American Film: An Introduction to Film Studies (EL 250) Film Wiki - Course Schedule - Simple Site Menu - Contact/Home Review Slides for the Midterm (2012) (This site is a work in progress. Let me know if my links are broken, or if you have any suggestions for additions.) Find Films to Watch: Critics, Lists, Clips On Storyboarding "Storyboard Paper PDF Generator" (Incompetech) "Storyboarding" (AFI w/Sean Astin, 5 min.)
"Storyboards" (OSU) Spielberg on Storyboarding (AFI, 2.5 min.) "Storyboarding: 4-Minute Film School" (Indy Mogul, 4 min.) "How To Make a Storyboard" (Bunch of Kids, 2 min.) "Storyboarding Your Movie" (Eejit) Owen Hill's Storyboard Gallery Indy Mogul Storyboard Template AFI "Screen Edcuation" PDF with Storyboarding Info "History of Storyboarding" (Student Project, 7 min.) Some Historical Optical Gadget Links "Cinema and Its Ancestors" (Tom Gunning/U of Chicago)
NCCSM Optical Toys Exhibit PBS Thaumatrope PBS Phenakistoscope Build a Zoetrope Instructional Phenakistoscope Magic Lantern Demo Another Magic Lantern Demo Magic Lantern Slides from U of Bristol Magic-Lantern.eu A History of Discovering Cinematography (Paul Burns) FilmSite's Film History before 1920 German Expressionism (Complete Films) The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Robert Wiene, 1920) The Golem (Paul Wegener/Carl Boese, 1920) Nosferatu (F. W. Murnau, 1922) Bonus: Shadow of the Vampire Trailer M (Fritz Lang, 1931)French Avant-Garde (Complete Films) Entr'acte (René Clair, 1924) Ballet Mécanique (Fernand Léger, 1924, No Sound) Un Chien Andalou (Luis Bunel, Salvador Dalí, 1929) Soviet Montage (1924-30) On Editing, Cinematography, and Mise en Scene "The 'Grammar' of Television and Film" (Daniel Chandler) Very Early (1922) Color Film The Internet Encyclopedia of Cinematographers NYT on Filming Human-Tech Interactions On "Pink Noise" and Editing Film (NYT) "If Filmmakers Directed the Super Bowl" (Slate V) The Reoccurring Prop Newspaper "The Career of PT Anderson in Five Shots" (Kevin B. Lee on Tracking Shots) Epic Long Takes: "This Too Shall Pass" (OK Go) "Russian Ark" (Alexander Sokurov) "The Player" (Opening Scene) (Robert Altman) "Touch of Evil" (Opening Scene) (Orson Welles) "Rope" (Alfred Hitchcock) "Elephants and Little Girls" (Loch Lomond) (Hayley Young) Re-Cut/Parody Trailers "Jerry the Great" "40 Inspirational Speeches in Two Minutes" "Scary Mary" "Shining" (Bonus: Real Trailer for "The Shining") "Academy Award Winning Movie Trailer" "Brokeback to the Future" On Film Acting and Film Actors On Film Sound "Foley Artist" (Human Giant) (Parody Violence Warning...) The Wilhelm Scream (Compiled Instances Here, History Here) Castle Thunder "Film Sound Cliches" FilmSound.org On Film Narrative "Academy Award Winning Movie Trailer" "Man's Life Riddled with Continuity Errors" (The Onion, Satire) Short Films, Etc. Bravia + Bouncy Balls (w/Different Music) (Making of...) The Guild (Felicia Day) "Clearification" (Demetri Martin) "Makeover" (Heath Benfield) "Dinner for Two" (Heath Benfield) (Part Two Here) "Splitting Hairs" (Michael Boretz) "Heartless: The Story of the Tin Man" (Brandon McCormick) Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (Joss Whedon) Avant-Garde Film and Video from ubu.com On Guerilla Filmmaking Telling Parodies Email Dr. Johnson ------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------ Links Under Consideration for Future Versions of the Course... "In Defense of Slow and Boring" (MD at NYT) |