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International Studies: The University of Notre Dame offers Film, Television, and Theatre classes in various countries around the world for course credit. These countries include, but are not limited to, Ireland, England, Australia and Chile. For more information and updates, please visit: http://www.nd.edu/~intlstud online, or visit the International Studies Program, located in 152 Hurley Building. Abbreviations: M= Monday T= Tuesday W= Wednesday R= Thursday F= Friday MW= Monday/Wednesday MWF= Monday/Wednesday/Friday TR= Tuesday/Thursday Faculty names and contact information: Barry, Kevin 1-4443 Becker, Christine 1-7592 Cole, Ken 1-4117 Collins, Jim 1-7161 Crafton, Don 1-3223 Donaruma, William 1-3034 Donnelly, Richard 1-5958 Dreyer, Kevin 1-5959 Fitzpatrick, Veronica1-7054 Gibbons, Luke 1-3419 Godmilow, Jill 1-7167 Gould Fereirra, Isabel 1-0460 Heisler, Karen 1-7486 Hooper, Laurence 1-3493 Juan, Anton 1-2732 Magnan-Park, Aaron1-8806 Mandell, Ted 1-6953 Ohmer, Susan 1-7671 Paice, Brett 1-7054 Pilkinton, Mark 1-7171 Prizant, Yael 1-0817 Scott, Siiri 1-8243 Shamoon, Deborah 1-9035 Sieber, Gary 1-4206 Skelton, Jay 1-2636 Smith, Robert 1-1091 Stephens, Marcus 1-5957 Wojcik, Pam 1-8599 kbarry2@nd.edu Becker.34@nd.edu Cole.38@nd.edu Collins.3@nd.edu dcrafton@nd.edu Donaruma.1@nd.edu Donnelly.4@nd.edu Dreyer.1@nd.edu Fitzpatrick.75@nd.edu Gibbons.23@nd.edu Godmilow.1@nd.edu ferreira.5@nd.edu Heisler.4@nd.edu romlang@nd.edu Juan.1@nd.edu Magnan-Park.1@nd.edu Mandell.1@nd.edu sohmer@nd.edu Paice.1@nd.edu Pilkinton.1@nd.edu yprizant@nd.edu Scott.45@nd.edu Shamoon.1@nd.edu Sieber.1@nd.edu Skelton.4@nd.edu Smith.797@nd.edu m-stephensdesign@hotmail.com Wojcik.5@nd.edu 1 University of Notre Dame College of Arts and Letters Department of Film, Television, and Theatre For up-to-date information, visit insideND: Class Search All courses are available “by permission of the instructor” unless space and resources are limited. Contact the instructor for more information. Spring 2009 Course Descriptions: FTT 10101 FTT 11101 FTT 12101 Basics of Film & Television 3 Credits 01 01 02 03 04 Brett Paice Lab Tutorial Tutorial Tutorial Tutorial 9:35-10:25 7:00-9:00 p.m. 10:40-11:30 11:45-12:35 12:50-1:40 12:50-1:40 MW M F F F F An introduction to film and television studies from a critical perspective, this course examines the form, meaning and style of film and television texts. The course aims to develop student skills in the critical analysis of film and television. Students will be introduced to the major elements of film and television form--editing, cinematography, mise-en-scene, sound. With a strong emphasis on narrative, the course also examines film and television genre, and authorship. Evening screenings and tutorials are required. Class and Lab held in the Browning Cinema, tutorials in DeBartolo Hall. Co-requisites: FTT 11101 & 12101. Cross list: FTT 20101 / 21101. This course serves as a pre-requisite to all upper-level film and television courses and fulfills the Fine Arts requirement. Freshman only. 2 FTT 10701 01 Introduction to Theatre Ken Cole 10:40-11:30 3 Credits MWF A study of theatre viewed from three perspectives: historical, literary, and contemporary production practices. Through lectures, readings, and discussions, students will study this art form and understand its relevance to their own life as well as to other art forms. A basic understanding of the history of theatre and the recognition of the duties and responsibilities of the personnel involved in producing live theatre performances will allow students to become more objective in their own theatre experiences. Requirements: Attend classes and live theatre performances. View screenings, complete papers and projects, 1 mid -term exam, and 1 final exam. Cross list: FTT 20701. This course fulfills the Fine Arts requirement. Class held in the Browning Cinema, DPAC. Freshmen only. FTT 10701 02 Introduction to Theatre Marcus Stephens 11:00-12:15 3 Credits TR A study of theatre viewed from three perspectives: historical, literary, and contemporary production practices. Through lectures, readings, and discussions, students will study this art form and understand its relevance to their own life as well as to other art forms. A basic understanding of the history of theatre and the recognition of the duties and responsibilities of the personnel involved in producing live theatre performances will allow students to become more objective in their own theatre experiences. Requirements: Attend classes and live theatre performances. View screenings, complete papers and projects, 1 mid -term exam, and 1 final exam. Cross list: FTT 20701. This course fulfills the Fine Arts requirement. Class held in the Browning Cinema, DPAC. Freshmen only. FTT 10801 Introduction to Acting: 3 Credits Acting for the non-major Robert (Bo) Smith 10:40-11:30 MWF This course will introduce the non-theatre major to the craft of acting. Using improvisation, text analysis and scene study it will explore the techniques and practices of acting. This participatory course will involve short student presentations as well as written components. Cross list: FTT 20801 Class held in B043, DPAC. Freshmen only. 3 FTT 13182 01 University Fine Arts Seminar: 3 Credits Chinese Cine-Heroics Hong Kong Styled Action Contra-Hollywood Aaron Magnan-Park 3:30-4:45 TR FTT 11182 01 Lab 5:00-7:15 T Recent Hollywood blockbuster films such as Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, The Matrix trilogy, Hero, and Mission: Impossible II became box-office successes in large part due to the infusion of a Hong Kong styled action aesthetics into the Hollywood action genre. While many have celebrated this event, this course provides a more critical assessment of this phenomenon. First, we will define Hong Kong action aesthetics in historical, economic, and cultural terms. Then we