CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF VISUAL CULTURE (CAVC)

Second CFA reading journal due on Jan13, Monday, 5pm HERE goes the link to the Reading Journal guidance

Week 12 ★ Dec 27 th Screening : The Silence of the Lambs , 1991, Dir. Jonathan Demme

Please download the NOTES HERE . a password is needed to open the PDF file; the link will expire in 2 weeks' time

Week 9 ★ Dec 6 TH    Screening : Train to Busan 부산행 , 2016. Dir. Yeon Sang-on [compulsory; attendance is taken] SCREENING WILL START AT 10:20;  ARRIVING AT 10:30 WOULD BE TOTALLY FINE LEAVING AT NOON OK, but you really want to miss the ending??? TRIGGER WARNING ON IN-CLASS SCREENINGS: All IN-CLASS SCREENINGS are mandatory (=attendance would be strictly taken). All selected films are masterpieces in their own ways, and for research and teaching purposes, also based on the tenet of freedom of expression, the process of selection is not, and should not be subjected to criteria applied to regular theatrical screenings. NEVERTHELESS, first make sure that you have reached the age for watching some of the listed films. Some titles may contain potentially violent, sex, blood, and similarly ‘discomforting’ contents—check imdb.com to read the plot BEFOREHAND, and you should consult with your teacher if you have problem atte...

Agnes Varda (1928-2019)

for those of us who are not sure/who want to learn more about what are we talking about when we talk about  structuralism/poststructuralism please read the entry HERE . Poststructuralism. (2011). In M. Ryan (Ed.), The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Literature . The Encyclopedia of Literary and Cultural Theory (Vol. 2, pp. 780-788). Chichester, UK: Wiley-Blackwell.

Special Screening: Fight Club , Dir. David Fincher, 1999 Time &Venue: November 18 th , 4:30pm, Rm 131

Please click  HERE  to download the notes. NOTE: The PDF file is password-protected, and the download will expire within two weeks (by Nov 29th). Ask Ma Ran for the PW.

Please click  HERE  to download the notes. NOTE: The PDF file is password-protected, and the download will expire within two weeks (by Nov 22). Ask Ma Ran for the PW.

Due on Nov 11 th /Jan 15 th , by 5pm Submit it via email to maran@nagoya-u.jp NOTE: if you have not received my confirmation mail after the submission, mail me again; my university mail sometimes is not compatible with your mail system.

Please click HERE to download the notes. NOTE: The PDF file is password-protected, and the download will expire within two weeks. Ask Ma Ran for the PW.

Battleship Potemkin

Wong Kar-wai's films are always great for mise-en-scene analysis Here is a shot from his Grand Master, 2013

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Dear all, Please download the course syllabus of CFA HERE About Harvard Referencing, please click HERE . As I mentioned, it would be very efficient if you can use citation tools such as Mendeley and Zotero etc.

SCREENING    HUMAN FLOW , Dir. AI Weiwei/ 艾未未 , 2017  NOTE: the venue for the screening is changed to Rm 105;  the film is 140-min long ; you could either stay with us until the film finishes, or leave at 2:30pm. Attendance would be taken. Reference Readings (so you can also present on this film for Week 14): Didi-Huberman, G. (2018). ‘From a High Vantage Point’. Eurozine . Retrieved October 28, 2018, from < https://www.eurozine.com/high-vantage-point/ > You will find this essay a very intriguing piece in rethinking seeing/visualizing .