Students will be able to identify course requirements and resources

Students will be able to identify similarities and differences between film and other art forms

Students will be able to identify limitations and innovations of early films

Review course requirements and resources.

Lecture/discussion - early film and animation, critical components of film as art form.

View selected early films and animation, including The Great Train Robbery, Voyage to the Moon, animation by Winsor McKay.

Classroom discussion of presented films.

Review class applicability - skills, career.

Due This Week

  • No assignment due

Due Next Week

  • Read Understanding Movies pgs. 132 – 164, 340 - 343.
  • Read Of Mice and Magic pgs. 1 – 28
  • Reading Summary 1 (.doc) (.pdf)
  • Storyboard 1 (.doc) (.pdf)