will embark on a number of comparative case studies dealing with a major Hong Kong film talent who was invited to work in Hollywood. The key question is, does working in Hollywood provide a qualitative enhancement of that which was already possible in Hong Kong? Some of the key individuals under analysis may include Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, Jet Li, John Woo, Yuen Woo-Ping, and Michelle Yeoh. No knowledge of Chinese is required. Most if not all of the films will be screened in their original languages with English subtitles. There is a separate mandatory lab for film screenings outside of our regular classroom meeting times. Co-requisite: FTT 11182 This course fulfills the Fine Arts requirement. Class and Lab held in B042, DPAC. Freshmen only. FTT 13182 02 University Seminar: 3 Credits The Phenomena of Iranian Cinema Jill Godmilow 2:00-3:15 TR FTT 11182 02 Lab 7:00-9:00 T This seminar course will take up a selection of the best of the new wave of Iranian cinema (films by Kiarostami, Close-Up, Taste of Cherry, And Life Goes On, Through The Olive Trees; Mahkmalbaf, Gabbeh, The Cyclist: Samira Makhmalbaf, The Apple; Panahi, The Circle; Naderi, The Runner, and others) and debate its sources and its paradoxical arrival on the international film scene. We will consider the role of censorship, limited budgets, Islamic proscriptions and censorship, national history and aspirations, issues of gender - and, in particular, the persistent influence of a 2500 year-old, popular Persian poetic tradition - in the inspiration and refinement of this unexpected and celebrated cultural phenomenon. All written course work - responses to the Iranian films - will be done in poetic forms then performed in class. Finally, teams of students will develop short “Iranian” films and pitch them to a student “board of Iranian censors” which will have the power to approve or disapprove these scripts for production. Co-requisite FTT 11182 02 Freshmen only Class and Lab held in 3L4 Loft, O’Shaughnessy Hall. 4 FTT 20009 Broadway Theatre Experience Richard Donnelly 6:15-9:00 PM 1 Credit T This short course offers students the opportunity to experience professional theatre at its finest. The course will include three days, two nights in NYC where we will see four professional productions: three Broadway shows (a musical, a comedy, a drama) and one off-Broadway show. The trip will include a talkback with professional theatre artists as well as a backstage tour of a current Broadway show. The course has a lab fee, (per person), which includes round-trip bus and air transportation from Notre Dame to the Hotel Edison in Manhattan, 2 nights at the hotel, best seats available for the four shows, and the theatre talkback and backstage tour. Prior to the tour the class will meet to discuss the shows that will be seen, to become familiar with production practices, and to understand the structure and development of professional theatre in America. The course will include the keeping of a journal by each student and will culminate with a paper discussing aspects of the plays that were seen. The class will meet for three Wednesdays from 6:00–9:00 pm. No pre-requisites. By application only. Field Trip is required. Field trip to New York City: April 24-26, 2009 This course may be repeated for credit. Class held in B043, DPAC. FTT 20101 01 Basics of Film & Television Brett Paice FTT 21101 Lab FTT 12101 01 Tutorial 02 Tutorial 03 Tutorial 04 Tutorial 3 Credits 9:35-10:25 7:00-9:00 p.m. 10:40-11:30 11:45-12:35 12:50-1:40 12:50-1:40 MW M F F F F An introduction to film and television studies from a critical perspective, this course examines the form, meaning and style of film and television texts. The course aims to develop student skills in the critical analysis of film and television. Students will be introduced to the major elements of film and television form--editing, cinematography, mise-en-scene, sound. With a strong emphasis on narrative, the course also examines film and television genre, and authorship. Evening screenings and tutorials are required. This course serves as a pre-requisite to all upper-level film and television courses and fulfills the Fine Arts requirement. Co-requisites: FTT 21101 & 12101. Cross list: FTT 10101 / 11101. Class and Lab held in the Browning Cinema, tutorials in DeBartolo Hall. 5 FTT 20260 La Telenovela: history-culture-production 3 Credits Kevin Barry 9:30-10:45 TR NOTE: Students must be fluent in Spanish. The goal of this course is to facilitate student exploration of the genre of the telenovela. Students will sharpen oral and written language skills through exposure to authentic telenovelas from Latin America, reading of authentic texts, and through the creation and production of their own telenovela. They will hone their oral and written proficiency and learn the idiosyncrasies of Hispanic culture as they write, direct, act in, tape and edit a telenovela. During this process students will also learn and apply basic videography and non-linear video and audio editing techniques. Grade Distribution: 20% Class Preparation and discussion, 25% Midterm exam, 25% Final exam, 30% Final project This course fulfills the FTT international requirement. Must be enrolled in FTT. Cross list: ROSP 20252 (Primary department) Class held in B043, DPAC. FTT 20701 01 Introduction to Theatre Ken Cole 10:40-11:30 3 Credits MWF A study of theatre viewed from three perspectives: historical, literary, and contemporary production practices. Through lectures, readings, and discussions, students will study this art form and understand its relevance to their own life as well as to other art forms. A basic understanding of the history of theatre and the recognition of the duties and responsibilities of the personnel involved in producing live theatre performances will allow students to become more objective in their own theatre