Week 1.
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Class Topic/Activity
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Reading (for Class that day)
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Weekly Writing
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Th.
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8/24
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Intro to the Course
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N/A
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N/A
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Week 2.
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Hollywood’s American Teen
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Tu.
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8/29
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Character and Structure
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McKee-1, PDF pages 2-11
Screenplay: Juno
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Th.
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8/31
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The “three-act” movie form
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Finish Reading McKee-1
Film: Juno
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Discussion Board, by Friday midnight
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Week 3
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Conventions of the Gangland Story
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Tu.
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9/5
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Continue discussing JUNO;
Intro to Sin Nombre
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One of the "Supplemental Readings" from the Week 2 Page;
McKee-2, PDF pages 1-12;
Screenplay: Sin Nombre
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Th.
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9/7
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The Language of the Cinematographer
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McKee-2, PDF pages 12-21
Film: Sin Nombre
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Discussion Board, by Friday midnight
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Week 4
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Histories of Hollywood Horror
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Tu.
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9/12
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Class discussion
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McKee-3, PDF to page 13
Screenplay: Get Out
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Th.
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9/14
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Character Arc
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McKee-3, PDF 13-22
Film: Get Out
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Discussion Board, by Friday midnight
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Week 5
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Character in Conversation: Postwar Gender Dynamics and the Rise of Feminism
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Tu.
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9/19
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Draft Script to Screen: Intro to Hollywood pilot
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Read Mad Men pilot & watch ep. 1-2
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Essay #1
Idea Draft
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Th.
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9/21
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Draft Script to Screen: Group Presentations
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Mad Men 1x4 and watch ep. 3-4
Simone de Beauvoir, Ch. 10 selections
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Week 6
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Tu.
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9/26
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Draft Script to Screen: Group Presentations
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Friedan Ch. 1 and Ch. 3
Mad Men 1x6 and watch ep. 5 and 6
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Essay #1
Rough Draft
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Th.
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9/28
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Draft Script to Screen: Group Presentations
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Mad Men 1x8 and watch ep. 7 and 8
Simone de Beauvoir, Ch 14 selections
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Week 7
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Tu.
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10/3
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Draft Script to Screen: Group Presentations
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Read Mad Men 1x11 and watch ep. 9, 10, 11
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Essay #1
Final Draft
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Th.
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10/5
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Draft Script to Screen: Group Presentations
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Read Mad Men 1x12 and 1x13 and watch the episodes
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Week 8
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Character in Conversation: Popularized Formations of Racial Otherness
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Tu.
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10/10
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Secondary Sources on an aspect of the background of Chinatown narrative
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Read: Interior Chinatown,
through Act 3
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Th.
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10/12
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Secondary Sources on an aspect of the background of Chinatown narrative
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Read: Interior Chinatown
Wen Mao poem on Anna Mae Wong
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Discussion: "What I'm Reading and Watching" by the end of the weekend.
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Week 9
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Chinatown: Transition to Source Material and Texts in Conversation
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Tu.
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10/17
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Watch/Discuss Author Interview
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Everything's an Argument, Chapter 1
Hagedorn, "Asian Women in Film"
Los Angeles Book Club: Charles Yu
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Th.
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10/19
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Visual Storytelling workshop
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Everything's an Argument, Ch 2-3
Berkeley scholars on "Chinatown in Translation"
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Week 10
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The Research-based Essay
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Tu.
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10/24
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Workshop on Structuring Arguments
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Reading: Everything's An Argument, chapters 4-5
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By Tuesday before class start, Essay #2 (TIC)
Rough Draft to be uploaded to google folder
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Th.
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10/26
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TIC Draft Discussion
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Week 11
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Tu.
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10/31
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Reading: Everything's An Argument, chapters 6-7 |
By Tuesday 11:59, Essay #2
Final Draft
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Th.
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11/2
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Workshop on Factuality and Arguments of Definition
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One-on-one meetings
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Week 12
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Tu.
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11/7
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Essay Idea Pitches
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Reading:
Everything's An Argument, ch's 8-9
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Prospectus due in class |
Th.
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11/9
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Understanding Evaluations
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Reading:
Everything's An Argument, ch 10
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Annotated Bibliography
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Week 13
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Tu.
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11/14
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Class Symposium
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Own Reading and Research
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Section one + Storyboards |
Th.
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11/16
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Class Symposium
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Own Reading and Research
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Week 14
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Tu.
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11/21
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Class Symposium
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Workshop:
Own Reading and Research
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Pitches + slides |
Th.
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11/23
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ACADEMIC HOLIDAY
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Week 15
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Tu.
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11/28
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Class Symposium
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Own Reading and Research
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Rough Draft of at least 3,000 words for the day's class.
+ Slide drafts for Chiang Festival
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Th.
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11/30
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CONCLUSION OF THE CLASS
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Final essay (3500-4000 wd) due Wednesday, 12/6
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S T U D Y W E E K
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