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Introduction to the Course (Hum 3)
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Introductory Notes
Hum 3: Film Apprecia8on Class Ateneo de Davao University
Bong S. Eliab
Film Apprecia8on
• Assignments, Notes and Announcements for the class:
hum3.blogspot.com
• Presenta8ons/ Lectures Slideshare.net/jseliab
• Library Resources – Ebrary.com – library.addu.edu.ph
Assignment
• Read the introductory notes at hum3.blogspot.com
• Short Quiz Next Mee8ng
• Send your film review.
Course Descrip8on
• An introduc8on to the scholarly, aesthe8c apprecia8on, analysis and study of cinema.
• Not a ‘great films’ course • Spectrum of cinema8c genre and modes of storytelling and expression – not mainstream (which Hollywood)
• Deliberate inclusion of European and Asian films
Course Descrip8on
• Recurring concern in the class: – To beWer understand the formal, stylis8c, and ideological rela8onships mainstream cinema and its alterna8ves
• 1st half of the class: explore cinema8c terms, elements, concepts, theore8cal constructs
• 2nd half of the class: explore social and historical contexts of films
Course Requirements
• Grading Periods: Prelim, Midterm, Final • Each grading period – Quizzes (15%) – Film Reviews (20%) – Major Examina8ons (65%)
• LeWer Grade: A, B+, B, C+, C, D, F, FD
Film Review
• Must be one page only • Send PDF (Portable Document Format)
Absences/ Tardiness
• Absence: not more than 20% of the total number of classes (20% x 18 = 3); 4 absences = FD
• Late: 1/3 absence; three lateness = 1 absence
Contact Informa8on
• Email Address: [email protected] • Tel (82) 221.2411 local 8201 • TwiWer: @BongEliab • Facebook: facebook.com/eliab
Test Your Email Address
• Send an email to me using your ADDU eMail address on or before 24 June 2014 with the following details:
Complete Name and Course/ Year Profile Photo Mobile Number (Confiden8al) Birthdate/ Age
Film Viewing E8queWe
1. Respect personal space. 2. Crying is reserved for excep8onally sad
scenes only. 3. Film viewing is a one-‐way entertainment. 4. Feet belong to the floor. 5. A ringing cellphone will break your mother’s
heart. 6. Credits.
Varia
• You can bring food, discreet food. Food delivery is not allowed unless it is meant for the whole class.
• You can bring non alcoholic beverage, non-‐glass container.
• You can bring your comfort pillow and jacket, but not your BFF, BF or GF.
• Shoes remain in your feet. • Go to the restroom before the start of the film. • During the film viewing, no one is allowed to enter the room. No one is allowed to get out of the room.