Sumários

Free associative film analysis and the film Casablanca

7 Fevereiro 2022, 09:30 • Cecília Maria Beecher Martins

Class led discussion of Norman Holland's chapter "Casablanca: America's and Mine" on his free associative film of that film. Began screening of the film.

Students must read the article "Spiderman? Sure! The neuroscience of disbelief" for discussion in next class.

Literary Reading

3 Fevereiro 2022, 08:00 • Cecília Maria Beecher Martins

Contextualisation of Frank O Connor's short story "Guests of the Nation" (1931) and animated reading of the first 2 segments.

Different ways of looking and film and our connections with films

2 Fevereiro 2022, 09:30 • Cecília Maria Beecher Martins

Discussion of the texts "Utopian Film" and the Preface to Norman Holland's Meeting Movies where he presented the thinking behind free associative film analysis.

With this discussion we were able to examine different opinions of why/how film can be relevant in contemporary society and in the life of the individual.

Students must read Holland's chapter "Casablanca: America's and Mine" for the next class.

Literary close reading

31 Janeiro 2022, 09:30 • Cecília Maria Beecher Martins

In a combined classroom exercise students performed a literary close reading of the short story "A Band Apart". Different outcomes were discussed.

I also presented interviews with historians/scholars/authors/directors/show runners speaking about books and TV shows that are part of the research sets and students selected their individual research set.

Tutorial - discussion of materials in research sets

27 Janeiro 2022, 08:00 • Cecília Maria Beecher Martins

Students asked questions about the materials in the research sets and possible research orientations were discussed.