中山大学美国电影课件01AmericanCinema.pptVIP

Contact details Mobile phone: 13533 888 433 QQ and mail: 157424495 QQ group: 146630070 （美国电影） web resource: Outline Ice-breaking: experience and expectations Introduction to the course What is Hollywood? An Overview Getting started: My Film-Viewing Experience Work in 4 groups. Each of you will be given a question. Interview people in your group to collect their responses. Report to the class. the most popular means of watching films (Internet/ cinema/ DVD…) the factors that attract students to watch a film the most popular female stars and why they like them the most popular male stars and why they like them the most popular film directors and why they like them the most popular film genres their impression of “America” as known from American movies their opinions on American movies with “Chinese elements” their favorite American movies and why they like them their standards of judging a good film Getting started: Expectations Work as groups of 5. Discuss: why to choose this course themes about American Cinema you’d like to include in the course contributions you’d like to make to the course ways of assessment that you prefer Introduction to the course Why American cinema? What about American cinema? How to study American cinema? How to evaluate your performance? Why American cinema? What does cinema mean to you? What does Hollywood mean to you? What about American cinema are you mostly interested in? How do you see the relationship between cinema and culture? What about American cinema and American culture will we cover? Content Section 1: Classical Hollywood Cinema Week 1：Orientation: Taking Hollywood Seriously Week 2：Classical Hollywood Style: Narrative (Casablanca) Week 3：National Holiday—no class Week 4：Classical Hollywood Style：Style (Citizen Kane) Section 2: History Week 5：Early Hollywood: from Silent Era to Talkies (Hugo/ The Birth of a Nation) Week 6：Studio System and the Golden Age (It Happened One Night/ The Searcher) Week