Dan, Hi, my name's Brian I'm the assistant to Dan Kleinman the Head of the film school, we spoke on the phone last week. Here's a list of all classes and their summary. One note- some of the classes are taught by more than one Professor and Dan would like a page created for each of them. If you have any questions call me at 646-382-6171. Thanks so much. -Brian SEMINAR IN INTERNATIONAL FILM: SPAIN AND ARGENTINA Prof. Insdorf 3pts-film R4016X fee: 50$ How do cinematic traditions of Spain and of Argentina reflect the particular political, cultural and aesthetic currents of these volatile countries? Spanish film is examined from Bunuel to Saura, especially in its relationship to surrealism and Francismo. Argentine films such as "Camilla" and "The Official Story" are studied from both historical and stylistic perspectives. AUTEUR STUDY: PHILIP KAUFMAN Prof. Insdorf 3pts-film R4138Y fee: 50$ In studying such films as "The Unbearable Lighness of Being", "The Right Stuff", "Quills", "Invasion of the Body Snatchers", and "Henry and June", we explore how Kaufman is a visual stylist as well as a literate adapter of novels, and how his films - which often feel as European as American - depict the complex interaction between the individual body and the social landscape. THE FILM MEDIUM: SCRIPT ANALYSIS Prof. Kleinman 3pts-film R4005X fee:50$ Prerequisite: permission of the Division. Analysis of the dramatic principles of screen storytelling, includiing dramaturgy and character and plot development. FIlms are screened and analyzed in conjunction with their original screenplays. INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY AND THEORY OF FILM Prof. Pena 3pts-film R4010X and Y fee: 50$ Readings, screenings, and lectures that convey the basic principles of film study, film aesthetics, film history, film theory, and film criticism. AVANTE-GARDE CINEMA Prof. Sterritt 3pts-filmR4300X fee :50$ An overview of avante-garde cinema from the silent film era to the present, examining major movements (structural film, feminism, video art) and key works by artists including Warhol, Brakhage, and Deren. Focus on intersections with other artistic fields such as literature and music. TOPICS IN WORLD CINEMA: CHINA Prof. Pena 3pts-film R4145Y fee:50$ AN exploration of filmmaking in miainland China, from the 1930's until today, focusing especially on the interaction of the cinema with other media as well as with the shifting tides of history and politics. SEEING NARRATIVE/NARRATIVES OF SEEING Prof. Schamus 3pts-film R4440X fee:50$ Prerequisite: previous film study and permission of the instructor. An advanced film theory workshop that considers writers from outside the domain of film theory, among them Plato, Alberti, Bataille, and Kant, in order to reassess some central theoretical prblems of film, such asthe relation between vision and narative. Films by directors including Herzog, Ruiz, Paradjanov, Snow, Wenders, and Dario Argento are screened. FILM THEORY I: FROM ORIGINS TO MITRY Prof.'s Schamus and Sterritt 3pts-film W4098X fee: 50$ An introduction to classical film theory, from its beginnings to early Structuralist work of Christian Metz. FILM THEORY II: FROM METZ TO THE NEW HISTORICISTS Prof. Sterritt 3pts-film W4099Y fee: 50$ AN overview of major concepts in contemporary film theory, including psychoanalysis, cultural studies, femminist theory, and topics in postmodernism and poststructuralism. THE HISTORY OF THE PRODUCER IN THE AMERICAN FILM INDUSTRY Prof. TBA 3pts-film W4220Y fee 50$ A survey of the history of producing in the US from pre-Hollywood filmmaking to the poststudio era of independent producers, agency packaging, and industry conglomerates. Hollywood producers such as Thomas Ince, Jesse Lasky, Irving Thalberg, David O. Selznick, and Dore Schary are considered. Emphasis is also placed independant productions as an alternate method of filmmaking. THE BUSINESS OF FILM Prof. Deutchman 3pts-film R6004Y fee: 50$ Prerequisite: permission of the Division. An overview of the business side of theatrical motion pictures, from the small independents and self distrobution. Covers all the ancillary markets (cable, home video) and their relationship both to the theatrical success of teh film and to its bottom line. DEVELOPMENT SEMINAR Prof. Deutchman 3pts-film R6005X fee: 50$ Prerequisite: Film R6004 and permission of teh Division. AN exploration of the various options for developing feature films, such