Course Closure

Thank you to all participants of this class. It has been a fun quarter. Although we only got through the 1950s with our exploration of cinema history, I believed we learned a tremendous amount about culture, socio-political influences on the media, and movie technology. Next year, I will split the course into two quarters (birth - 1950s & 1950s-today). That shift should allow for a slower pace in viewing, analysis, and research for individual curiosity projects.

Snaps to all who presented their final projects this week. I enjoyed them and learned quite a bit from them, as well.

Final Project Deadline Changes

Due to limitations in resources available to students, I will be extending the due date of the projects to the last Monday of the quarter -- Monday, March 23.

You do still need to get clips to me for preview by Friday, March 20th -- if not before.

Presentations will still being on Monday, March 23. All need to be ready to go at that time.

Projects

Final Project Resource Selections

Third Resource is due on Wednesday, March 11, 2009.

Work time for projects available on Wednesday and Thursday this week.

Outlines / draft plans for presentations/papers due on Friday this week.

Think about: How is the film High Noon representative of the historical context of 1952 (year of its theatre release)?

Final Project Resource Selections

Choose (and obtain) your first resource (min. 3 for project). Write down the citation information on your orange sheet for Denise to check in.

Due Friday, March 6 at start of class.

Second Resource selection is due on Monday, March 9.

Elia Kazan Accepting Life-Time Achievement Oscar

Please take a look at this short clip of Elia Kazan accepting the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 1999 71st Academy Awards. Still controversial more than 40 years after acting as a "friendly informant" to the HUAC, audience members chose to be silent in censure.