Intro to Film

From Fargo Filmmaking

Intro to Film is a regularly offered English Department class at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks. It is a broad-reaching film appreciation class that touches briefly on many aspects that affect a viewer's perception of any movie. Topics covered include the science and technology behind movies, film as a business and industry, film history, story and plot structure, basic cinematic techniques, film genre, film theory, international cinema, film style, and film analysis. It meets twice a week, once to view a film and once for lecture-discussion.

Students who have access to their own production equipment have the option of making a movie for their semester project instead of doing two short analytical term papers or one long research paper.

Christopher P. Jacobs is the current instructor for three sections using Richard Barsam's Looking at Movies as a text. Crystal Alberts sometimes teaches an additional section using different films and the latest edition of Bordwell and Thompson's Film Art as the textbook. Previous film professors have included Michael A. Anderegg and Donald W. McCaffrey, both now retired.

There are typically between 70 and 110 students in four combined sections, about 20 to 30 per section. In Fall 2007 there were only three sections offered. Since Spring of 2002, one to five student movies have been completed for each term except Spring of 2004 and Spring of 2008. This class serves as a good preparation before taking Creative Movie Production or Advanced Movie Production.

Contents 1 English 225 Intro to Film Class Projects 1.1 Spring 2009 1.2 Fall 2008 1.3 Fall 2007 1.4 Spring 2007 1.5 Fall 2006 1.6 Spring 2006 1.7 Fall 2005 1.8 Spring 2005 1.9 Fall 2004 1.10 Fall 2003 1.11 Spring 2003 1.12 Fall 2002 2 External Links

[edit] English 225 Intro to Film Class Projects

[edit] Spring 2009

• Static Flex (2009) by Matt Lakner, Dustin Blakeslee, Jacob Westlin, Jessica Gunderson, Rhiannon McLane, and Jennifer Nenow
• Street (2009) by Brent Salwei

[edit] Fall 2008

• Opposites Attract (2008) by Pantelis Kosmas

[edit] Fall 2007

• Breathing Is Paramount (2007) by Joshua Brorby
• A Day in the Life of Thee Mike Link (2007) by David Coulter
• 1070% (2007) by Erik Bergstrom
• Writing Aluminati (2007) by Meseret Haddis

[edit] Spring 2007

• The Diarrhea Dilemma (2007) by Nolan Devine
• Shah Mat (2007) by Loren Houle
• Walmart Run II (2007) by Rob Ross

[edit] Fall 2006

• 21 and Invincible (2006) by Andrew Gander and Matthew Voight
• Even the Voices in Your Head Are Lying to You (2006) by Alex Cavanaugh
• The Hard Send (2006) by Bryan McWhirter
• Walmart Run (2006) by Nick Gregoire
• Welcome to Doomville (2006) (Episode 1 of Superzeros) by Andrew Ihla

[edit] Spring 2006

• Clown (2006) by Jordan Anderson
• From the Inside Out (2006) by Ryan Hase
• A Miracle on 12th and 20th (2006) by Michael Rocks-McQueen and Steven Altapeter
• The Slab (2006) by Ty Konzak
• The Adventures of the T-Towners 2 (2006) by Timothy Rosencrans

[edit] Fall 2005

• Exit (2005) by Melissa Schiller
• Subversive Intent (2006) by Chris Shudy
• The Adventures of the T-Towners (2005) by Isaac Halvorson
• The Great Divorce of Heaven and Hell (2005) by Charity Reitmeier

[edit] Spring 2005

• Domestically Challenged (2005) by Jason Jarombek
• Pitch Black (2004) by Brooks Geenen

[edit] Fall 2004

• NBTS (2004) by Adam Ferry
• The Blue Briefcase (2004) by Michael Hoeft
• The Intruder (2004) by Jordan Kloster
• The Karma Tree (2004) by Michelle Maalis
• What it Takes (2004) by Tessa Hansen

[edit] Fall 2003

• The Tiki God (2003) by Chris Dorfschmidt

[edit] Spring 2003

• Right to the Heart (2003) by Jesse Banks and Conrad Kesterson
• Tickets (2003) by Patrick Trausch

[edit] Fall 2002

• The Doctor's Visit (2002) by Amy Jackson

[edit] External Links

• Intro to Film website