experiences. Requirements: Attend classes and live theatre performances. View screenings, complete papers and projects, 1 mid-term exam, and 1 final exam. Cross list: FTT 10701. This course fulfills the Fine Arts requirement. Class held in the Browning Cinema, DPAC. Sophomores only. FTT 20701 02 Introduction to Theatre Marcus Stephens 11:00-12:15 3 Credits TR A study of theatre viewed from three perspectives: historical, literary, and contemporary production practices. Through lectures, readings, and discussions, students will study this art form and understand its relevance to their own life as well as to other art forms. A basic understanding of the history of theatre and the recognition of the duties and responsibilities of the personnel involved in producing live theatre performances will allow students to become more objective in their own theatre experiences. (Continued on next page) 6 Requirements: Attend classes and live theatre performances. complete papers and projects, 1 mid-term exam, and 1 final exam. Cross list: FTT 10701. This course fulfills the Fine Arts requirement. Class held in the Browning Cinema, DPAC. Sophomores only. View screenings, FTT 20701 03 Introduction to Theatre Kevin Dreyer 1:30-2:45 3 Credits MW A study of theatre viewed from three perspectives: historical, literary, and contemporary production practices. Through lectures, readings, and discussions, students will study this art form and understand its relevance to their own life as well as to other art forms. A basic understanding of the history of theatre and the recognition of the duties and responsibilities of the personnel involved in producing live theatre performances will allow students to become more objective in their own theatre experiences. Requirements: Attend classes and live theatre performances. View screenings, complete papers and projects, 1 mid-term exam, and 1 final exam. This course fulfills the Fine Arts requirement. Class held in 349 DeBartolo Hall. Juniors and Seniors only. FTT 20703 Theatrical Production Ken Cole 11:45-1:00 3 Credits MW A practical introduction to techniques, processes, and material. The student will explore traditional and modern theatrical production methods: carpentry, rigging, scenic painting, lighting, basic technical drafting, equipment use, safety, material handling, and costume construction sewing techniques. Students will gain practical experience participating on realized projects and productions. Must be enrolled in FTT, or by permission of Instructor. Class held in B019, DPAC. 7 FTT 20704 Theatre, History, and Society Mark Pilkinton 11:00-12:15 3 Credits TR This course treats theatre as a culture industry and employs the case-study approach to examine deeply selected periods and sites in theatre history to understand the theatrical event and how it was marketed and to whom, and what cultural attitudes prevailed. Each case study will emphasize theatre as a site of cultural debate and political and social change, while considering the larger question of the role of representation in human society through time. Must be enrolled in FTT. Interested non-majors require permission of Instructor. This course fulfills the Fine Arts requirement. Class held in 333 DeBartolo Hall. FTT 20801 Introduction to Acting: Acting for the non-major Robert (Bo) Smith 3 Credits 10:40-11:30 MWF This course will introduce the non-theatre major to the craft of acting. Using improvisation, text analysis and scene study it will explore the techniques and practices of acting. This participatory course will involve short student presentations as well as written components. Cross list FTT 10801 Class held in B043, DPAC. FTT 21001 Acting: Process Jay Skelton 12:30-1:45 3 Credits TR Acting: Process introduces the beginning actor to the basic philosophies and techniques of stage acting. This course engages both the creative and analytical processes that lead to truthful and believable behavior on stage. Exercises geared toward heightening awareness of your physical self and your environment will lead to text analysis and culminate in basic scene studies. Students will prepare and rehearse scenes outside of class with a partner for in-class performance and evaluation. Written textual analysis including, detailed character study, is required for all scene work. This course is appropriate for all students interested in performing themselves and/or guiding the performance of others. Class held in B024, DPAC. 8 FTT 30014 FTT 31014 Acting for the Camera Siiri Scott / Bill Donaruma 1:30-2:45 Lab 1:30-2:45 3 Credits MW F This is an upper level Acting class is designed for both Acting and Film/Video students. The course will focus on techniques for effective on on-camera performance. Students will learn the mechanics of working on a set in addition to methods for applying traditional acting training to film, television/industrial and commercial work. Co-requisite: FTT 31014 Pre-requisite: FTT 21001 or FTT 30410. Must be enrolled in FTT. Interested non-majors require permission of Instructor. Class held in B024, DPAC, and the Lab on the Soundstage. FTT 30102 FTT 31102 History of Film II Christine Becker Lab 11:45-1:00 4:30-6:30 3 Credits MW M This course traces the major developments in world cinema from the post-WWII era to the present. The course will examine the shifting social, economic, technological and aesthetic conditions of this period, especially the demise of the Hollywood studio system, the rise of television, and the increasing importance of new technologies and increasing auxiliary markets. The course will not be limited to Hollywood filmmaking, but will also look at a variety of international movements. The course will be a combination of lecture and discussion, and the assignments will include a midterm and a final, as well as 2-3 short papers. Co-requisite: FTT 31102. Pre-requisite: FTT 30101, or FTT 30461. Class and Lab held