WEEK 3 -- FFB 4

Film Types, Genres and Narrative in Wildlife Film

6:00-7:00 Viewing exercises on major film types/genres:

1. Scientific film - raw observational footage Waterfowl Courtship Displays

2. Narrative Feature Film: Horror King Kong (1933), 20 min.

3. Narrative Feature Film: Animated Feature Bambi (1942), 20 min.

ACTIVITY: You will be asked to review the film clips in class and take notes on them using guidelines developed from your reading that were presented in lecture. We will discuss your observations during class time. More information will be provided in class.

7:30-8:30: GUEST SPEAKER: Jerry Grant, Department of Natural Resources
Research on the behavior of fish using film and video techniques
SCREENING: Scientific study film footage

*Differentiating science from art
*How experiments are done
*Film tends to focus on animal behavior studies - the case of fish

READING FOR FEB 11: Watching Wildlife, In WorldWatch, June 2000.

OPTIONAL READING FOR FEB. 11: "Technology Image & Sound", In How to Read a Film, Oxford University Press, 68-115.

Click here for complete lecture notes and guidelines for Week 3 (MS Word .doc)