LALW214-01, Fall 2011, 3 Credits, meets in Tower 513, Tuesday, September 13 through Tuesday, December 13, 2011, 6:40 – 9:40 P.M. Instructor: David Tamés, 617.216.1096, david[dot]tames[at]massart[dot] edu, office hours by appointment, offered through MassArt Professional and Continuing Education

A revised syllabus was given out during the second class meeting and is available for download (PDF, 3 pages).

This page will contain updates made throughout the semester in terms of assignments, recommendations for additional viewing and reading, etc. Please check this page and the assignment page in the event you miss class. It is also your responsibility to check in with another student to find out what you missed.

18-Oct-11: Tonight we’ll be screening Who Killed the Electric Car? (Chris Paine, 2006), this film is available on reserve at the MassArt library in the event you miss class.

11-Oct-11: Tonight we’ll be screening Capturing the Friedmans (Andrew Jarecki, 2003), this film is on reserve at the MassArt library in the event you miss class.

04-Oct-11: Screening schedule change: Tonight we screened The Plow That Broke The Plains, (Pare Lorentz, 1934) and Night Mail (Harry Watt & Basil Wright, 1936). We also viewed a clip from Man with a Movie Camera (Dziga Vertov, 1929). Surname Viet Given Name Nam (Trinh T. Minh-ha, 1989) will be screened later in the semester.

Reminder regarding email communication: If you have questions related to the class, or are sending in assignments, please include the text [hid] in the subject line of the email to assure prompt attention to your message. A suggested subject line should look something like this: “[hid] Assignment 1, Nanook of the North”

Reminder regarding deliverable format: Please submit your 500 (give or take) word essays as plain text in the body of an email. If you prefer to format the document, you may send it as a PDF file attached to the email, or as an RTF file in a pinch. Please don’t send documents in any other document format.