as option deals, copyrights, dealing with agencies, and the selling process. Examines how these different deal structures affect the films that are made. PRE-PRDUCTION OF A MOTION PICTURE Prof. Brick 3pts-film R6034X fee: 50$ Prerequisite: FIlm R6004 and permisssion of the Division. Using Emir Kusturica's first American feature,"Arizona Dream", as a case study, students work from selected contents of production notebooks plus the shooting skript. They prepare breakdowns, production strip boards, and call sheets from short screenplays to develope pre production skills. FILM PRODUCING Prof. Hausman 3pts-film R6035Y fee: 50$ Prerequisite: FIlm R6004 and the permission of the Division. Creative independent producers explore the process of producing a theatrical feature film from the aquisition of a property through the distrobution deal: selling an idea, working with screenwriters, and assembling the financing, casting, and production of the picture. Key people involved in these aspects of the process appear as quest lecturers. SCREENWRITING I Prof.'s Hall, Joseph, Pugliese, Roach, and Trope 3pts-film R6037X Open only to first-year MFA candidates in Film. Prerequisite: permission of the Division. Corequisites: Film R6071 and R6095. Explores the basic principles of dramatic writing for the screen. Students concentrate on the development of two 8-12 minute screenplays, one of which will be shot on video by a director in the spring term. The 8-12 minute script undergoes extensive revision, to be completed by the end of the term . SCREENWRITING II Prof.'s Hall. Jelinek, Joseph, and Ward 3pts-film R6038Y Open only to first year MFA candidates in FIlm. Prerequisite: Film R6037 and permission of the Division. Students are expected to bring to class a story proposal for a 60 minute or feature length script, which is then developed and written in class. It is suggested that students change instructors during the first year of screenwriting in order to take advantage of differing approaches. DIRECTING I Prof.'s Gordon, Mendelsohn, Proferes, Reichardt, and Styron 6pts-film R6071X fee: 50$ Open only ro first year MFA candidates in Film. Corequisites: FIlm R6037 and R6095. Students explore the grammatical rules and narrative elements of cinematic storytelling by completing a minimum of three short exercises, all shot and edited in video. Emphasizes using the camera as an articulate narrator to tell a coherent, grammatically correct, engaging, and cinematic story. Technical workshops on camera, lighting, sound, and editing accompany the workshops, as well as lectures that provide a methodology for the director. DIRECTING II Prof.'s Gordon, Mendelsohn, Reichardt, and Trope 4pts-film R6072 fee: 50$ Open only to first year MFA candidates in Film. Prerequisite: Film R6071. Corequisites: Film R6096 and R6038. Students shoot and edit in video an 8-12 minute screenplay developed in the writing workshop by another student. The director's work on script, floor plans, staging, camera, and storyboards are completed during the semester, along with shooting and editing on video of a minimum of two dramatic/narrative scenes that focus on integrating the above work with that of the Directing the Actors classes. This collaborative project will be shot and edited during the summer break. AN edited copy must be submitted to the Division office prior to registering for FIlm R8002x. DIRECTING THE ACTOR I Prof.'s Casey, Dekoven, Glynn, Larson, Miner, and Stein 3pts-film R6095X Open only to first year MFA candidates in Film. Prerequisites: permission of the Division. Corequisites: Film R6037 and R6071. A work shop in which the student explores the craft and vocabulary of the actor through exercise and scene study as actors and the incorporation of the actor's vocabulary in directed scenes. Exploration of script analysis, casting, and the rehearsal process. DIRECTING THE ACTOR II Prof.'s Casey, Dekoven, Glynn, Larson, Miner, and Stein 3pts-film R6096Y Open only to first year MFA candidates in Film. Prerequisite: Film R6095 and permission of the Division. Further study of the director's craft of directing actors through the use of professional actors in a published scene and scenes from the 8-12 minute project being developed in Directing for the Short Form. NO BUDGET FILMMMAKING: THEORY AND PRACTICE Prof.'s Bregman, and Skalski 3pts-film R6143Y fee: 50$ Prerequisite: Film 6004, permission of the Division, and classes in