KIN 11C (MUSE)
Moving Pictures: The Critical Examination of Sport and Culture in Popular Film
Lower General Education (GE) Area C1
Catalog Description
This course will critically examine the representation of sport and culture in popular film. Particular attention will be paid to how sport, as a form of popular culture is produced, represented and, ultimately, consumed. Moreover, the course will examine how dominant ideologies are both perpetuated and resisted in popular sport movies. A larger aim of the course is to understand (and perhaps resist!), the power of the movies to shape, represent, and reproduce our social reality through the development of media literacy skills.
(Note: All handouts are in .pdf or .rtf format and open a new page)
COURSE PLAN (tentative!!):
Introduction and Overview
Wednesday: 8/23
Class overview, Greensheet, student responsibilities & Introductions!
Orientation to campus issues.
Why evaluate sport films?
Monday: 8/28
Why study sport? What can movies tell us about society?
Developing skills to succeed in college
Wednesday: 8/30
Time management (PMC guest lecture)
Monday: 9/4 No Class (Labor Day)
Wednesday: 9/6
Writing workshop presentation (PMC guest lecture)
Evaluating & Writing about film: (hint - It’s not a summary J)
Monday : 9/11
Chapter 1 “Writing about the movies” – T. Corrigan (2005) A short guide to writing about film
Writing Excersise
Wednesday: 9/13
Chapter 2 “Beginning to think, preparing to watch, and starting to write” – T. Corrigan (2005) A short guide to writing about film
Monday: 9/18
Chapter 4 “Six approaches to Writing about the film” – T. Corrigan (2005) A short guide to writing about film
Wednesday: 9/20
Class discussion: Transitioning to college – challenges and success
Open class discussion about issues (both big and small) you have faced so far.
Group project teams will be assigned.
Monday: 9/25
Chapter 5 Style and Structure in Writing - T. Corrigan (2005) A short guide to writing about film
In Class Writing Project
Sport, Gender, and media representation
Women, sport and film
Wednesday: 9/27
Discussion: How are female athletes represented in the media & film?
Video: Playing Unfair
Monday: 10/2
Film Screening: Bend it like Beckham
Wednesday: 10/4 **Journal Due**
Film Screening: Bend it like Beckham (cont.)
Round table discussion – Bring questions!
Representing Masculinity
Monday:10/9 **Film Critique #1 Due**
Video: Tough Guise
.PDF on course website: “The televised manhood sports formula” – Messner, Dunbar, & Hunt.
Discussion: Televised sports manhood formula
Wednesday; 10/11
Stress management workshop
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Back to the grind! (More) Representing Masculinity
Monday: 10/16
Film Screening: This Smashing Machine (tentative)
Wednesday: 10/18
Film Screening: This Smashing Machine (cont.)
Round Table discussion – Bring questions!
Monday: 10/23
Field Trip: San José State Career Center
The Sport Film &(Dis)abled body
Wednesday: 10/25 **Film Critique #2 Due**
In Class Project: What is a sporting body?
Monday: 10/30
Film Screening: Murderball
Wednesday: 11/1 **Journal Due**
Film Screening: Murderball (cont.)
Round Table Discussion – Bring questions!
Project Outlines
Monday: 11/6
In Class: “Pitch your Project to the class”
Project work-day
Wednesday: 11/8 **Film Critique #3 Due**
In Class: Paper Outline work session
Bring your final paper outline to class
Monday: 11/13
Open – enrolment workshop - Linzey
Wednesday: 11/15 **Kite Runner Discussion Group Completed**
The Sport Film as Social Critique
Monday: 11/20
Film Screening: Rollerball (tentative)
Wednesday: 11/22 **Film Critique #4 Due**
Film Screening: Rollerball (cont.)
Round Table Discussion – Bring questions!
Sport Films and Race/Ethnicity
Monday: 11/27
Film Screening: Remember the Titans
Wednesday: 11/29
Film Screening: Remember the Titans (cont.)
Round Table Discussion – Bring questions!
Work Day
Monday: 12/4 **Final Journal Due**
TBA
Wednesday: 12/6 **Final Paper Due** (no exceptions)
Last day of class :(
Group Presentation Work-Day
Final Exam: Team Media Projects
Tuesday: December 12
7:15-9:30AM
Team Media Project Presentations