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LIT300ZA(文学 / Literature 300)
Realism and Cinema

Catherine Munroe Hotes

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Faculty/Graduate school Department of Global and Interdisciplinary Studies
Attached documents
Year 2024
Class code A6317
Previous Class code
Previous Class title (Fact and Fiction in the Movies)
Term 秋学期授業/Fall
Day/Period 水1/Wed.1
Class Type
Campus 市ヶ谷 / Ichigaya
Classroom name 市外濠‐S503
Grade 3~4
Credit(s) 2
Notes
Open Program
Open Program (Notes)
Global Open Program
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SDGs CP
Urban Design CP
Diversity CP
Learning for the Future CP
Carbon Neutral CP
Chiyoda Campus Consortium
Duplicate Subjects Taken Under Previous Class Title ×
Category (commenced 2024 onwards) 300-level Advanced Courses(上級)
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Outline and objectives

This course will examine how reality is depicted on film, from the advent of cinema to contemporary forms of online media. We will look at how the tropes of documentary fiction and non-fiction were developed and changed with new technologies.

Goal

Students will learn documentary film theory and narrative film theory with particular emphasis on how cinematography, mise-en-scène, sound, editing and other techniques are used by filmmakers in both fiction and non-fiction films to give the impression of realism. We will also discuss the ethics of depicting the lives of real people and events on film. Students will learn to engage critically with media and learn how to determine fact from fiction.

Which item of the diploma policy will be obtained by taking this class?

Will be able to gain “DP 1”, “DP 2”, “DP 3”, and “DP 4”.

Default language used in class

英語 / English

Method(s)(学期の途中で変更になる場合には、別途提示します。 /If the Method(s) is changed, we will announce the details of any changes. )

Lecture, readings, film analysis, quizzes, group work, exam, and essay writing.
Lectures take a hybrid form that actively encourages student participation in discussion.
Submission of assignments and feedback will be via the Learning Management System or Google Classroom.

Active learning in class (Group discussion, Debate.etc.)

あり / Yes

Fieldwork in class

なし / No

Schedule

授業形態/methods of teaching:対面/face to face

※各回の授業形態は予定です。教員の指示に従ってください。

1[オンライン/online]:Course Introduction & Introduction to Documentary Theory

Course introduction & Introduction to Documentary Theory

2[対面/face to face]:Kino Pravda

Man with a Movie Camera (Dziga Vertov, 1929)

3[対面/face to face]:Docudrama

Nanook of the North (Robert J. Flaherty, 1922)

4[対面/face to face]:Propaganda

Triumph of the Will (Triumph des Willens, Leni Riefenstahl, 1935)

5[対面/face to face]:Ethnographic Filmmaking & Indigenous Perspectives

Selection of National Film Board of Canada shorts

6[対面/face to face]:Introduction to Direct Cinema & Cinéma Vérité

Cinéma Vérité: Defining the Moment (Peter Wintonick, 1999)

7[対面/face to face]:Docufiction, Direct Cinema, Cinéma Vérité

Chronique d'un été (Jean Rouch & Edgar Morin, 1961) and NFB shorts

8[対面/face to face]:First Person Narration

Waiting for Fidel (Michael Rubbo, 1974)

9[対面/face to face]:Activist Cinema: Studio D

Our Dear Sisters (Kathleen Shannon, 1975), Sisters in the Struggle (Dionne Brand & Ginny Stikeman, 1991)

10[対面/face to face]:Biographical Films (BioPics)

Selected biopics about the lives of women

11[対面/face to face]:Historical Dramas

Braveheart (Mel Gibson, 1995), The Favourite (Yorgos Lanthimos, 2018)

12[対面/face to face]:Reality TV

The Thin Blue Line (Errol Morris,1998),The Truman Show (Peter Weir, 1988), The Hunger Games (clips)

13[対面/face to face]:Animated Documentaries: Capturing Psychological Reality on Film

A selection of animated films from the 2000s & 2010s

14[対面/face to face]:How AI is changing Cinematic Reality

A selection of clips from The Lord of the Rings to The Mandalorian.
Final Paper Due

Work to be done outside of class (preparation, etc.)

Reading academic texts and answer comprehension questions (4 hours each week). The estimated preparation time includes watching video clips.

Textbooks

Nichols, Bill. Introduction to Documentary. 3rd ed. Bloomington: Bloomington UP, 2017. (available as an ebook)

References

Bordwell, David. The Way Hollywood Tells It: Story and Style in Modern Movies. Berkeley: U of California P, 2006.
Bordwell, David, Kristin Thompson and Jeff Smith. Film Art: An Introduction. 12th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2019.
Other materials will be made available using online library resources or shared files.

Grading criteria

Tasks/Quizzes (5 x 10%), Essay (30%), Participation (20%)

Changes following student comments

Not applicable.

Equipment student needs to prepare

Students should bring their device (laptop, tablet, et al.) to class in order to refer to course readings if necessary.

Others

Enrollment is limited to 3rd and 4th year students.

Prerequisite

None