COMM 101 – Intro Audio-Vis Media Practice

You may not do more than 2 extra credit activities.

There is more to film, video, and television than plot or storyline; therefore, as you watch and listen to the cinema, you should consider the work as a text in which the sum of the parts contributes to the whole. Please address each of these 3 points when viewing and particularly when writing about media:

1. Please list the film’s title and a very brief description (not more than 2 sentences) of what the film was about. Who (what group) made this film and why? When did they make it? Was a studio involved? Was this film made independently?

1. How does the filmmaker use composition, lighting, mise-en-scene, audio, and/or editing to get across ideas or messages? Be as specific as possible. Use just one specific example from the above list of techniques we have learned in this class and detail this in one scene. Since you may only watch the film once, please take notes or write your impressions immediately after the screening.

1. Who participated in the screening discussion? What were some of the highlights of the question-and-answer discussion? Did you ask a question? If you did, what was it? If you weren’t able to ask, what would you have asked?

2021/3/6 Potential Screenings Extra Credit: COMM 101 – Intro Audio-Vis Media Practice – Davis [WI21]
https://canvas.ucsd.edu/courses/22110/pages/potential-screenings-extra-credit?module_item_id=775648 1/3
Potential Screenings Extra Credit
Potential Screenings and Festivals for Extra Credit, COMM 101 Winter 2021
Please see the Extra Credit Screening Prompt before you make your selection of what towatch. The prompt is also in the Week 8 Module.
NOTE: Please ensure that you can attend these festivals or screenings if you are not in the USA. Some festivals will have their screenings “geoblocked,” so be sure to check before you purchase aticket.
Portland Film Festival – “A Kaddish for Bernie Madoff”: (
https://cinemaunbound.org/events/a-kaddish-for-bernie-madoff/?fbclid=IwAR34pj1BUIuyBBfqMzGkOh1UnRjT96R31I7XeF_kznS7OcPUdUa-hxrBPFs
(https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/cinemaunbound.org/events/a-kaddish-for-bernie-madoff/?
fbclid=IwAR34pj1BUIuyBBfqMzGkOh1UnRjT96R31I7XeF_kznS7OcPUdUahxrBPFs__;!!
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The director did a Q&A that students can find here:
https://www.opb.org/article/2021/03/01/movie-by-portland-filmmaker-focuses-on-madoff-scheme/
(https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.opb.org/article/2021/03/01/movie-by-portland-filmmakerfocuses-
on-madoff-scheme/__;!!Mih3wA!Uyt_xRpgf7aGngxz-fgiVWAEEonjxYUBMJdo9pUpQSnlNWqAzE9BTB3REdL7zI%
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Pan African Film Festival
February 28 – March 14
https://www.paff.org/films/ (https://www.paff.org/films/)
Portland International Film Festival
March 5- March 14
https://nwfilm.org/festival-family/piff/ (https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/nwfilm.org/festivalfamily/
piff/__;!!Mih3wA!W9vkv9sXuThE0qEWKh12f49mVQ9xoJ65xXAMx2cW3ZKk5IPlsCd8AAt6MrHFrL0
2021/3/6 Potential Screenings Extra Credit: COMM 101 – Intro Audio-Vis Media Practice – Davis [WI21]
https://canvas.ucsd.edu/courses/22110/pages/potential-screenings-extra-credit?module_item_id=775648 2/3
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Miami Film Festival
March 5-14 (viewing limited to the US)
https://miamifilmfestival.eventive.org/schedule
(https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/miamifilmfestival.eventive.org/schedule__;!!Mih3wA!W9vkv9sXuThE
0qEWKh12f49mVQ9xoJ65xXAMx2cW3ZKk5IPlsCd8AAt6y4Yw8bs%24)
Osaka Asian Film Festival
Feb 28 – March 20

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(https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/www.oaff.jp/__;!!Mih3wA!W9vkv9sXuThE0qEWKh12f49mVQ9xoJ65xX
AMx2cW3ZKk5IPlsCd8AAt6BZg_LKw%24)
Hong Kong Arts Center
IFVA Festival
Feb 24- March 14
https://www.ifva.com/page/?id=Rf98EWwm8HA
(https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.ifva.com/page/?
id=Rf98EWwm8HA__;!!Mih3wA!W9vkv9sXuThE0qEWKh12f49mVQ9xoJ65xXAMx2cW3ZKk5IPlsCd8AAt6i
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Be Water
– Documentary on Bruce Lee, 1 hr. 36 min.
Available for rental on Amazon Prime (episode 30 of 30 for 30) & Youtube for rental
30 min. Discussion session free
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keBa-_o5jlE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keBa-
_o5jlE)
2021/3/6 Potential Screenings Extra Credit: COMM 101 – Intro Audio-Vis Media Practice – Davis [WI21]
https://canvas.ucsd.edu/courses/22110/pages/potential-screenings-extra-credit?module_item_id=775648 3/3
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keBa-_o5jlE)