FILM TV 106B
History of European Motion Picture
Description: Lecture/screenings, eight hours; discussion, one hour. Historical and critical survey, with examples, of European motion picture both as developing art form and as medium of mass communication. Letter grading.
Units: 6.0
Units: 6.0
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Film 106 C: African, Asian, and Latin American film Prof. Carreras is an amazing professor! She really knows how to evaluate film, and she pushes us to know more than the basics about a movie. We learn history and maps and talk about literature and politics. She wants us to be intellectual critics. Her three essays were fair, and they pushed me to think more critically about film and research. Read, work hard, pay attention, and take advantage of having this great professor!
Film 106 C: African, Asian, and Latin American film Prof. Carreras is an amazing professor! She really knows how to evaluate film, and she pushes us to know more than the basics about a movie. We learn history and maps and talk about literature and politics. She wants us to be intellectual critics. Her three essays were fair, and they pushed me to think more critically about film and research. Read, work hard, pay attention, and take advantage of having this great professor!
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Winter 2020 - First off, this class is much more difficult than FILM TV 6A. I felt that the subject matter of this class was boring and uninteresting from the start so this review may be biased. I simply wanted to get a class out of the way for the film minor. Prof Greene was extremely dry. Her voice is like listening to NPR in slow-mo. She is kind and walks around to meet students. She is extremely fair and says exactly what she means. However, this class is almost 4 hours and sometimes she would try to fit in double screenings. I felt that the length of the class was the biggest challenge - in terms of staying awake and engaged. There is a midterm and a supposed "cumulative" final. I say "cumulative" because it primarily focuses on material after the midterm but she says you must know things from before to support your answers. I took the final online due to COVID 19 so it was probably much easier than in the past. However, the exams are short answer questions and straightforward. There are also 2 short essays - the only challenge there is with the word count. The final project was not difficult and I found that it was just meant to engage us further our creativity with the material. In hindsight, I would not take this class because of its length and material. However, it was not as much of a waste of time as my other classes this quarter.
Winter 2020 - First off, this class is much more difficult than FILM TV 6A. I felt that the subject matter of this class was boring and uninteresting from the start so this review may be biased. I simply wanted to get a class out of the way for the film minor. Prof Greene was extremely dry. Her voice is like listening to NPR in slow-mo. She is kind and walks around to meet students. She is extremely fair and says exactly what she means. However, this class is almost 4 hours and sometimes she would try to fit in double screenings. I felt that the length of the class was the biggest challenge - in terms of staying awake and engaged. There is a midterm and a supposed "cumulative" final. I say "cumulative" because it primarily focuses on material after the midterm but she says you must know things from before to support your answers. I took the final online due to COVID 19 so it was probably much easier than in the past. However, the exams are short answer questions and straightforward. There are also 2 short essays - the only challenge there is with the word count. The final project was not difficult and I found that it was just meant to engage us further our creativity with the material. In hindsight, I would not take this class because of its length and material. However, it was not as much of a waste of time as my other classes this quarter.
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For FILM 106A (not 106B): The class was a great upper-div GE. Professor Kuntz is very knowledgeable about the course, and is very rehearsed and his lectures are very organized. The class is graded on 5 components, 20% each: 2 papers (1 historical and 1 formal analysis), 2 exams (1 midterm and 1 final) and discussion participation. It was a lot of work, and it's easy to see why the course is 6 units; there is a LOT of information required for the papers and exams. While the class is long, there's only about 1.5 hours of lecture per class, about a 10-15 minute break, then a movie; usually you'll get out about 15 minutes before class officially ends. Staying for the movies is a great idea, especially with the beautiful projector, but it's not as needed because you only need to see a few of them for the exams and papers. There is apparently no curve, but they "consider your improvements in the class." Overall, it's a great class if you're willing to dedicate the time to it.
For FILM 106A (not 106B): The class was a great upper-div GE. Professor Kuntz is very knowledgeable about the course, and is very rehearsed and his lectures are very organized. The class is graded on 5 components, 20% each: 2 papers (1 historical and 1 formal analysis), 2 exams (1 midterm and 1 final) and discussion participation. It was a lot of work, and it's easy to see why the course is 6 units; there is a LOT of information required for the papers and exams. While the class is long, there's only about 1.5 hours of lecture per class, about a 10-15 minute break, then a movie; usually you'll get out about 15 minutes before class officially ends. Staying for the movies is a great idea, especially with the beautiful projector, but it's not as needed because you only need to see a few of them for the exams and papers. There is apparently no curve, but they "consider your improvements in the class." Overall, it's a great class if you're willing to dedicate the time to it.
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