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FILMCLIPS
Prepared by: Dr. Caroline (Kay) Picart and Dr.
Cecil Greek
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Clips from Assigned
Films
Week 1: Introduction: Myth, Film, and
Stereotype
Lecture: Film and Reality: The Gangster Myth
Films: Public Enemy #1 (American Experience), Public Enemy (1931),
G-Men (1935), Dillinger (1973)
Week 2: Victims, Perpetrators, and Heroes
Lecture: Crime and Criminals: Media Images
Films: Murder by Numbers (documentary), Henry: Portrait of a Serial
Killer, Seven
Week 3: Crime: It's Causes, Psychology of Offenders
Lecture: Varieties of Film Crime One and Two
Films: Rebel Without a Cause, The Follower
Week 4: Police
Lecture: Reel Cops
Films: Prince of the City, Dirty Harry, Training Day
Week 5: Attorneys and the Law
Lecture: Hollywood Lawyers
Films: Twelve Angry Men, Judgment at Nuremberg, A Time to Kill
Week 6: Prisons, Inmate Subcultures, and Correctional Staff
Lecture: Prisons Through the Lens of Hollywood
Films: Take the Money and Run, Monsters' Ball, Shawshank Redemption
MIDTERM EXAM
Week 7A: An Introduction to Film Language/Technique, and the Coding of
Stereotypes in Film
Films: Shadow of a Doubt; Citizen Kane; Ed Gein
Shadow of a Doubt
- Uncle Charles:
High |
Low
- Charlie:
High |
Low
- Uncle Arrives:
High |
Low
- Merry Widow Waltz:
High |
Low
- Revelation at the Library (Part A):
High |
Low
Revelation at the Library (Part B):
High |
Low
- Uncle's Philosophy - Charlie Confronts Him:
High |
Low
- The Train:
High |
Low
Citizen Kane
- (Swish) Pan:
High |
Low
- Flashback:
High |
Low
- Match Dissolve(s):
High |
Low
Week 7B: Depictions of Monstrosity in Relation to Crime in Film
Films: Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal; excerpts from
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell and Immortality
Week 8: Crime and the Film Noir
Films: Double Indemnity; LA Confidential; Blade Runner
Double Indemnity
- Neff meets Phyllis:
High |
Low
- Fished In:
High |
Low
- Murder:
High |
Low
- Lola:
High |
Low
- End of the Line:
High |
Low
Week 9: Crime, Gender, Sexuality, and Genre in Horror-Slasher Films
Films: Psycho and Ed Gein; Marnie; Vertigo
Psycho
- Let's Get Married:
High |
Low
- Are You Happy?:
High |
Low
- Leaving:
High |
Low
- Planning, and Even Flirting:
High |
Low
- Stranger:
High |
Low
- Private Traps:
High |
Low
- Hole in Wall:
High |
Low
- Shower:
High |
Low
- Stay Here:
High |
Low
- Only Half Existed:
High |
Low
Marnie
- Opening:
High |
Low
- New Job:
High |
Low
- Robbery:
High |
Low
- Proposal:
High |
Low
- Rape:
High |
Low
- End:
High |
Low
Week 10: Human Rights and Depictions of Race, Gender and Class in the
Melodrama and Science Fiction
Films: Beloved, Jonathan Demme, dir., 1998 or The Handmaid's Tale,
Volke Schlöndorff, dir., 1990.
A Clockwork Orange, Stanley Kubrick, dir., 1971; or 1984, Michael
Radford, dir., 1984.
Week 11: Crime, Justice and Narratives about Rape
Films: The Accused; Death and the Maiden; possibly I Spit on Your
Grave (excerpts)
Week 12: Fact and Fiction in Depictions of the Holocaust
Films: Schindler's List; America and the Holocaust: Deceit and Indifference
(documentary); Shoah (survivor testimonies-excerpts)
Film Language and
Technique
- Extreme Close-Up: Taxi-Driver
High |
Low
- Rack Focus: Last Tango in Paris
High |
Low
- Deep Focus: Citizen-Kane High
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Low
- High Angle Shot: Birds High
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Low
- Low Angle Shot: Clockwork Orange High
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Low
- Zoom: Do the Right Thing High
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Low
- Pan: Red River High
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Low
- Crane Shot: Gone with the Wind High
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Low
- Tracking: 400 Blows High
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Low
- Tracking: All the President's Men High
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Low
- Dolly: The Public Enemy High
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Low
- Steadicam Shot: Much Ado About Nothing High
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Low
- Steadicam Shot: Making the Shining High
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Low
- High Key Lighting: Jezebel High
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Low
- Low Key Lighting: The Third Man High
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Low
- Fade: Buffalo 66 High
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Low
- Dissolve: Driving Miss Daisy High
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Low
- Wipe: Star Wars High
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Low
- Iris: Life Lessons (Short from New York Stories) High
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Low
- Crosscutting: Return of the Jedi High
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Low
- Match Cut (Graphic Match): 2001: A Space Odyssey High
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Low
21a. Sound Match: The 39 Steps High
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Low
- Match Dissolve: Schindler's List High
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Low
- POV Shot: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde High
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Low
- Reverse Shot: Jungle Fever High
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Low
- Slow Motion: Reservoir Dogs High
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Low
- Fast Motion: After Hours High
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Low
- Freeze Frame: 400 Blows High
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Low
- God's Eye View: Sense and Sensibility High
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Low
- Helicopter Shot: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein High
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Low
- Process Shot (Rear Projection): Sunrise High
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Low
- Process Shot (Matte Shot): Gone with the Wind High
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Low
- Process Shot (Front Screen Projection): 2001: A Space Odyssey High
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Low
- Voice Over: Double Indemnity High
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Low
- CGI (Computer Graphic Imaging): Forrest Gump High
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Low
© 2002 Kay Picart and Cecil Greek
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