Students will identify artistic and technical contributions early animators and cartoons

Students will identify artistic and technical innovations of silent animation era

Students identify basic narrative editing techniques used in film

Review and discuss Reading Summary 1

View examples of classical, parallel editing and montage techniques

View selections from Buster Keaton's "The General"

Discussion of narrative and editing techniques in "The General"

Review next week's assignments

Due This 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)

Due Next Week

  • Read Understanding 202 – 220, 224 -236 (12th). 226 – 246 (11th)
  • Read Of Mice and Magic pgs. 23 – 26, 83 – 124
  • Reading Summary 2 (.doc) (.pdf)
  • Storyboard 2 (.doc) (.pdf)