FILM CRITIQUE COURSE PLAN G.M. Adhyanggono, SS., MA. /

COURSE DESCRIPTION This course is designed for students interested in studying film that relates to literature and culture. This course gives weight more on how films relating, to greater or lesser extent, to literature may embody any ideological contents within. Thus, triangular relations between film (cinematographic elements), narrative (story), and criticism (theory) are the main subjects of study. /

OBJECTIVES The aim of this course is to give a comprehensive account on how film with its particular cinematographic elements and narrative (story) may relate to each other and be used for an interpretive study (criticism) to voice out a particular issue. /

COMPETENCE Students are able to identify the elements that construct films. Students are able to mention genres of films Students can make an analysis about a particular film, e.g. the relation between the constructive elements of films and their ideologies. /

KURIKULUM Jml. sks MPKMBB MKK (Core/Major Competence) MKB (Minor Competence) (Supporting Competence) Sem 8Panca sila (2) Agam a (2) Thesis (4) 8 Sem 7Kewar ganeg araan (2) KKN/ KKU/ KAPK I (2) TOEI C (4) Thesis Propos al (2) 10 Sem 6TOEF L Prep 2. (4) Proj. Propl & Prsnt (2) Legal Transla tion (2) Elective Course s (10) Researc h Method s (2) 20 Sem 5TOEF L Prep 1. (2) Spk.for Profes. (2) Eloq. Readin g (1) Buss. Letters (2) Transl2 (2) Elective Courses (12) 21 Sem 4Gram mar TOEF L (2) TOEFL/ TOEIC List. (2) Read. TOEFL /TOEI C (2) Spk.for Buss. (2) Voc for TOEFL (2) Read Aloud (1) Acadm Writ. (4) Transl 1 (2) Intro to Ling (2) Intro. to Lite (2) 21 Sem 3Struct ure 3 (4) Business Venture Listen (4) Acdm/ Lit. Readin g (4) Public Spk. (2) Vocatio nal Word (2) Pron.fo r Fluen. (1) Compr e. Writ (4) 21 Sem 2Struct ure 2 (4) Inquest Listening (4) Read. Tech. 2 (4) Spk.for.Grp.In ter. (2) Word Expans ion. (2) Pron.fo r Profici (1) Prgh& Expo Writ. (4) 21 Sem 1Struct ure 1 (4) Discover y Listen. (4) Readin g Tech. 1 (4) Funct. Comm. Spk 1 (4) Word Discove ry (2) Pron.fo r Accry (2) Peng.A pl. Komp. (2) 22 /

Course: Film Critique Code /Sem/Credit: Study Program: English Letters MeetingCompetenceTopicsActivities/Learning Strategies Parametric Achievement Point/ Score 1Introduction to the class: Teaching method, syllabus, assessment systems Lecture 2What make the medium special: Film, Cinema or Movie? Lecture, class discussion Read: Anatomy of Film Chap.1 3Graphics and Sound Lecture, class discussion Read: Anatomy of Film Chap.2 /

4Film, Space and Image Lecture, class discussion Read: Anatomy of Film Chap.3 5Film Genres Lecture, class discussion Read: Anatomy of Film Chap.4 6Film Subtext Lecture, class discussion Read: Anatomy of Film Chap.5 7Film and Literature Lecture, class discussion Read: Anatomy of Film Chap.7 8MID TERM- TEST Written Test 20% /

9Film Criticism-theory & practice: The Russians The Grammarians The Apologists The Realists The Auteurists The Mythographers The Semioticians Feminist Criticism The Reviewers Lecture, class discussion Read: Anatomy of Film Chap.9 10Practical Criticism: The Film Historian The Auteurist The Myth Critic The Social Historian Guidelines for Film Criticism Lecture, class discussion Read: Anatomy of Film Chap.9 Assignment 1: answering questions on theory & practice 25% 11Individual Consultation Choose & watch a film for your final project /

12Individual Consultation Choose & consult your topic, theory and outline for the final project Assignment 2: feasibility overview on the final project based topic, theory, and outline of the paper 25% 13Individual Consultation Composing a paper for your final project 14Individual Consultation Composing a paper for your final project 15Individual Consultation Composing a paper for your final project 16FINAL PROJECT Submit the final project/paper 30% /

ASSESSMENT SYSTEM All assignments are individual: –Assignment 1: answering questions on theory & practice (25%) –Assignment 2: feasibility overview on the final project based topic, theory, and outline of the paper (25%) Final Project is also individual: –Composing a paper, a film critique, on a film that has never been discussed during the class. Students are encouraged to watch and analyse a film that has never been seen before to get fresh impression on the object. Fresh impression is vital in a film critique, just like a child wonders on a new toy he/she has. However, when unable to find a “new” film, student can use an “old” film, but make sure to watch it again to evoke a new impression/wonder. Nilai akhir diperoleh berdasarkan hasil: 1.Assignments: 50% 2.Mid Test: 20% 3.Final Test/Project: 30% /

REFERENCES Main Textbook: Dick, Bernard F Anatomy of Film 3 rd ed. St. Martin Press: New York. Supporting Textbooks: Nelmes, Jill (ed) An Introduction to Film Studies. Routledge: New York. Easthope, Anthony Contemporary Film Theory. Pearson Education Limited: Harlow, Essex, England. Web Sources: Baker’s Dozen.html (Questions for Reading a Film) Baker’s Dozen.html This Film Art?.html (Criteria for Evaluating a Film) (Understanding Movies Louis Giannetti 11 th Edition) /

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