Week 8 - Media Conventions (Feb 26 & 28)

Narrative in Media - Feb 26
Readings for today: 

• Branston and Stafford (on ANGEL)

In-class notes: 

• Lecture on Narrative

For further reading & research:

• Will Wright, "The Hero in Popular Stories" (on ANGEL)

Film Language - Feb 28
For today:

• Quiz #2 (on Representation & Media Conventions - readings from Weeks 7 & 8)
• Debra Seagal, "Tales from the Cutting Room Floor," Harper's, Nov 1993.
• "Aspects Of Mise-en-scene - Film Art: An Introduction By David Bordwell And Kristin Thompson." *This reading will not be on today's quiz, but I expect you to read it. 

For further reading and research:

• Matthias Stork, "Chaos Cinema" Press Play, 2011 (video essay).
• Except on semiotics and representation from Ziauddin Sardar, Introducing Cultural Studies.
• Zack's Lecture on Semiotics