Films:
Sherlock, Junior (Keaton 1924) Blu-Ray 041
City Lights (Chaplin 1921) DVD 2665
One Week (Keaton/Cline 1920) Blu-Ray 153
Reading (to be done by October 21):
Walter Kerr. “The Keaton Quiet,” in course reader.
J. Hoberman. “After the Gold Rush: Chaplin at One Hundred,” in course reader.
Paper topic (paper due October 22):
Take whatever single moment made you laugh the hardest in today’s films and talk about how it works as CINEMA – how is the gag framed or edited (or not edited) or choreographed to make it funny. A good starting point might be to imagine the same joke shot or edited in a different way.
PLEASE NOTE THAT NEXT WEEK, OCTOBER 22, IS THE DROP DEAD DATE - THE FIRST FOUR PAPERS (INCLUDING THIS WEEK'S ASSIGNMENT) MUST HAVE BEEN TURNED IN OR YOU WILL BE DROPPED FROM THE CLASS WITH A GRADE OF "NC." EMAIL ME AT gmairs@calarts.edu IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS!
