Readings

Recommended Texts

Bordwell, David. Narration in the Fiction Film. University of Wisconsin Press, 1989. ISBN: 0415018773.

Bordwell, David. On the History of Film Style. University of Wisconsin Press, 1992. ISBN: 0674634292.

Katz, Steven. Film Directing Shot by Shot Michael Weise Productions, 1992. ISBN: 0941188108.

Rieser, Martin, ed. New Screen Media: Cinema / Art / Narrative British Film Institute, 1999. ISBN: 0851708641.

Rush, Michael. New Media in Late 20th Century Art. Thames and Hudson, 2001. ISBN: 0500203296.

Van Abbemuseum, Stedelijk. Cinema Cinema: Contemporary Art and the Cinematic Experience. NAi Pubilshers, 1999. ISBN: 9070149710.

SES #	TOPICS	READINGS
1	The Roots of Narrative: Lumiere vs. Melies
2	Video Narrative vs. Film Narrative
3	Documentary vs. Narrative	Rush, Michael. Introduction in New Media in Late 20th Century Art. Thames and Hudson, 2001. ISBN: 0500203296. Cooper, Pat, and Ken Dancyger. "The Experimental Drama." In Writing the Short Film. Focal Press, 1999. ISBN: 0240803698.
4	Diaristic Narrative	Russell, Catherine. "Autoethnography from Journeys of the Self." Chapter 10 in Experimental Ethnography . Duke University Press, 1999.  ISBN: 0822323192. Rabiger. "Developing Story Ideas." In Directing – Film Techniques and Aesthetics. Focal Press, 2003. ISBN: 0240805178.
5	Presentations: Assignment #1: Variations on a Scene	Bordwell, David. "Art-Cinema Narration." In Narration in the Fiction Film. University of Wisconsin Press, 1989. ISBN: 0415018773.
6	Production In-class / Lighting and Re-staging
7	Oneiric Video (Dream Narrative) Presentations: Assignment #1a: Re-staging	Bordwell, David. "Parametric Narration." In Narration in the Fiction Film. University of Wisconsin Press, 1989. ISBN: 0415018773.
8	Minimal Narrative Presentations: Assignment #2: Dream Sequence Assignment Rough Cut
9	Beyond the Rules
10	Alternative Scriptwriting	Dancyger, Ken and Jeff Rush. "Beyond the Rules." In Alternative Scriptwriting. Focal Press, 2001. ISBN: 0240804775.
11	Editing In-class Production: The Kuleshov Effect Presentations: Assignment #2a: Re-editing of Dream Sequence	Murch, Walter. In the Blink of an Eye. Silman-James Press, 2001. ISBN: 1879505622.
12	Mise en Scene (Production In-class) Presentations of Assignment #3: Slice of Life Mini-Narrative (Fictionalizing Reality)	Bazin, Andre. What is Cinema? University of California Press, 1967. ISBN: 0520000927.
13	Introduction to Assignment #4: Deconstructing Narrative In-class Production
14	Individual Meetings
16	Introduction to Assignment #5: Final Project Narrative Critique	Mulvey, Laura. "Visual Pleasure and the Narrative Cinema." In Issues in Feminist Film Criticism. Edited by Patricia Erens. Indiana University Press, 1991. ISBN: 0253206103.    Wees, William. "Carrying On: Leslie Thornton, Su Friedrich, Abigail Child and American Avant-Garde Film in the Eighties." Canadian Journal of Film Studies , Volume 10, no. 1 (2002).
17	In-class Production
18	Presentations: Rough Cuts and Assemblies, Dailies, for Final Project
19	Voice-over Narration and Audio Recording Demo: FCP Voice-over, Miking Techniques Presentations: Deconstructing Narrative Exercise or Works-in-Progress for Final Project
20	Presentations
21	Narrative Critique
22	The Game of Form Presentations of Final Project Works-in-Progress
23	Voice-over Narration	Kar-Wai, Wong. Excerpt from Chunking Express, DVD. Miramax Home Entertainment, 1994.
24-26	Presentations: Assignment #5: Final Project Presentations