production as well as film theory. AN intensive workshop for the active film producer as well as a collective critical inquiry into the relationship betwenn no-budget modes of production and their aesthetic and political implications. Particularattention is paid to the legal and business aspects of independent filmmaking as well as to the industrialzation of narrative Hollywood. CINEMATOGRAPHY Prof. Sanchez 3pts-film R6200X and Y fee: 50$ Open only to MFA candidates in Film. Enrollment is limited. Prerequisites: Film R6038, R6072, R6096, and permissin of Division. DIRECTING III Prof.'s Gordon, Kalin, and Mendelsohn 6pts-film R8002X fee:50$ Open only to MFA candidates in FIlm. Prerequisites: FIlm R6038, R6072, R6096, and permission of the Division. Students work on post production aspects of their 8-12 videos, including reediting and adding music and sound. Students explore more deeply the range of their skillsand techniques necessary to direct a film. They will hone their directing skills by preparing, shooting, and editing, in video, a minimum of teo significant scenes from a published work. At least one of these scenes will be presented in Directing the Actors workshops. Students should be working on a draft of a short screenplay for their second year project. DIRECTING IV Prof.'s Gordon, Greenwald, Mendelsohn, and Proferes 3pts-film R8003Y fee: 50$ Open only to MFA candidates in Film. Prerequisites: FIlm R6038, R6072, R6096, and permission of the Division. Students must bring to the first class a draft of their short screenplay for their second year project. The semester will be spent on the director's preparation of the short and the shooting and editing on video of two significant scenes from the screenplay or other source. The complete screenplay will be shot on film or video, preferably during the summer recess. SCREENWRITING III Prof.'s Brooks, Dieckmann, Gallo, Kass, and Roach 3pts-film R8005X Open only to MFA candidates in Film. Prerequisites: Film R6037, R6038, R6072, R6096, and permission of the Division. Students complete the screenplay developed in R6038y. SCREENWRITING IV Prof.'s Brooks, Dieckmann, Gallo, Kass, and Roach 3pts-film R8006Y Open only to MFA candidates in Film. Prerequisites: Film R6037, R6038, R6072, R6096, and permission of the Division. Students prepare a story for a full-length screenplay. The story is developed in class, and a draft of the screenplay is written and revised. One section may be on adaptation. DIRECTING THE ACTOR III AND IV Prof.'s Dekoven, Erman, Miner, and Stein 3pts-film R8014Y Further develoment of students' directing skills and ability to work with professional actors through scene work, using published material and original scripts. The collaborative process between writer and director is also explored through projects using full-length feature scripts of screenwriting students. WRITING FOR TELEVISION Prof. Kingsberg 3pts-film R8030Y Open only to MFA candidates in Film: enrollment is limited. Prerequisites: Film R6037 and R6038. Concentrates on dramas, primarily based on nonfictional material, written for made for television movies and miniseries. COMEDY WRITING Prof. Breckman 3pts-film R6210X and Y Open only to MFA candidates in Film: enrollment is limited. Prerequisites: Film R6037 and R6038. Concentrates on comedy writing for the small screen, including sitcom and sketch writing. ADVANCED EDITING WORKSHOP Prof. Lottman 3pts-film R8100X or Y fee: 50$ Prerequisites: Dalies from a video project and permission of the Division. An opportunity for tyhe advanced Film student to edit his or her own film and participate siimultaneously in post production of other student films. The course proceeds from the screening of all students' dailies to the critique of assemblies to screening of first edits to the discussion of music and effects and the final mix. WORKSHOP IN SCRIPT REVISION Prof.'s Bienen, Cole, Joseph, and Roach 3pts-film R9010X and Y Required of all students who intend to submit a thesis screenplay. Prerequisites: Film R6037, R6038, R8005, R8006, and permission of the instructor, to whom the student must submit a first draft of a feature length screenplay three weeks prior to registration. This course guides students through shaping and perfecting the first drafts of their scripts - the process commonly known as the rewrite. Students work on already finished drafts, concentrating on economy and drama in storytelling and character.