in the Browning Cinema, DPAC. FTT 30236 Introduction to Japanese Popular Culture 3 Credits Deborah Shamoon 3:00-4:15 MW FTT 31236 Lab 4:30-6:30 pm R This course will examine postwar Japanese popular culture using the theories and methods of cultural studies, media studies and gender studies. We will explore some of the primary sites of postwar popular culture across media, as well as emphasize the theoretical distinctions between those media. Rather than following a chronological order, the course will be grouped into sections by media, including novels, film, television, manga, and anime. As we discuss issues specific to each of these media and across genres, however, our discussion will be framed by some key questions: What was the role of popular culture in defining a national identity in the postwar? What role did foreign influences, most importantly, American pop culture play? (Continued on next page) 9 How have popular culture texts spoken to and defined specific audiences (for instance, teenagers, women, non-Japanese)? This course is taught in English and no knowledge of the Japanese language is required. This course fulfills the FTT international requirement. Cross list: LLEA 33316 (Primary department) Class held in 235 DeBartolo Hall and the Lab in 215 DeBartolo Hall. FTT 30248 Black Arts James Ford 1:30-2:45 3 Credits MW This course offers a survey of black diasporic artistry. At the same time, it is an ongoing analysis of how these artists asked, `what constitutes the African diaspora' in divergent and convergent ways. The main goal of the course is not simply to label certain artists as part of this diasporic formation, but to understand how artists reflected upon their participation in it (and, in some ways, outside of it). We will focus primarily on this conversation's development from the Interwar period of the twentieth-century to the turn of the twenty-first century through poetry, prose fiction and nonfiction, film, television, and dance. From the United States, we will look at how creative intellectuals like the poet Langston Hughes, dancer and anthropologist Katherine Dunham, novelist and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston, fiction writer and essayist Richard Wright, and journalist Alex Haley used art to understand their relationship to black peoples in the Caribbean, Europe, and Africa, along with key events impacting those different geographies. But the course will also consider how black creative intellectuals outside the United States reflected on their relationship to the diaspora. These will include Algerian philosopher Frantz Fanon, Cuban poet Nicolás Guillén, Nigeran musican Fela Kuti, and Pulitzer-Prize winning poet Derek Walcott. In exploring different conceptions of diaspora, we will encounter other themes including the idea of overlapping diasporas, black nationalism, the body, and the significance of translation to cultural solidarity and difference. Crosslist: AFST 30103 (Primary department) Class held in B043, DPAC. FTT 30406 FTT 31406 The Art & Practice of Screenwriting Jill Godmilow 1:30-2:45 MW Lab 7:00-9:00 pm 3 Credits M Filmmaking is always, at first, thinking and writing. This is a workshop for current and would-be screenwriters, to develop original ideas for the screen and to practice those techniques whereby those ideas can be translated into cinema on the page. Coursework will involve many short writing exercises and finally a script for a 20minute film. There will also be a required lab screening. Pre-requisite: FTT 10101 or 20101. Co-requisite: FTT 31406 Class and Lab held in 3l4 Loft, O’Shaughnessy Hall. 10 FTT 30410 FTT 31410 Intro to Film and Television Production** 3 Credits Ted Mandell 3:30-4:45 TR 3 Credits Lab 5:00-6:15 pm TR An introductory course in the fundamentals of writing, shooting, editing, and lighting for narrative film and television productions. This is a hands-on production course emphasizing aesthetics, creativity, and technical expertise. Expect significant amounts of shooting and editing outside of class as well as helping classmates on their shoots. Requirements: Digital Video projects, two Super 8-film projects, one studio exercise, selected readings, and a midterm exam. Materials Fee Required Pre-requisite: FTT 10101 or 20101. Class and Lab held in B043, DPAC. **Formerly titled “Intro to Film and Video Production” FTT 30450 FTT 31450 Television Criticism and Aesthetics Christine Becker 3:00-4:15 Lab 7:00-9:00 3 Credits MW T This course builds upon the concepts that students are introduced to in Basics of Film and Television and offers more advanced study of television criticism and aesthetics. We will seek, first of all, to understand television as a unique meaning-producing medium, dissecting television's narrative and non-narrative structures and its distinctive visual and aural aesthetic. Second, we will confront the critical methodologies that have been applied to the medium under the rubric of academic television studies: semiotics, genre study, ideological analysis, cultural studies, and so on. Thus, our goals will be to understand how television makes meaning and to explore how media scholars approach television in meaningful ways. The course will be a combination of lecture and discussion, and the assignments will include a midterm paper and final essay, as well as a handful of short papers and a longer analytical essay. Co-requisite: FTT 31450. Pre-requisite: FTT 10101 or 20101. Must be enrolled in FTT. Interested non-majors require permission of Instructor. Class and Lab held in 215 DeBartolo Hall. 11 FTT 30461 FTT 31461 History of Television Susan Ohmer Lab 3:30-4:45 5:00-6:45 3 Credits TR T Television has been widely available in the United States for only half a century, yet already it has become a key means through which we understand our culture. Our course examines this vital medium from three perspectives. First, we