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How to Look at Movies
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Instructor: Steven Stockage (Writer, Producer, Director). After graduating from Columbia University, Mr. Stockage spent 20 years acquiring extensive experience as a producer, director and writer for film and television. His most recent feature film, as director, is The Thirteenth Child. He has worked as a production and story consultant for Henson Associates and George Roy Hill (The Sting, The World According to Garp). As a writer, Mr. Stockage wrote Stirling, a dramatization of the life of Stirling Moss, for Moss Enterprise and Feature Presentations. He was commissioned to write the teleplay, Are You Still My Father for Fox. He has also co-produced two independent feature length films, Shaman and Something in Between. He was artistic director for the television play, Cipango based on the life of Columbus. Additionally, he worked as contract analyst, producer and story editor for Warner Brothers Features and Feature Presentations. He is the recipient of a Teleward and was nominated for an Academy Award while a student at Columbia. Mr. Stockage has lectured on film and film production at New York University, Columbia University, and the University of Illinois. His affiliations include: Directors Guild of America (DGA) and the Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers (SMPTE)
Subjects will include: Understanding film is not difficult; it requires an educated eye and an understanding of basic film structure. Examining a wide range of films, from feature-length narrative and documentary to animation, film enthusiasts will begin to understand how filmmakers create their magic. Films such as John Ford's The Searchers, Howard Hawks' Red River, Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho and Strangers on a Train, Jean-LucGodard's Breathless, Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove, Jean Renoir's The Rules of the Game, Steven Spielberg's Jaws and ET, Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather, Peter Weir's Witness, and Orson Welles' Citizen Kane will be screened and discussed. Of course, the film experience is more than just watching moving images. It is also sound and in particular, music. To truly understand how film tells a story, the role of the composer must be understood. The scores for films like North by Northwest by Bernard Herrman, The Red Violin by John Corigliano, Titanic by James Horner, Witness by Maurice Jarre, High Noon by Dimitri Tiomkin, Jaws by John Williams, and other composer will be discussed.
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