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Hum 3/Lit 520: Film Principles/Film Appreciation
Fr. Rene C. Ocampo, SJ/Bong S. Eliab
Humanities Division
School of Arts and Sciences
Ateneo de Davao University

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Class Notes and Required Reading Materials
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• Movie Theater Etiquette

• Movie Pleasures and the Spectator's Experience: Toward a Cognitive Approach

• Making Sense of Genre

• Introduction to the Complete History of Discovery of Cinematography

• Chapter One: 900 BC-1399

• Chapter Two: 1400-1599

• Chapter Three: 1600-1649

• Chapter Four: 1650-1699

• Chapter Five:

• Chapter Six:

• Chapter Seven:

• Chapter Eight:

• Chapter Nine:

• The Complete History of the Discovery of Cinematography

• The Film History

• Nature of Film Language

• The Elements of Film

• Narration Notes

• The Basic Visual Units: Frame, Shot, Scene, Sequence

• The Art of Editing

• The Gaze

• Mechanics of a Motion Picture

• Producing a Motion Picture

• The Film Genres

• The Photographic Characteristics of a Shot

• Who is Giuseppe Tornatore?

• Akira Kurosawa: A Teacher of Courage

• The Epic Images of Kurosawa

• Film Techniques

• Mise-en-Scene and Samples of Mise-en-Scene

• Motif

• Shots

• Framing

• Camera Movement

• Montage

• Acting and Directing

• The Art of Directing

• Notes on Cinematography

• Special Effects

• Film Sound

 

References

• Glossary of Photographic Terms

• Movie Terminology Glossary

• On-Line Film Dictionary

• Sofia Study of Film

• Student Discussion Guide: Schindler's List

 

Movie Reviews

• Amistad

• Schindler's List

• Three Reviews: Bagong Buwan

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