2021 Fall
XFILM R1B 001 - LEC 001
The Craft of Writing - Film Focus
Stardom, Spectatorship, and Difference
Dolores C McElroy
Class #:29974
Units: 4
Instruction Mode:
In-Person Instruction
Offered through
UC Berkeley Extension
Current Enrollment
Total Open Seats:
8
Enrolled: 9
Waitlisted: 0
Capacity: 17
Waitlist Max: 4
No Reserved Seats
Hours & Workload
3 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week, 8 hours of outside work hours per week, and 3 hours of instructional experiences requiring special laboratory equipment and facilities per week.
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Course Catalog Description
Intensive argumentative writing stimulated through selected readings,
films, and class discussion. Satisfies the second half of the Reading and
Composition requirement.
Class Description
FPF Thread: Social Justice
This class interrogates the relationships between stars and their social contexts. What does it mean to present an “image” of oneself? How can that “image” be read onscreen? The class will engage a wide range of critical texts that focus on the history of the “art of personality” with a particular emphasis on the history of film stardom, including how stars circulate in society, how spectators respond to representations of stardom, how forms of social difference inform this spectatorship, and how the phenomenon of stardom has changed from the 19th century to the digital era.
Class Notes
Screening (LAB) must be enrolled concurrently with the (LEC). Screening links to content housed in the UCB Media Center will be given to students for personal viewing on their own time via bCourses. While students do not need to access the material during the specific screening time suggested on t..
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Screening (LAB) must be enrolled concurrently with the (LEC). Screening links to content housed in the UCB Media Center will be given to students for personal viewing on their own time via bCourses. While students do not need to access the material during the specific screening time suggested on the syllabus, plan on dedicating up to two-hours a week to screening sometime between the Monday in-class meeting and the Wednesday in-class meeting.
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Rules & Requirements
Requisites
- UC Entry Level Writing Requirement or UC Analytical Writing Placement Exam. Successful completion of R_A course or its equivalent is a prerequisite to R_B. Enrollment in this course is restricted to first semester freshmen participating in the Fall Program for Freshmen (FPF). Non-FPF students are not permitted to enroll in this course.
- Enrollment in this course is restricted to first semester freshmen participating in the Fall Program for Freshmen (FPF). Non-FPF students are not permitted to enroll in this course.
Credit Restrictions
Students will receive no credit for XFILM R1B after completing FILM R1B. A deficient grade in XFILM R1B may be removed by taking FILM R1B.
Repeat Rules
Course is not repeatable for credit.
Requirements class fulfills
Second half of the Reading and Composition Requirement
Reserved Seats
Current Enrollment
No Reserved Seats
Textbooks & Materials
See class syllabus or https://calstudentstore.berkeley.edu/textbooks for the most current information.
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