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 Film 101: Introduction to Film
 Fall 2009
 August 24, 2009 - 16 December, 2009
 Produced by MiraCosta College     Directed by Gloria Floren

FILM 101 CATALOG DESCRIPTION.   "An introduction to film as an art form and as a cultural artifact, this course examines content and techniques found in film, historical and stylistic influences on film makers, their artistic values, and the social implications of film. Feature films as well as shorts and animated films are viewed during the course as a basis for critical analysis."  3 units general-education humanities credit, transferable to UC, CSU, and other colleges and universities throughout the world.  Note: This is a film studies class, not a film making class.

ENROLLED STUDENTS: WELCOME TO FILM 101! 

BOOKMARK YOUR MOODLE CLASSROOM USING YOUR SECTION NUMBER.
Click on your Section Number (a new window opens), and use the enrollment key (password) sent to you at the email address you have given to SURF
(If you have changed your email address, be sure to contact SURF to make the correction.)
LOG IN by the end of the first day of classes.  Students who do not show up in class by the first day of classes at MiraCosta College will be dropped as "no shows."
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Read this Film 101-CyberCinema Preview, so you can get started.  Buy your textbooks now: Louis Giannetti's Understanding Movies,11th edition (we start right off with Chapter One) and Tidepools - Peace, available only at the college bookstore (we use this book right away). Plan to come to our class 2-3 times/week, and plan to meet the Wednesday and Saturday deadlines (you can complete quizzes and assignments before the Wednesday-Saturday deadlines, for example Tuesday and Friday, to accommodate your personal work-study schedule).  We will be using a course management system called Moodle, which works best if you use Firefox browser (students report problems with Internet Explorer and Safari). The major learning activities of the class for this 16-week semester are listed below:

  • read 11 textbook chapters and online lectures,
  • screen 12-15 films, some required for everyone, some chosen from a list (you can borrow your films from libraries, rent them from local video merchants or online lenders like Netflix, or buy them from any number of sources),
  • take 8 quizzes (6 multiple-choice and 2 writing),
  • complete weekly discussion forum assignments,
  • complete a paper or project (you will have a choice: complete a creative project, a written plan for an original film based on a story or poem in Tidepools; OR write a paper on three recently released films).
  • complete some final assessments


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INTERESTED STUDENTS

Read through the Film 101-CyberCinema Preview, which includes links to the syllabus and the proposed semester schedule of assignments, to make sure this is the class for you.  Get thoroughly familiar with all the links on the MiraCosta College Distance Education page.  If you are interested, register at MiraCosta College; do this early in the registration period, because the film classes fill fast.  Please make sure that SURF has your correct email address so that you get important information, like passwords to the online classroom in Moodle).  CLASS CLOSED? Read about what to do at the MiraCosta College Distance Education page.

Created 04 December 1997 by Gloria Floren. Revised 22 August 2009.
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