SESSIONS

Date			Clips to be shown in session and/or suggested reading/ viewing for this week?
Week 1	Topic	Visual Narrative	The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & her Lover Additional: Chapter 1 Art History for Filmmakers
	Aim	Understanding how sequential imaging works, in communicating narrative through visuals
	Objectives	Explore different approaches to sequential imaging in art Learn how to ‘read’ a painting Explore the similarities and differences in film and painting narrative See how narrative is constructed through colour, lighting, composition and movement
Week 2	Topic	Realism	Red Desert; Fridge; The Girl with the Pearl Earring;   Additional: Chapter 2 Art History for Filmmakers
	Aim	Understanding how “the real” is communicated visually
	Objectives	Get an overview of the history of representation in art Explore the relationship of the camera and “realism” Understand how many conventions of “realism” are established through painting
Week 3	Topic	Genre: Horror and Violence in Art and Film	The Baader-Meinhof Complex;Pan’s Labyrinth; Apocalypse Now;  Additional: Chapter 4 & 5 Art History for Filmmakers
	Aim	Understand how many ideas and conventions of horror and violence in film are set out in painting
	Objectives	Learn how some filmmakers have borrowed horror or violent imagery from existing paintings. Explore how often films unconsciously echo deeply ingrained representations of gender and sexuality long established by painting.
Week 4	Topic	Genre: Landscape and the Road Movie	Easy Rider; Meek’s Cutoff; Stalker Additional: Chapter 6 Art History for Filmmakers
	Aim	Understand the relationship between the road movie genre and the tradition of landscape painting.
	Objectives	Learn about the relationship between landscape paintings and the ‘picaresque’ narrative tradition Explore the development of American landscape painting and its effect on the way people viewed “the west” Look at the centrality of landscape to the road movie tradition.