Summer & Continuing Studies 2013

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AMST 129a - From American Movie Musicals to Music Videos

4 credit hours
Instructor: James Mandrell
Requirements Fulfilled: ss
M, T, Th 11:00 AM - 01:20 PM

Summer Session II: July 8 to August 9, 2013
This course examines the spectacle of song and dance in movie musicals and music videos, beginning with the earliest talking pictures in the late 1920's and continuing to the present. Particular emphasis will be on technological change, race, gender and the commodification of culture, among other topics. You can view a syllabus for this class here.
Sage class number: 2131
Course Tuition: $2,320 plus a nonrefundable once per summer $50 registration fee

ENG 33a - Shakespeare

4 credit hours
Instructor: William Flesch
Requirements Fulfilled: hum
M, T, Th 08:30 - 10:50 AM

Summer Session I: June 3 to July 5, 2013
This course provides a survey of Shakespeare as a dramatist. Students will read between several plays, representing all periods of Shakespeare's dramatic career.
Sage class number: 2058
Course Tuition: $2,320 plus a nonrefundable once per summer $50 registration fee

ENG 79a - Directed Writing: Beginning Screenwriting

4 credit hours
Instructor: Marc Weinberg
Requirements Fulfilled: wi, hum
M, T, Th 11:00 AM - 01:20 PM

Summer Session I: June 3 to July 5, 2013
This course may not be repeated by students who have taken ENG 129b in previous years. Offered exclusively on a credit/no credit basis. This course is an introduction to the fundamentals of screenwriting: structure, plot, conflict, character, and dialog. Students read screenwriting theory, scripts, analyze files, and produce an outline and the first act of an original screenplay.
Sage class number: 2126
Course Tuition: $2,320 plus a nonrefundable once per summer $50 registration fee

ENG 139b - Intermediate Screenwriting

4 credit hours
Instructor: Marc Weinberg
Requirements Fulfilled: wi, hum
M, T, Th 11:00 AM - 01:20 PM

Summer Session II: July 8 to August 9, 2013
Offered exclusively on a credit/no credit basis.
Prerequisites: ENG 129b or ENG 79a or permission of the Instructor. To receive permission, please send a writing sample to the Instructor at marcw@brandeis.edu. In this writing course students build on screenwriting basics and delve more deeply into the creative process. Participants read and critique each others work, study screenplays and view films, and submit original written material on a regular basis. At the conclusion of the course each student will have completed the first draft of a screenplay (100-120 pages).
Sage class number: 2128
Course Tuition: $2,320 plus a nonrefundable once per summer $50 registration fee

FILM 110a - Film Production I

4 credit hours
Instructor: Marc Weinberg
Requirements Fulfilled: ss, ca
M, T, Th 01:30 - 03:50 PM

Summer Session I: June 3 to July 5, 2013
This course is an introduction to the basic principles and techniques of fictional narrative motion picture production. Students will take part in teams and produce two short films. The films will emphasize dramatic development and creative storytelling through image composition, camera movement, editing, and sound.
Sage class number: 2062
Course Tuition: $2,320 plus a nonrefundable once per summer $50 registration fee

THA 15b-1 - Public Speaking: The Art of Oral Communication (Section 1)

4 credit hours
Instructor: Jennifer Cleary
Requirements Fulfilled: ca, OC
M, T, Th 11:00 AM - 01:20 PM

Summer Session I: June 3 to July 5, 2013
This is an experiential learning course.
This is an introductory course designed to present the basic concepts and techniques of making presentations to groups of people. Students will explore the principles of human communication and apply them to various situations and forms of spoken discourse. Students will develop a process for analyzing the audience, developing effective habits of vocal delivery, and for writing their own speeches. Content, research, personal style, and storytelling will also be examined. You can view a syllabus for this class here. Course enrollment is limited to 10 students.
Sage class number: 2103
Course Tuition: $2,320 plus a nonrefundable once per summer $50 registration fee

THA 15b-2 - Public Speaking: The Art of Oral Communication (Section 2)

4 credit hours
Instructor: Jennifer Cleary
Requirements Fulfilled: ca, OC
M, T, Th 11:00 AM - 01:20 PM

Summer Session II: July 8 to August 9, 2013
This is an experiential learning course.
This is an introductory course designed to present the basic concepts and techniques of making presentations to groups of people. Students will explore the principles of human communication and apply them to various situations and forms of spoken discourse. Students will develop a process for analyzing the audience, developing effective habits of vocal delivery, and for writing their own speeches. Content, research, personal style, and storytelling will also be examined. You can view a syllabus for this class here.Course enrollment is limited to 10 students.
Sage class number: 2104
Course Tuition: $2,320 plus a nonrefundable once per summer $50 registration fee

THA 71a - Playwriting

4 credit hours
Instructor: Joseph Coroniti
Requirements Fulfilled: wi, ca
Online T, Th 06:00 - 07:30 PM

Extended Summer Session: June 3 to August 9, 2013
This is an experiential learning course. This course may not be taken for credit by students who took THA 104a in prior years. Please Note: This course does not count toward a Major or Minor in Creative Writing, but does fulfill the Writing Intensive Requirement for Degree Requirements.
In this online playwriting workshop, members will create three-dimensional characters in action; dramatic tension and conflict; and cadenced dialogue that grips the audience. As models for writing, we will consider a small number of plays and film adaptations, drawn from such works as Glengarry Glen Ross (David Mamet), The Heidi Chronicles (Wendy Wasserstein), Topdog/Underdog (Suzan-Lori Parks), Angels in America (Tony Kushner), Waiting for Godot, and Amadeus. However, the focus of this workshop will be on students' original scripts. Participants will write one ten-minute play and one one-act play.
You can view a syllabus for this class here.
Sage class number: 2114
Course Tuition: $2,475 plus a nonrefundable once per summer $50 registration fee