas.Required Text:Film Art: an Introduction, 8th edition, by Kristin Thompson and David Bordwell.Film Art is available at the ASU Bookstore and on reserve at Hayden Library. Short additional readings may be assigned throughout the semester, and will be downloadable from the course Blackboard website.FMS 100: INTRODUCTION TO FILMSpring 2009Lectures: M/W/F 10:45 – 11:35 am, Business Admin C 116Screenings: M 4 – 7 pm, Physical Science F 173Professor: Victoria MengOffice: LL 643DHours: M 1:30 – 3:30 pm or by appointmentMailbox: FMS department main officeE-mail: [email protected] refer to the course Blackboard website for additional informationFMS 100: Introduction to Film is the foundational course for the Film and Media Studies program. It introduces students to the rigorous academic study of film as an industry, a set of technologies, and a mass culture informed by contemporary history and politics. Most of all, the course focuses on film as a form ofart whose structures and styles can be better understood through close analysis. By analyzing a film’s form – its sets, actors, lighting, framing, editing, sounds, and effects – we can learn more about how it conveys its “content” – its story, message, and theme.This course demands “active learning” – you can’t do well in it if you just “sit back, relax, and enjoy the show.” Expect to spend about five hours a week in addition to lecture and screening time learning and reviewing course materials – and more hours during exam and paper weeks. This course is not only about film; it is also about helping you to form and to articulate your ideas through film. I believe that the experience will be both enlightening and fun.Course Objectives:← * Introduce students to the multifaceted and rigorous study of film and other media.← * Describe how technology affects how films are made and experienced.← * Explain both industrial and independent modes of filmmaking.← * Discuss film narratives as a site where cultural and political values are expressed.← * Approach film structure through the tools of art criticism.← * Teach students to formulate critical arguments about films and to perform shot analyses to support their theses.← * Expose students to elements of FMS's areas of emphases to help them to choose their areas.←Required Text:Film Art: an Introduction, 8th edition, by Kristin Thompson and David Bordwell.Film Art is available at the ASU Bookstore and on reserve at Hayden Library. Shortadditional readings may be assigned throughout the semester, and will be downloadable from the course Blackboard website.Graded Work:Participation/Attendance: 25%Midterm Examination: 25%Critical Analysis Paper: 25%Final Examination: 25%ACADEMIC DISHONESTY!In the “Student Academic Integrity Policy” manual, ASU defines “’Plagiarism” [as] using another's words, ideas, materials or work without properly acknowledging anddocumenting the source. Students are responsible for knowing the rules governing the use of another's work or materials and for acknowledging and documenting the source appropriately.” You can find this definition at: http://www.asu.edu/studentaffairs/studentlife/judicial/academic_integrity.htm#definitions. Academic dishonesty, including inappropriate collaboration, will not be tolerated. There are severe sanctions for cheating, plagiarizing and any other form of