Chapter 1 Silents and Pioneers
The Start of Something Big
The Silents: Trailblazers
Trip to the Moon 1902
The Great Train Robbery 1903
Three Intriguing Early Film Movements
Charlie Chaplin
City Lights 1931
The Studio System
Crew Call: The Magic of Moviemaking
Film Aesthetics and Production
Chapter 2 1930s and Comedy
Romantic and Screwball Comedy
It Happened One Night 1934
Frank Capra 1897–1991
Chapter 3 1940s: Film Noir
FILM NOIR: A New Look
Aesthetics of Film Noir
Sunset Boulevard 1950
Billy Wilder 1906–2002
Casablanca 1942
Double Indemnity 1944
Chapter 4 Dramas
What Makes a Drama: The Many Sub- Genres
Life as a House 2001
Chapter 5 The Western
History of the Western
Open Range 2003
The Searchers 1956
Chapter 6 The 1950s and Romantic Comedy
Romantic Comedy and the 1950s
Pillow Talk 1959
Chapter 7 Foreign Cinema
Early Stylistic Movements
Foreign Film Directors
1950s—French New Wave
Run Lola Run 1998
The Secret of Roan Inish 1994
Chapter 8 The Musical
MGM and the Golden Age of Hollywood
Singin’ In the Rain 1952—MGM
Chicago 2002
Chapter 9 The Art of Costuming
Irene Sharaff
Colleen Atwood
Chapter 10 The Gangster Film
The Gangster Genre and Warner Brothers
A Bronx Tale 1993
The Usual Suspects 1995
Chapter 11 The Horror Genre
History of Horror
Poltergeist 1982
The Sixth Sense 1999
Sleepy Hollow 1999
Bride of Frankenstein 1935
Francis Ford Coppola
Chapter 12 Alfred Hitchcock: Master of Suspense
Rear Window 1954
North by Northwest 1959
Chapter 13 Science Fiction
Sci- Fi Genre: A Loyal Audience
Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1956
Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1977
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow 2004
Chapter 14 The Adventure Genre!
Saturday Matinees and Serials
The Mask of Zorro 1998
Chapter 15 The Documentary and Great Storytelling
Elements of the Documentary
When Angels Smile
Buck: Sundance Audience Award—2011
Man on Wire 2008
Born Into Brothels 2004
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Chapter 16 Independent Cinema
Independents: A New World
Big Fish 2003
The Way Way Back 2013
10 Items Or Less 2006
Smoke Signals 1998
Chapter 17 Oscar Winners
On The Waterfront 1954
Waterfront Crime Commission
Oscar Night
Oscar Winners
The Hurt Locker 2008
Zero Dark Thirty
Worksheets
Comedy Analysis
Film Noir Analysis
The Western Assignment
Musical Assignment
Horror Assignment
Hitchcock Assignment
Science Fiction Analysis
Documentary Assignment
