Dear Mythologists,
For Tuesday, September 27, please do the following:
(1) Watch Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (Chris Columbus, 2010), taking notes as you see
fit. In addition to the DVD being reserved at the library, the film is
also streaming on Amazon.
(2) Read Drew McWeeny's 2010 interview with the film's director and screenwriter, Chris Columbus and Craig Titley (originally posted on hitfix.com). In lieu of serious scholarship on the film, this interview might give you insight into the intentions of the film's creative team.
(3) Read Chapter 3, "Medusa and the Gorgons," of Daniel Ogden's book on Perseus (Routledge, 2008). We've had a chance to discuss Perseus in some detail; this chapter will help us discuss his nemesis.
NOTE: For today's class I'll suspend my usual call for clips. Not only will we have our first analysis presentation, but we'll also be wrapping up Unit 1 with our first quiz. In other words, we'll have plenty on our collective plate today.
DC
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Wednesday, September 21, 2016
Wednesday, September 14, 2016
Assignment for Tuesday, 09-20-16
Dear Mythologists,
For Tuesday, September 20, please do the following:
(1) Watch the remake of Clash of the Titans (Louis Leterrier, 2010), taking notes as you see fit. In addition to the DVD being reserved at the library, the film is also streaming on Amazon. You might wish to consider the ways in which the film improves upon — or attempts to improve upon — the original.
(2) Read Chapter 2, "Principles of Film Form" in Looking at Movies, pp. 35–63. Here you'll explore issues such as form and content, realism and antirealism, and cinematic language writ large.
(3) Read my 2015 essay on the motif of figurines in Clash '81, which, in addition introducing you to how I think about movies, and hopefully saying something interesting about the original film, might also provide you with a point of contrast between the original and the remake.
(4) Read thoroughly the Analysis page of our website and note any questions. I've tried, on this page, to detail the assignment and its objectives with clarity.
(5) Remember by noon on Tuesday to comment on this post with your choice of a sequence from Clash '10 to view in class. The guidelines for your comment (in essence, 3-4 sentences) are found under the "Class participation" section of our Syllabus page.
DC
For Tuesday, September 20, please do the following:
(1) Watch the remake of Clash of the Titans (Louis Leterrier, 2010), taking notes as you see fit. In addition to the DVD being reserved at the library, the film is also streaming on Amazon. You might wish to consider the ways in which the film improves upon — or attempts to improve upon — the original.
(2) Read Chapter 2, "Principles of Film Form" in Looking at Movies, pp. 35–63. Here you'll explore issues such as form and content, realism and antirealism, and cinematic language writ large.
(3) Read my 2015 essay on the motif of figurines in Clash '81, which, in addition introducing you to how I think about movies, and hopefully saying something interesting about the original film, might also provide you with a point of contrast between the original and the remake.
(4) Read thoroughly the Analysis page of our website and note any questions. I've tried, on this page, to detail the assignment and its objectives with clarity.
(5) Remember by noon on Tuesday to comment on this post with your choice of a sequence from Clash '10 to view in class. The guidelines for your comment (in essence, 3-4 sentences) are found under the "Class participation" section of our Syllabus page.
DC
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