2.1 Week 2 Overview

 2.1 Week 2 Overview

IMMERSION

Welcome back!  This week we really begin to familiarize ourselves with film analysis - the body of this course. You will learn basic concepts, screen a film and contribute to a discussion of that film with your peers. Then complete a short quiz.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of this week, you will be able to:

Discuss the “invisibility" of the cinematic language.

Describe how a viewer's expectations are informed by cinematic language and a knowledge genre, an actor's or director's style .

Define terms such as explicit and implicit meaning and discuss said meanings in regards to a film.

Explain how a film includes cultural invisibility and note some of the shared belief systems presented.

Begin to apply formal analysis and understand what other types of filmic analysis are utilized.

TO-DO LIST

To meet the objectives of this week's module, you will complete the following activities and assessments: 

Complete the reading assignment - Chapter 1. 

View this week's film.

Complete a short quiz.

Participate in the Discussion and Responses.

TIPS

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