will look at the industrial, economic and technological forces that have shaped U.S. television since its inception. These factors help explain how U.S. television adopted the format of advertiser-supported broadcast networks and why this format is changing today. Second, we will explore television’s role in American social and political life: how TV has represented cultural changes in the areas of gender, class, race and ethnicity. Third, we will discuss specific narrative and visual strategies that characterize program formats. Throughout the semester we will demonstrate how television and U.S. culture mutually influence one another, as television both constructs our view of the world and is affected by social and cultural forces within the U.S. Co-requisite: FTT 31461 Cross list: GSC 30513, AMST 30703, STV 30161 This course fulfills the Fine Arts requirement. Class and Lab held in the Browning Cinema, DPAC. FTT 30462 Broadcast Journalism Gary Sieber 12:30-1:45 3 Credits TR Four major topics are covered: 1) Writing for broadcast news, with emphasis on developing the student's understanding of grammar and style in the construction of effective stories. 2) Newsroom structure: Understanding who does what in today's broadcast newsroom and how economic realities affect the flow of information. 3) Journalism ethics: Analysis of personal values, ethical principles, and journalistic duties that influence newsroom decisions. 4) Legal considerations in newsgathering with special attention to libel and invasion of privacy laws. Three books are required: One each on the topics of libel, ethics, and broadcast news writing. Various in-class handouts are provided. Cross list: JED 30300. Must be enrolled in FTT or JED. Interested non-majors require permission of Instructor. Class held in B043, DPAC. 12 FTT 30463 Broadcasting and Cable Karen Heisler 9:30-10:45 3 Credits TR This course focuses on how the broadcast and cable television industries operate in contemporary society. Lecture/discussion sessions will examine topics such as programming strategies and practices, regulatory guidelines, sales and advertising, ratings and research methodology, ethical issues and concerns, cultural effects and news, sports and entertainment programming. Must be enrolled in FTT. Interested non-majors require permission of Instructor. Class held in the Browning Cinema, DPAC FTT 30491 01 Debate Susan Ohmer 2 Credits 6:00-9:00 p.m.W This course will focus on research of current events and the efficacy of proposed resolutions toward the alleviation or reduction of societal harms. It will also involve discussion of debate theory and technique. This course requires permission of Instructor. Will not apply to Overload. Class held in 318 DeBartolo Hall. FTT 30491 02 Debate Susan Ohmer 2 Credits 6:00-9:00 p.m.W This course will focus on research of current events and the efficacy of proposed resolutions toward the alleviation or reduction of societal harms. It will also involve discussion of debate theory and technique. This course requires permission of Instructor. Will not apply to Overload. Class held in 319 DeBartolo Hall. FTT 30800 Scenic Painting Marcus Stephens 12:30-1:45 3 Credits TR An introduction to the tools and techniques used in painted and textured scenery for the stage and screen. Students will learn and apply the variety of methods used in creating a wide range of painted effects; from the basic wood treatments to the advanced marbling and faux finishes. Outside of class painting time will be required. Cross list: ARST 31316, FTT 40800 Class held in B019, DPAC. 13 FTT 30803 Costume Design and Methodology Richard Donnelly 1:30-2:45 3 Credits MW This course teaches the principles of costume design for the stage. The course will explore the use of costumes to express character traits by analyzing play scripts. Students will design costumes, and explore the process of organizing the script from the costume designer’s viewpoint. The course will include projects, discussions, and lectures as well as a midterm and final exam. The course will end with a portfolio presentation of the work completed throughout the semester. Students will be expected to provide their own materials and supplies. Class held in B019, DPAC. FTT 30804 FTT 31804 Draping and Flat Patternmaking 3 Credits Rick Donnelly 3:00-4:15 MW Lab 3:30-6:00 p.m.F Students will learn how to develop sewing patterns for theatre costumes through the two standard methods used in the profession: draping and flat patternmaking. Students will learn the basics of creating various patterns needed to construct contemporary and period costumes for stage and film. Co-requisite: FTT 31804 Class and Lab held in the Costume Shop, DPAC. FTT 30900 Advanced Dramaturgy Yael Prizant 9:30-10:45 3 Credits TR This course will give students the opportunity to create their own full-length dramaturgical projects, such as adaptations, translations, preparing texts for the stage, and/or creating program and study guides for particular plays. Independent, individual projects will be central. Students will be expected to present their work (as staged readings, presentations, etc) for the public. Pre-requisite: FTT 20900, Script Analysis and Dramaturgy, (or equivalent training) Class held in 211, FTT conference room. 14 FTT 30901 The Hyphenated American Yael Prizant 2:00-3:15 3 Credits TR This course will engage theatrical works for, by, and about hyphenated Americans (African-Americans, Asian-Americans, etc.) Students will see live theatre, theatre on video, and interviews with dramatists and performers. Reading and understanding plays and various theoretical materials on race, culture and immigration will also be vital components of the course. The course will require a large research project based on a topic of the students' choosing. No pre-requisites. Cross list: AMST 30702, ILS 30015. Class held in B043, DPAC