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Part I: A History of
American Movies
Jan 14 Th
Introduction to Cinema; Casablanca
Jan 21 Th
The Film Experience (FE Chap. 1 & 2; Ebert p. xv-xix, p. 109-17);
Citizen Kane
Jan 28 Th
Mise-en-Scène
(FE Chap. 3); Hitchcock I
Note: Oscar
Nominations Announced Tues. Feb. 2nd
Feb 4
Th
Cinematography (FE Chap. 4); Hitchcock II
Feb 11
Th
Editing (FE Chap. 5; Ebert p. 84-8);
Bonnie & Clyde
Feb 18
Th
Film Sound (FE Chap. 6); The
Graduate
Feb 25 Th
Narrative Films (FE Chap. 7; Ebert p. 194-8);
The Godfather
Mar 4 Th
Genres (FE Chap. 10); Chinatown
Note: Watch the Oscars on
ABC, Sunday May 7th
Mar 11 Th
Histories (FE Chap. 11 & 12)
Mar 18
NO CLASS—SPRING BREAK
Part II: Great Movies of
Today
Mar 25 Th
Theory (FE Chap. 13)
Apr 1
Th
Writing a good review (FE Chap. 14)
Apr 8 Th
Apr 15 Th
Apr 22 Th
Apr 29 Th
May 6 FINAL EXAM
(2 p.m.)
This
schedule may be revised as necessary during the course of the semester.
Important Note: Ebert’s
essays assume that you have seen the film in question. They may contain spoilers
that will fundamentally alter your experience of the film. If you have not
seen the particular film, do not read
Ebert’s essay before class—read it after.
Name: ___________________
Honors Cinema
82nd Academy Awards—Oscar Ballot
For each category, choose one winner (65 points possible). The top five
ballots will receive extra credit.
Best Director—5 points
o
Kathryn Bigelow, ‘The Hurt Locker’
o
James Cameron, ‘Avatar’
o
Lee Daniels, ‘Precious’
o
Jason Reitman, ‘Up in the Air’
o
Quentin Tarantino, ‘Inglourious Basterds’
Best Actor—5 points
o
Jeff Bridges, ‘Crazy Heart’
o
George Clooney, ‘Up in the Air’
o
Colin Firth, ‘A Single Man’
o
Morgan Freeman, ‘Invictus’
o
Jeremy Renner, ‘The Hurt Locker’
Best Actress—5 points
o
Sandra Bullock, ‘The Blind Side’
o
Helen Mirren, ‘The Last Station’
o
Carey Mulligan, ‘An Education’
o
Gabourey Sidibe, ‘Precious’
o
Meryl Streep, ‘Julie & Julia’
Best Supporting Actor—5 points
o
Matt Damon, ‘Invictus’
o
Woody Harrelson, ‘The Messenger’
o
Christopher Plummer, ‘The Last Station’
o
Stanley Tucci, ‘The Lovely Bones’
o
Christoph Waltz, ‘Inglourious Basterds’
Best Supporting Actress—5 points
o
Penelope Cruz, ‘Nine’
o
Vera Farmiga, ‘Up in the Air’
o
Maggie Gyllenhaal, ‘Crazy Heart’
o
Anna Kendrick, ‘Up in the Air’
o
Mo’nique, ‘Precious’
Best Animated Feature Film—2 points
o
‘Coraline’
o
‘Fantastic Mr. Fox’
o
‘The Princess and the Frog’
o
‘The Secret of Kells’
o
‘Up’
Best Film Editing—2 points
o
‘Avatar’
o
‘Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince’
o
‘The Hurt Locker’
o
‘Inglourious Basterds’
o
‘Precious’
Best Original Screenplay—2 points
o
Mark Boal, ‘The Hurt Locker’
o
Quentin Tarantino, ‘Inglourious Basterds’
o
Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman, ‘The
Messenger’
o
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, ‘A Serious Man’
o
Peter Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy, ‘Up’
Best Original Score—2 points
o
‘Avatar’
o
‘Fantastic Mr. Fox’
o
‘The Hurt Locker’
o
‘Sherlock Holmes’
o
‘Up’
Best Original Song—2 points
o
‘Almost There’ from ‘The Princess and the Frog,’
Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
o
‘Down in New Orleans’ from ‘The Princess and the
Frog,’ Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
o
‘Loin de Paname’ from ‘Paris 36,’ Music by
Reinhardt Wagner Lyric by Frank Thomas
o
‘Take It All’ from ‘Nine,’ Music and Lyric by Maury Yeston
o
‘The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)’ from
‘Crazy Heart,’ Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett ’
Best Foreign Film—2 points
o
Israel - ‘Ajami’
o
Argentina - ‘El Secreto de sus Ojos’
o
Peru - ‘The Milk of Sorrow’
o
France - ‘Un Prophete’
o
Germany - ‘The White Ribbon’
Best Documentary Feature—2 points
o
‘Burma VJ’
o
‘The Cove’
o
‘Food, Inc.’
o
‘The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel
Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers’
o
‘Which Way Home’
Best
Adapted Screenplay—2 points
o
Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell, ‘District 9’
o
Nick Hornby, ‘An Education’
o
Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci,
Tony Roche, ‘In the Loop’
o
Geoffrey Fletcher, ‘Precious’
o
Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner, ‘Up in the Air’
Best Visual Effects—2 points
o
‘Avatar’
o
‘District 9’
o
‘Star Trek’
Best Cinematography—2 points
o
‘Avatar’
o
‘Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince’
o
‘The Hurt Locker’
o
‘Inglourious Basterds’
o
‘The White Ribbon’’
Best Picture—10 points
o
‘Avatar’
o
‘The Blind Side’
o
‘District 9’
o
‘An Education’
o
‘The Hurt Locker’
o
‘Inglourious Basterds’
o
‘Precious’
o
‘A Serious Man’
o
‘Up’
o
‘Up in the Air’
Best Picture Bonus—How many of the
Best Picture nominees have you seen?
(Check all that apply.)
‘Avatar’
‘The Blind Side’
‘District 9’
‘An Education’
‘The Hurt Locker’
‘Inglourious Basterds’
‘Precious’
‘A Serious Man’
‘Up’
‘Up in the Air’
Bonus________________
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