SEPTEMBER 24 

 BEGINNING THIS WEEK, UNDERGRADUATES ARE TO EMAIL THEIR ESSAYS DIRECTLY TO T.A. MATTHEW LAX AT LAXCO@OUTLOOK.COM  

 GRADUATE STUDENTS SEND THEIR PAPERS TO GARY AT GMAIRS@CALARTS.EDU 

 Films: 

 Musketeers of Pig Alley (Griffith 1912) DVD 536 
Broken Blossoms (Griffith 1919) DVD 244 

 Reading (to be done by September 30): 

 Tom Gunning, “Weaving a Narrative: Style and Economic Background in Griffithʼs Biograph Films,” in course reader. 

 Paper topic (paper due October 1. Graduate students send papers via email to gmairs@calarts.edu; undergraduates send papers to TA Matthew Lax at laxco@outlook.com): 

 Write again about the scene you explored last week, this time focusing on the editing. Instead of describing the content of each shot, talk about how the shots work together. The crucial questions are: how long is each shot, and why? And why do you think the filmmakers change from one camera position to the next in the course of the scene – what does the audience get from these shifts in perspective? Finally, how noticeable are these cuts as you watch the film?
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