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  • 2 pages RTF 317 - Shot List Assignment, Part II
    • RTF 317 - Shot List Assignment, Part II
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    • RTF 317 - Fall 2012
    • John P. Ackels Shot List Assignment, Part II To present the hallways and the interior of the ship, Ridley Scott implements slow camera movements, a mysterious and ominous soundtrack, and very little sound. The opening hallway shot begins in utter darkness
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    • RTF 317 - Spring 2016
    • The Sopranos (as an exemplary paradigmatic post-network TV series The series 6-seasons - 86 episodes critical hit popular and commercial hit 1st pay-cable series to win its time slot caused major surge in HBO subscribers 10 million per week in seas
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    • February 20 RTF 317 Notes 02/20/2015 Making Babies: James Camerons Aliens (Mulhall) Key Points: o Genre-mixing and sequel-dom Hybrid genres in The Terminator and Aliens Regeneration of The Terminator and Alien franchises over time o James Camerons auth
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    • RTF 317 - Spring 2015
    • February 23 RTF 317 Notes 02/23/2015 Ideology, Genre, Auteur (Wood, 1986) Ideology o Shared systems of beliefs that seem natural, but are societal and cultural Genre o Different sets of formulas and patterns related to specific types of stories o Rooted
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    • RTF 317 - Spring 2015
    • February 2 RTF 317 Notes 02/02/2015 Film Style (B&T) 4 sets of techniques o Cinematography o Mise-en-scene o Editing o Sound design The Shot: Cinematography (B&T) Photographic aspects o Film stock Film look Ex. Mean Streets o Speed of motion Frame ra
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    • RTF 317 - Spring 2015
    • January 30 RTF 317 Notes Act II: Complication The heros journey Fleshes out the main characters Further raises the dramatic stakes Growing sense of urgency Steadily narrowing range of options Mid-Point Scene Mid-point reversal Change in direction f
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    • January 26 RTF 317 Notes 01/26/2015 Hitchcocks Narration Does Hitchcocks technique call attention to itself o Are we are of our attention being directed, manipulated, controlled? Bordwell & Thompson: Narrative as a Formal System What is Narrative? A cha
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    • RTF 317 - Spring 2015
    • January 28 RTF 317 Notes 01/28/2015 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre Subjective shot o When Dobbs is looking at the cigarette on the ground o Getting a lot of character information (poor) o Hes rundown and interested in money Classical Three-Act Structur
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    • RTF 317 - Spring 2015
    • January 23 RTF 317 Notes 01/23/2015 Form vs. Content Boyhood vs. American Sniper Significance of Film Form As with all art: the viewers meet the film halfway and actively constructs, completes the film Conventions o A tradition, a dominant style, a pop
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  • 1 pages Journal Entry #9 (RTF 317)
    • Journal Entry #9 (RTF 317)
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    • RTF 317 - Spring 2015
    • Decades after what was once known as the Golden Age of television during the late 1940s to about roughly 1960, the meaning of quality TV began to blur and lose meaning. The Viewers for Quality Television organization coined the phrase quality TV as the wa
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    • RTF 317 - Spring 2015
    • TV has come a long way in the aspects of how much deeper and more meaningful it has become in comparison to what it once was. TV has undergone a process of evolution in the realms of just viewership and how an audience interprets and intakes a drama serie
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    • RTF 317 - Spring 2015
    • Jane The Virgin derives from the Venezuelan telenova called Juana La Virgen. In all, about 2 billion people around the world watch telenovelas. For better or worse, these programs have attained a prominent place in the global marketplace of culture, and t
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    • RTF 317 - Spring 2015
    • In the article, Upgrading the Situation Comedy, Newman and Levine discuss two camera styles that have become popular in sitcoms today: single-camera and multicamera. Each style has its own share of advantages and disadvantages and it honestly just comes d
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    • RTF 317 - Spring 2015
    • 01/30/2015 The Treasure of Sierra Madre tends towards the three-act structure described in Linda Segers article. The Treasure of Sierra Madre is about two Americans, Fred Dobbs and Bob Curtin, convincing a prospector in joining them to help search for gol
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    • RTF 317 - Spring 2015
    • 02/03/2015 The Graduate, directed by Mike Nichols, aligns with a lot of the things Bordwell and Thompson discuss in their book, Film Art: An Introduction. One feature in particular that is very explicitly portrayed is the mise-en-scne found within Nichols
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    • RTF 317 - Spring 2015
    • The Avengers is an action-packed and adventure-filled movie directed by Joss Whedon starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, and more. The film acts as a sequel to several films made by Marvel Comics, including Iron
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    • RTF 317 - Spring 2015
    • Last Year at Marienbad is a 1961 French film directed by Alan Resnais. The film presents the drama of a love triangle but the sequence and events of this story are told in a nonlinear function and the narrative and plot are not demonstrated in any usual o
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    • RTF 317 - Spring 2015
    • Short Essay Examples - Identify three ways in which the Marvels The Avengers exemplifies the postmodern condition - Media conglomeration - Marvel was bought by Disney - Media convergence - From comic book to film - Transmedia storytelling - Technology - T
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    • February 18 RTF 317 Notes 02/18/2015 Understanding Genre (B&T) Genre based on tacit agreement among filmmakers, reviewers, and audiences Different sets of formulas and patterns related to specific types of stories Touch on deep and social uncertainties
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    • RTF 317 - Spring 2015
    • Assignment #2 RTF 317 Narrative Strategies Due on Friday, 4/6 at the beginning of class. Please do not submit electronic papers. Late papers will be deducted two points each day it is past due. This assignment will be graded out of 10 points, and counts 1
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    • RTF 317 - Spring 2015
    • Patrick Suh February 20, 2015 Assignment#1 FredDobbsandBobCurtin,twoAmericansinMexicodesperateformoney, befriendanoldprospectorinhopestomineforgoldwithinthemountainsofSierra Madre.JohnHuston,thedirectorofTheTreasureofSierraMadre,exploresthenotionof Americ
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    • NARRATIVE STRATEGIES
    • RTF 317 - Spring 2016
    • B&T, Film Art Film Genres Defining a genre a particular kind of film a system of narrative and stylistic conventions that have developed (and changed) over time ongoing popularity need for variation, innovation cycles of popularity, genre developme
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    • RTF 317 - Spring 2016
    • Notorious Key Scene Suspenseful Cuts Pace quickens and stakes rise Editing gets faster and there are more cuts 180 degree rule dialogue Eyeline match Cut from Ingrid to what shes looking at Camera is subjective Establishing shot to more specif
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    • RTF 317 - Spring 2016
    • Reality TV MTVs Real World Franchise Launch => The Real World: New York 1992 Inspired by An American Family but vastly different Pioneering post-network reality TV series Longest running MTV series Franchise => 31 installments in 24 years Real World
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    • RTF 317 - Spring 2016
    • Reality TV Holmes and Jermyn: key formal qualities Unscripted Run and gun => shot on the fly Practical locations Non-actors Casting Role-playing, performance The bottom line => lower production costs Talent No sets, sound stages, etc. Multiple fo
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    • RTF 317 - Spring 2016
    • Postfeminist Comedies Upgrading the Sitcom All 3 are post-network series Female showrunners Tina Fey (30 Rock) Lena Dunham (Girls) Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson (Broad City) Who also star Quality television (Fuller and Driscoll) High production v
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    • RTF 317 - Spring 2016
    • Upgrading the Situation Comedy In the past, sitcoms have been derided as conservative, formulaic and artless. By 2009 NBC and ABC had abandoned the proscenium-style, but CBS hadnt. The sitcom became more cinematic: Set up shots No live audience Blocki
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    • RTF 317 - Spring 2016
    • Seinfeld The Sitcoms: Conventions Long standing sitcom tradition of Stories revolving around a single central axial character Camerawork and editing centering on that axial character who is Proscenium style Dominant sitcom style since the 1950s Roots
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    • RTF 317 - Spring 2016
    • Half-hour Television Comedy The TV sitcom networks TVs foundation genre tradition of runaway hits (through the 1990s) programming and scheduling flexibility performance-based audience address => TV as presentational the proscenium vs. film => a rep
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    • RTF 317 - Spring 2016
    • Radio, Film, Advertising, Media and World War II 1941-1945 World War II starts September 1939 US isolationist; 96% want to stay out of the war Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941 1942: Office of War Information government created all media must help get and
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    Apr 06, 2017
    | Would recommend.

    Not too easy. Not too difficult.

    Course Overview:

    Great course about narrative development

    Course highlights:

    Shot analysis and bestor is really fun

    Hours per week:

    3-5 hours

    Advice for students:

    Do the readings! And take notes

    • Spring 2017
    • Nick bestor
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    • Great Intro to the Subject A Few Big Assignments Group Projects
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    Feb 24, 2017
    | Would highly recommend.

    Not too easy. Not too difficult.

    Course Overview:

    Great teacher! Only take him for RTF 317!!

    Course highlights:

    Great practical skills in storytelling

    Hours per week:

    6-8 hours

    Advice for students:

    Read! He quizzes everyday but the lectures are NOT boring!

    • Spring 2017
    • Kunze, Peter
    • Yes
    • Great Intro to the Subject Always Do the Reading Great Discussions
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    Feb 21, 2017
    | No strong feelings either way.

    Not too easy. Not too difficult.

    Course Overview:

    The TA was difficult to work with and her grading scale wasn't easily understood, but with some effort it's easy to make an A

    Course highlights:

    It was interesting topics, especially as a film major

    Hours per week:

    3-5 hours

    Advice for students:

    Probably sign up for a different TA

    • Fall 2016
    • Ramna Walia
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    • Great Intro to the Subject Lots of Writing Many Small Assignments
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