Film Studies

Welcome to week 7! This week we continued to work on character development. In addition to the protagonist, we also studied what makes a strong foil to our main character in developing an [...]

Good morning Roadrunners and welcome to week 6! This week we’re finishing our viewing of the film O Brother, Where Art Thou? by Joel and Ethan Coen. I picked this film because, aside from [...]

Good afternoon and we’re on to week 5! This past week we continued our study of the screenplay, shifting from the absurdly silly comedy that is Monty Python to a cinematic classic in Shrek. [...]

Good afternoon and we’re on to week 4! This week we further explored our study of screenplay. After viewing a drama like the ​Social Network​ I thought a change of pace would be good and we [...]

Welcome to Week 3 Roadrunners! Last week we finished our first film – The Social Network – directed by David Fincher, written by Aaron Sorkin. In watching the film, we discussed [...]

Good morning Roadrunners and welcome to week 2! I’m very excited for this new course in film studies. During the course of the year, my goal is to help the students become more critical [...]