Special Topics in Cinematic Storytelling

Calendar

SES #	TOPICS	READINGS / VIEWINGS	KEY DATES
1	Narrative - Dynamic Situation and Character	View one movie of your choice in light of the readings. Bruner, Jerome. Actual Minds: Possible Worlds. Chapter 1. Kearney, Richard. On Stories. Chapter 11. Leacock, Richard. Technology and Reality at the Movies. pp. 2-7. ———. Ethnographic Observation and the Super-8 Millimeter _Camera. _ Vogler, Christopher. The Writer’s Journey: Mythic Structure for Storytellers and Screenwriters. pp. 13-31.
2	Information into Narrative	Screeing of Brakhage, Leacock, and Figgis. Lipman, Doug. Improving Your Storytelling. Chapters 1 and 5. Pearson, Carol. The Hero Within - Six Archetypes We Live By. Chapter 1.	Information into Narrative due
3	A Question of Voice (Guest Speaker: Kevin Brooks)	McCloud, Scott. Understanding Comics. Chapter 6.
4	World Scenario Presentations (Guest Speaker: Kevin Brooks)	Meyer, Leonard. Emotion and Meaning in Music. (Excerpts) Thiel, Philip. People, Paths and Purposes.	World Scenario and Representation due
5	Narrative and Technology (Guest Speaker: Tamiko Thiel)	Davenport, Glorianna. Cinema in Transition. Minsky, Marvin. The Emotion Machine. Chapter 6. Mueller, Erik. Story Understanding. Singh, Push, and Barbara Barry. Collecting Commonsense Experiences.
6	Commonsense Story (Guest Speakers: Push Singh and Barbara Barry)	Screening of Marker, Godard, and Hitchcock, Wallace.
7	Things that Think Symposium
8	Design for Immersion (Guest Speakers: Pattie Maes with Orit Zuckerman and David Gatenby)	Genet, Marie-Laurie. Courchense.	Video Story Engine due
9	Final Project Ideas
10	Final Project Ideas (cont.)
11	Final Project Updates
12	Final Project Presentations		Final project due