| DATE | DISCUSSION TOPIC | READING/VIEWING DUE | PAPERS/ASSIGNMENTS DUE |
| September 2 | Introduction | ||
| September 3 | Film Criticism | Read Chapter 10 of Movies and Meaning | |
| September 4 | Elizabethean theatre | ||
| September 8 | Taming of the Shrew | Act I | |
| September 9 | Taming of the Shrew | Acts II and III | |
| September 10 | Taming of the Shrew | Acts IV and V | |
| September 11 | Casting | View Taming of the Shrew - 1967 version (In Media Resources) | |
| September 15 | Taming of the Shrew | View 10 Things I Hate About You | |
| September 16 | Taming of the Shrew | Movies and Meaning, Chapter 3 (Production Design) | |
| September 17 | Taming of the Shrew | Movies and Meaning, Chapter 2 (Cinematography) | |
| September 18 | Taming of the Shrew | Draft of Paper #1 due | |
| September 22-25 | Conferences - No classes. | See conference schedule for times. | |
| September 29 | Frankenstein | Read both Prefaces (1818 and 1831 editions) | |
| September 30 | Frankenstein | Volume I | |
| October 1 | Frankenstein | Volume II | |
| October 2 | Frankenstein | Volume III | |
| October 6 | Frankenstein | Finish discussion of Frankenstein/Mock Trial | |
| October 7 | Frankenstein | View 1931 version of Frankenstein | |
| October 8 | Frankenstein | Movies and Meaning, Chapter 1 (Film Structure) | |
| October 9 | Frankenstein | View 1996 version of Frankenstein | |
| October 13 | Frankenstein | Discussion of revison | |
| October 14 | Frankenstein/"The Post-Modern Prometheus" | Read Movies and Meaning Chapter 5 (Sound Design) | |
| October 15 | Frankenstein | Rough draft due | |
| October 16 | Frankenstein | Paper #2 due | |
| October 20 | The Orchid Thief | Chapters 1-4 | |
| October 21 | The Orchid Thief | Chapters 5-7 | |
| October 22 | The Orchid Thief | Chapters 8-10 | |
| October 23 | The Orchid Thief | Chapters 11-13 | |
| October 27 | Adaptation | Read Movies and MeaningChapter 6 (The Nature of Narrative in Film) | |
| October 28 | Adaptation | View Adaptation | |
| October 29 | Adaptation | TBA | |
| October 30 | Adaptation | Editing | Paper #3 due |
| November 3-6 | Conferences | See Conference Schedule for times | |
| November 10 | Beauty and the Beast | Read the two versions of "Beauty and the Beast" here and here. Also read the background to the story here. | |
| November 11 | Beauty and the Beast | Read Chapter 7 in Movies and Meaning (Modes of Screen Reality) | |
| November 12 | Beauty and the Beast | Watch "La Belle et Le Bete" (Jean Cocteau director) | |
| November 13 | Beauty and the Beast | Watch Beauty and the Beast (Disney version) | |
| November 17 | Beauty and the Beast | Editing | Paper #4 due. |
| November 18 | 12 Monkeys | Read Movies and MeaningChapter 8 (Hollywood INternational) | |
| November 19 | 12 Monkeys | Watch La Jetee | |
| November 20 | 12 Monkeys | Watch 12 Monkeys | |
| November 24 | 12 Monkeys | Bring in four copies of your best paper for the final editing project. | |
| November 25 | 12 Monkeys | Editing | Paper #5 due |
| November 26 | Office hours | ||
| December 1 | Group Editing Meetings | Group A | |
| December 2 | Group Editing Meetings | Group B | |
| December 3 | Group Editing Meetings | Group C | |
| December 4 | Editing | Final Editing/Paper Exchange | Final papers due |
| December 9 | Wrap-up/Revision |
Afternoon class