Moneyball Discussion

Here is the video from DP/30 in which the director, cinematographer, editor and sound designer discuss the film, Moneyball.

JAZZ and BLUES Quiz

We will be having a quiz over Jazz and Blues this Friday, December 2, 2011.  The content will be all multiple choice and matching and will be taken from class lectures and videos.  You will need to be able to identify the following people and terms.

Origin of Blues---understand the African origins of Blues  (ie slave rebellions, Slave spirituals, use of drums)

Characteristics of Blues

Know the differences and characteristics of

     Delta Blues              Chicago Blues

     Piedmont Blues

Know the following Blues musicians/terms:

     W.C. Handy             “Blues Heroes”

      Muddy Waters        “Crossroads”

      Robert Johnson       Howlin' Wolf

      Josh White                Blind Blake

       Rev. Gary Davis       B.B. King

Common motifs in Blues

Why was New Orleans the birthplace of jazz?

Storyville

Roots of Jazz (Blues/Ragtime)

Components/characteristics of Jazz  (ie.  Rhythm, Swing, Syncopation, Improvisation)

Know the following Jazz artists:

      Jelly Roll Morton           Count Basie

      Cab Calloway                 Duke Ellington

      Louis Armstrong            Benny Goodman

      Bix Biederbecke             Ella Fitzgerald

      Bessie Smith                   Billie Holiday

"Bobby Soxers"

Swing music and Swing culture

Frank Sinatra

SCREENWRITING 101

The next part of the film project is to take your treatment and write a screenplay.  This screenplay will most likely run around 10 pages or so (think of it as about 1 minute per page).

To get a good idea about what screenplay writing is all about, here is a great site that analyzes several screenplays. It has downloadable scripts and script analyses. 

On this site, there is a great section devoted to Good Will Hunting with several important downloads:

Good Will Hunting Script
Good Will Hunting Analysis

It also has a section devoted to Zombieland as well.

Here is the Zombieland Analysis

Due dates:

Narrative script due December 16
Documentary script due January 13

MIDTERMS NEXT WEEK

Midterms will be next week, November 9 and 10th.

For Miks, the midterm will cover Catcher in the Rye.  It will be in essay format and open note.

For Janu, the midterm will be an objective, comprehensive exam.  50 Questions.  Bring a #2 pencil.  This test will not be open note.

Both midterms will account for 10% of your Final Exam Grade.

A review sheet for SOC can be downloaded here.

Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred Leuchter, Jr.

In class we watched the documentary by Errol Morris, Mr. Death:  The Rise and Fall of Fred Leuchter, Jr. (1999).  This film is an example of the Cinéma vérité style of documentary film making. It also highlights one of the characteristics of modern documentary film making: dramatic reenactments.

The film can be watched below: