SYLLABUS
Film Analysis Course Description: This course focuses on film analysis, or the sustained close reading of cinematic texts. Successful students will demonstrate not only an understanding of film form, but also the rhetorical skills necessary to advance a clear and cogent film analysis. Successful students will likewise demonstrate strong critical thinking skills; they will develop questions for research and/or critical inquiry, evaluate external sources pertinent to the work under investigation, and situate their own critique within the context of relevant scholarship. Who: Prof Jay McRoy When: W 4:00 - 5:30 Where: CART 228 Where Else: www.thejaymcroy.com Email: mcroy@uwp.edu Required Texts: Writing about Movies - Karen Gocsik, Dave Monahan, and Richard Barsam 10/40/70: Constraint as Liberation in the Era of Digital Film Scholarship - Nicholas Rombes Grading: Class Participation & In-Class Presentations - 25%. Essay #1: Formal Analysis...