FTT 31002 Voice and Movement Siiri Scott 3 Credits MW 3:00-4:15 A course designed to help advanced acting students to focus on kinesthetic awareness. The actor will identify and work to remove physical and vocal tensions that impede unhabituated movement and natural sound production. Through movement and vocal exercises created for actors, students will experience what "prepared readiness" and sound-sense for the stage consists of, and how to meet those demands. Class held in B024, DPAC. FTT 31005 Theatre Production Workshop Staff Variable Credits A workshop course in the process of theatre production in which students assume a major non-performance production responsibility including, but not limited to: stage manager, assistant stage manager, prop master, costumer, technical director or assistant director. This course can be repeated for up to four hours credit. This course requires permission of Instructor. FTT 31006 Directing: Process Jay Skelton 3 Credits TR 3:30-4:45 Directing: Process introduces students to the basic philosophies and techniques of stage directing. This course is appropriate for any student interested in learning how to tell compelling stories through the use of textual analysis, dramatic action, and persuasive visuals. Students will learn how to analyze text, select a script for production, strategize for production meetings and rehearsals, and represent ideas visually. This course will also include an introduction to an exciting new directing technique known as Viewpoints. Students will have the opportunity to prepare, cast, and rehearse scenes outside of class that will culminate in an end-of-semester showcase performance. Script analyses will be required in relation to scripts read throughout the semester while both script analyses and prompt books will be required in relation to your final scene showing at the end of the semester. Pre-requisites: FTT 10701 or 20701, or 21001, or by permission of Instructor. 15 Class held in B024, DPAC. FTT 31016 Shakespeare On the Page and On the Stage Robert (Bo) Smith 11:45-1:00 3 Credits MW Meet - or reacquaint yourself with - Shakespeare in a class that will examine his works from both literary and performative perspectives. Close textual readings of the plays will find realization in class performances of scenes and soliloquies. Co-taught by a former Chair of Princeton's English Department and a professional actor trained in London and the US. Cross list: ENGL 30203 Meets University Literature requirements Class held in B043, DPAC. FTT 40003 Advanced Technical Production Ken Cole 3:30-4:45 3 Credits TR Advanced coursework in the tools, materials and processes used in the creation of theatrical scenery. Topics may include (but not limited to) scenic welding, advanced rigging techniques, electronic controls, pneumatics, hydraulics, structural design for the stage, CAD, and other state-of-the-art technologies. A grant for class trip to national conference is pending. Cross list: DESN 41417. Class held in B019, DPAC. FTT 40008 Dramatic Text, Production, and Social Concerns: 3 Credits From The 1900's To The Present Anton Juan 3:30-4:45 TR This course will explore dramatic text, and production as an artistic expression and social comment on social problems and issues affecting a cultural condition from the 1900's to the present. It will study the use of modern tragedy, farce, burlesque, satire, symbolic drama, religious drama, social realism, street theatre forms, chameleon plays and performance art as expressions and agents of social change. Class held in 211, the FTT Conference room, DPAC. FTT 40009 Creating Original Performance Anton Juan 2:00-3:15 3 Credits TR Veering away from the concept of transferring existing dramatic text onstage, this course focuses on devising theatre. The participants embark on a participatory process of writing and creating a new performance text based on collective planning and 16 sharing, experimentation and improvisation, investigation and research across disciplines. Class held in B024, DPAC. FTT 40101 FTT 41101 Film and Television Theory 3 Credits Pam Wojcik 2:00-3:15 TR Lab 4:30-6:30 p.m.W This course offers an introduction to the philosophical, aesthetic, cultural and historical issues that inform current scholarship and production in film and television, including auteurist, psychoanalytic, semiotic, and cultural studies approaches to film, with attention to cinema ideology, including issues of gender and sexuality. Co-requisite: FTT 41101. Pre-requisite: (For FTT majors) FTT 30101 or 30102, or by permission of Instructor. Cross list: GSC 40503 Class held in 232 DeBartolo Hall and Lab held in the Browning Cinema. FTT 40238 FTT 41238 National Cinema: Film, Literature and Irish Culture Luke Gibbons 11:00-12:15 Lab 6:30-9:00 p.m.T 3 Credits TR This course will examine some of the dominant images of Ireland in film and literature, and will place their development in a wider cultural and historical context. Comparisons between film, literature and other cultural forms will be featured throughout the course, and key stereotypes relating to gender, class and nation will be analyzed, particularly as they bear on images of romantic Ireland and modernity, landscape, the city, religion, violence, family and community. Particular attention will be paid to key figures such as Yeats, Synge, and Joyce, and contemporary writers such as John McGahern, William Trevor, Patrick McCabe and Roddy Doyle will be discussed in terms of the wider implications of their work for contemporary Irish culture. The resurgence of Irish cinema and new forms of Irish writing in the past two decades will provide the main focus of the second part of the semester, tracing the emergence of new distinctive voices and images in an increasingly globalised and multi-cultural Ireland. Must be enrolled in FTT. Cross list ENGL 40511 / 41511 (Primary department) This course fulfills the FTT international requirement. Class held in 225 DeBartolo and the Lab in 210 DeBartolo. 