Introduction to the Course (Hum 3)

1. Introductory
Notes
Hum
3:
Film
Apprecia8on
Class
Ateneo
de
Davao
University
Bong
S.
Eliab

2. Film
Apprecia8on
• Assignments,
Notes
and
Announcements
for
the
class:
hum3.blogspot.com
• Presenta8ons/
Lectures
Slideshare.net/jseliab
• Library
Resources
– Ebrary.com
– library.addu.edu.ph

3. Assignment
• Read
the
introductory
notes
at
hum3.blogspot.com
• Short
Quiz
Next
Mee8ng
• Send
your
film
review.

4. Course
Descrip8on
• An
introduc8on
to
the
scholarly,
aesthe8c
apprecia8on,
analysis
and
study
of
cinema.
• Not
a
‘great
films’
course
• Spectrum
of
cinema8c
genre
and
modes
of
storytelling
and
expression
–
not
mainstream
(which
Hollywood)
• Deliberate
inclusion
of
European
and
Asian
films

5. Course
Descrip8on
• Recurring
concern
in
the
class:
– To
beWer
understand
the
formal,
stylis8c,
and
ideological
rela8onships
mainstream
cinema
and
its
alterna8ves
• 1st
half
of
the
class:
explore
cinema8c
terms,
elements,
concepts,
theore8cal
constructs
• 2nd
half
of
the
class:
explore
social
and
historical
contexts
of
films

6. Course
Requirements
• Grading
Periods:
Prelim,
Midterm,
Final
• Each
grading
period
– Quizzes
(15%)
– Film
Reviews
(20%)
– Major
Examina8ons
(65%)
• LeWer
Grade:
A,
B+,
B,
C+,
C,
D,
F,
FD

7. Film
Review
• Must
be
one
page
only
• Send
PDF
(Portable
Document
Format)

8. Absences/
Tardiness
• Absence:
not
more
than
20%
of
the
total
number
of
classes
(20%
x
18
=
3);
4
absences
=
FD
• Late:
1/3
absence;
three
lateness
=
1
absence

9. Contact
Informa8on
• Email
Address:
jseliab@addu.edu.ph
• Tel
(82)
221.2411
local
8201
• TwiWer:
@BongEliab
• Facebook:
facebook.com/eliab

10. Test
Your
Email
Address
• Send
an
email
to
me
using
your
ADDU
eMail
address
on
or
before
24
June
2014
with
the
following
details:
Complete
Name
and
Course/
Year
Profile
Photo
Mobile
Number
(Confiden8al)
Birthdate/
Age

11. Film
Viewing
E8queWe
1. Respect
personal
space.
2. Crying
is
reserved
for
excep8onally
sad
scenes
only.
3. Film
viewing
is
a
one-­‐way
entertainment.
4. Feet
belong
to
the
floor.
5. A
ringing
cellphone
will
break
your
mother’s
heart.
6. Credits.

12. Varia
• You
can
bring
food,
discreet
food.
Food
delivery
is
not
allowed
unless
it
is
meant
for
the
whole
class.
• You
can
bring
non
alcoholic
beverage,
non-­‐glass
container.
• You
can
bring
your
comfort
pillow
and
jacket,
but
not
your
BFF,
BF
or
GF.
• Shoes
remain
in
your
feet.
• Go
to
the
restroom
before
the
start
of
the
film.
• During
the
film
viewing,
no
one
is
allowed
to
enter
the
room.
No
one
is
allowed
to
get
out
of
the
room.