Weekly Entries: On Fridays, students are required to submit in Canvas their journal entry for that week’s assigned film

Weekly Entries: On Fridays, students are required to submit in Canvas their journal entry for that week’s assigned film and reading. In these entries, students should demonstrate that they have watched the film closely and are able to use concepts/ideas from the reading. To complete the assignment, students need to do the following:
Image. Identify one shot that you find particularly striking. Provide screen grabs or sketches. Underneath the image(s), discuss the formal elements of the shot and how it helps you understand or think about an aspect of the theory studied that week (e.g., a critical term, an overall argument, a key sentence, etc.). (150-250 words)
Quotation. Select and quote a passage from the week’s readings that generates insight into the film. Explain what the passage means in the context of the larger argument and then explain how it affects your view/understanding of the film (e.g., do you see the film in a new way or notice something new? Does it alter your appreciation of the film? Etc.) (150-250 words)
Responses to the two prompts can be related but should not be repetitive.
Students should use parenthetical citations when quoting or paraphrasing.
Entries will be graded for completeness, originality, convincing interpretations, correct usage of theoretical concepts, and quality writing.

Movie list

A Nightmare on Elm Street (Wes Craven, 1984) 91 min

Readings that correspond
Jean-Louis Baudry “The Apparatus: Metapsychological Approaches to the Impression of Reality in Cinema” (1975) Film Theory

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