17 FTT 40239 Brazilian Film and Popular Music 3 Credits Isabel Ferreira 12:30-1:45 pmTR This course offers social, cultural and historical perspectives on Brazil through film and popular music. Topics include the reception of cinema novo and post-cinema novo films, bossa nova, samba, and tropicalia. Special attention will be paid to tropocalia (a movement with key manifestations in literature, cinema and popular music) and the circumstances surrounding its creation, the repressive military regime that governed Brazil from 1964 to 1985. Offered in English. Must be enrolled in FTT. This course fulfills the FTT international requirement. Cross list: ROPO 40560 (Primary department) Class held in 118 DeBartolo Hall. FTT 40241 FTT 41241 Hong Kong Action Cinema 3 Credits in a Global Context Aaron Magnan-Park 2:00-3:15 TR Lab 6:45-9:15 p.m.W This course addresses the global significance of the gong fu vague [kung fu new wave] that hit world cinema in the early 1970s and its ripple effects up to the present. As the signature genre of the Hong Kong film industry, it does not stand in global isolation but is rather a product of careful market research in developing a distinctive genre that could have global popularity outside of its traditional regionalized domestic market (HK and Southeast Asia) and its overseas ethnic Chinese enclaves in numerous Chinatowns across the world. Some of the key issues that we will cover include: How does a small non-national population sustain a commercially viable film industry? How can a film industry create a version of action cinema that supersedes Hollywood's dominance in the genre? Is this purely a “Chinese” phenomenon or one that is inherently dependent on non-Chinese participation? Do these films have ideological, aesthetic & economic significance within a larger framework or must they be critically dismissed outright? What does it mean that “everybody was kung fu fighting” and continuing to do so? Taught in English. No knowledge of Mandarin or Cantonese is required. Whenever possible, we will view the films in their original language with English subtitles. A few films will be dubbed in English. Co-requisite: FTT 41241 Cross list: LLEA 40615, ASIA 40241 Must be enrolled in FTT, LLEA, ASIA, or by permission of Instructor. This course fulfills the FTT international requirement. Class and Lab held in Browning Cinema, DPAC. 18 FTT 40247 Pasolini Laurence Hooper 2:00-3:15 3 Credits TR This course introduces the student to the Italian writings and films of the Italian author and director Pier Paolo Pasollini as a public intellectual in an European context. Cross list: ROIT 40521 (Primary department) Must be enrolled in FTT. This course fulfills the FTT international requirement. Class held in 308 DeBartolo Hall. FTT 40410 FTT 41410 Narrative Cinematography** William Donaruma 9:30 -10:45 Lab 11:00-12:15 3 Credits TR 3 Credits TR This is both a 16mm film and HD Video production course, which will focus on the short narrative film using both 16mm color film stock and DVCProHD Video. We will explore both the technical and aesthetic aspects of cinematography of both formats using Arri SR cameras and the Panasonic HVX200 P2 card system. Students will also learn to use a variety of grip and lighting equipment. We will look at the collaborative roles of the director and cinematographer along with various crew positions. Students will first shoot in class lighting and composition tests and then produce a 3 –4 min color, silent film in teams of two by the semester break. In the second half of the semester, those teams will then learn the HVX camera system, shooting the same film narrative on HD video. We will compare and analyze the techniques and results of both formats. All projects will be edited digitally on Final Cut Pro. All students will also be crewmembers working on the other films in the class. This is a very hands-on class with emphasis on a practical set experience. Attendance and participation are mandatory. Written mid-term and final exams. Materials Fee required. Course DVD to be provided. Book: Cinematography: The Classic Guide to Filmmaking, 3rd edition. Must be enrolled in FTT. Pre-requisite: FTT 30410, Intro Film and Television Production Co-requisite: FTT 41410 Class and Lab held in B042, DPAC. **Formerly titled “Intermediate Film Production” 19 FTT 40411 FTT 41411 Documentary Video Production** Ted Mandell 3:00-4:15 Lab 4:30-5:45 3 Credits MW 3 Credits MW A hands-on creative course for the advanced production student interested in both the storytelling techniques of the documentarian and the technology of the professional video production world. Students will write, shoot, and edit two non-fiction based video projects, while learning advanced non-linear editing techniques using Avid Media Composer software, and post production audio sweetening with Digi Design Pro Tools. Materials fee required. Pre-requisite: FTT 30410 Co-requisite: FTT 41411 Class and Lab held in B043, DPAC. **Formerly titled “Advanced Digital Video Production” FTT 40430 Postmodern Narrative Jim Collins 1:30-2:45 3 Credits MW In this course we will begin by focusing on the emergence of post-modernism and then trace its evolution through the present. Initially, our primary concern will be the conflicted conceptualization of the term, i.e. just what did post-modern mean in terms of a narrative practice and in terms of a "cultural condition"? Once we have established some operating definitions, and become familiar with some of the narratives that were first called post-modern (Pynchon's Crying of Lot 49, Scott's Blade Runner, etc.) we will begin to discuss the novels and films that became synonymous with post-modern textuality (Rushdie's Midnight's Children, Winterson's Sexing the Cherry, DeLillo's Libra, Barnes' Flaubert's