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 27b - Classic Hollywood Cinema

4 credit hours
Instructor: William Flesch
Requirements Fulfilled: hum
M, T, Th 11:00 AM - 01:20 PM

Summer Session I: June 3 to July 5, 2013
A critical examination of the history of mainstream U.S. cinema from the 1930's to the present. This course focuses on major developments in film content and form, the rise and fall of the studio and star system, the changing nature of spectatorship, and the social context of film production and reception.
Sage class number: 2057
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