Parrot). In the last third of the course, we will focus on the increasing interdependency of literary, film, and television cultures through the analysis of specific narratives (Ondaatje's The English Patient, Cunningham's The Hours) and specific phenomena (superstore bookshops, Miramax adaptations, and television book clubs) in order to gain a better understanding of what constitutes "literary culture" at the turn of the twenty-first century. In addition to these titles there will be a substantial course packet that will include relevant theoretical material. This course requires permission of the Instructor. Cross list: ENGL 90190 (Primary department), Lit 73691. Class held in 209 O’Shaughnessy Hall. 20 FTT 40494 FTT 41494 Cinema, Gender and Space 3 Credits Pam Wojcik 12:30-1:45 TR Lab 7:00-9:00 pm T This course will explore various configurations of cinema, gender and space in American film. We will consider the space of the cinema screen and its gendering through framing and mise-en-scene. We will also consider the space of the cinema itself, as a site of amusement, and its shifting gendering. We will examine how various spaces (the city, the department store, the office, the home, the apartment, the West) are represented in film and how those spaces are gendered. Co-requisite: FTT 41491. Pre-requisite: FTT 10101 or 20101 or by permission. Cross list: GSC 53104, 27999 Class will be held in B042, DPAC and the lab in the Browning Cinema. FTT 40800 Advanced Scenic Painting Marcus Stephens 12:30-1:45 3 Credits TR An in-depth look and discussion of problem solving techniques of the scenic artist. The class will examine master work of both fine and scenic artists, through small group discussion and project critique. We will also discuss modern three dimensional construction materials of today's scenic artist and the profession itself. Pre-requisite: Scenic Painting and Instructor’s approval. Cross list: FTT 30800, ARST 31316 Class will be held in B019, DPAC. FTT 43605 Honors Seminar: Theatre in the Age of Lincoln, 1850-1870 Mark Pilkinton 12:30-1:45 3 Credits TR This course emphasizes research using sources as close to events as is humanly possible and thus relies heavily on the period's newspapers. Topics include the play, Our American Cousin, Lincoln's (and the nation's) obsession with celebrity actress Laura Keene, her popular theatre in New York City, her appearance at Ford's Theatre in spring 1865, and the ultimate assassination of Lincoln at the hands of an actor from America's most prominent theatre family. This seminar also encourages work on the advances in technology as related to the development of theatre in the period. Students will become 'expert' in a narrow area and that expertise will result in a 'long' paper of 25+ pages, which will be presented to and examined by other students in the class. For FTT Honors students and majors and, with permission of the instructor, other interested non-majors. Counts as a Group A course for theatre concentrators. Class will be held in 333 DeBartolo Hall. 21 FTT 45001 Theatre Internship Staff Variable Credits This course is a placement of advanced students with professional or community theatre organizations. Students can take no more than two 45001 internships for a total of no more than six credit hours. Instructor’s permission only, by application. Application may be obtained from the website, http://www.nd.edu/~ftt or in the FTT office, 230 Performing Arts Center. *Does Not Count As A Required Theatre 40,0000-Level Course. FTT 45501 Media Internship Karen Heisler Variable Credits Students who successfully complete at least two of the following courses: FTT 30410, FTT 30462 or FTT 30463, may be eligible for an internship at a television station or network, radio station, video production company, film production company or similar media outlet. Interns must work 10-15 hours per week and compile 150 work hours by the end of the semester (120 hours for the summer session). Interns will complete a project, mid-semester progress report and a final evaluation paper. Students can take no more than two 45501 internships for a total of no more than six (6) total credits. Cannot be repeated more than twice. Application to instructor required. Students must apply for the course and receive the Instructor’s permission. Application may be obtained from the website, http://www.nd.edu/-ftt or in the FTT office, 230 Performing Arts Center. *Does Not Count As A Required Film/TV 40,0000-Level Course. FTT 46600 Permission required. Thesis Undergraduate Research Don Crafton Variable Credits FTT 47600 Film Society Christine Becker 7:00-9:30 p.m. 0-1 Credits Sunday The Film Society is a film screening-and-discussion group that meets once a week in the Browning Cinema to watch an independent, foreign or classic film. Students can take the course for either zero credit or one credit. Those taking it for one credit will have a minimum attendance and writing requirement. The meeting times and requirements may vary from semester to semester. Contact the sponsoring professor for more information. Does not count as a Film/TV upper level course. Open to all. Screenings held in the Browning Cinema, DPAC. 22 FTT 47601 Special Studies (Sections 1-21) FTT Faculty Variable Credits Research for the advanced student. Application and permission of the sponsoring professor and department chair is required. Application may be obtained from the website: http://www.nd.edu/~ftt or in the FTT office, 230 Performing Arts Center. Viewing the world through animation Don Crafton 11:00-12:15 CSEM 23102 sec 12 6:00-8:00 p.m. W CSEM 23102 sec 12 3 Credits TR The course traces the history of animated filmmaking from its origins through contemporary feature films with a focus on how films represent their times and cultures, how cartoons may influence society, and vice versa. Class and Lab held in B043, DPAC. Notes: 23