FILM TV 106B
History of European Motion Picture
Description: Lecture/screenings, eight hours; discussion, one hour. Historical and critical survey, with examples, of European motion picture both as developing art form and as medium of mass communication. May be repeated once for credit with consent of department and topic change. Letter grading.
Units: 6.0
Units: 6.0
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Film 106 C: African, Asian, and Latin American film Prof. Carreras is an amazing professor! She really knows how to evaluate film, and she pushes us to know more than the basics about a movie. We learn history and maps and talk about literature and politics. She wants us to be intellectual critics. Her three essays were fair, and they pushed me to think more critically about film and research. Read, work hard, pay attention, and take advantage of having this great professor!
Film 106 C: African, Asian, and Latin American film Prof. Carreras is an amazing professor! She really knows how to evaluate film, and she pushes us to know more than the basics about a movie. We learn history and maps and talk about literature and politics. She wants us to be intellectual critics. Her three essays were fair, and they pushed me to think more critically about film and research. Read, work hard, pay attention, and take advantage of having this great professor!
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Winter 2020 - First off, this class is much more difficult than FILM TV 6A. I felt that the subject matter of this class was boring and uninteresting from the start so this review may be biased. I simply wanted to get a class out of the way for the film minor. Prof Greene was extremely dry. Her voice is like listening to NPR in slow-mo. She is kind and walks around to meet students. She is extremely fair and says exactly what she means. However, this class is almost 4 hours and sometimes she would try to fit in double screenings. I felt that the length of the class was the biggest challenge - in terms of staying awake and engaged. There is a midterm and a supposed "cumulative" final. I say "cumulative" because it primarily focuses on material after the midterm but she says you must know things from before to support your answers. I took the final online due to COVID 19 so it was probably much easier than in the past. However, the exams are short answer questions and straightforward. There are also 2 short essays - the only challenge there is with the word count. The final project was not difficult and I found that it was just meant to engage us further our creativity with the material. In hindsight, I would not take this class because of its length and material. However, it was not as much of a waste of time as my other classes this quarter.
Winter 2020 - First off, this class is much more difficult than FILM TV 6A. I felt that the subject matter of this class was boring and uninteresting from the start so this review may be biased. I simply wanted to get a class out of the way for the film minor. Prof Greene was extremely dry. Her voice is like listening to NPR in slow-mo. She is kind and walks around to meet students. She is extremely fair and says exactly what she means. However, this class is almost 4 hours and sometimes she would try to fit in double screenings. I felt that the length of the class was the biggest challenge - in terms of staying awake and engaged. There is a midterm and a supposed "cumulative" final. I say "cumulative" because it primarily focuses on material after the midterm but she says you must know things from before to support your answers. I took the final online due to COVID 19 so it was probably much easier than in the past. However, the exams are short answer questions and straightforward. There are also 2 short essays - the only challenge there is with the word count. The final project was not difficult and I found that it was just meant to engage us further our creativity with the material. In hindsight, I would not take this class because of its length and material. However, it was not as much of a waste of time as my other classes this quarter.
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Fall 2024 - Lectures were basically 45 minutes of lecture on whatever country he is focusing on for the day, then you watch a movie from that country. The class itself was easy, but a few things about it stuck out to me as not great. A lot of the movie selections were great and I really enjoyed watching them, especially in in the theater, but some of the selections were a bit puzzling. I felt there were much better movies/movies that are more representative of their respective countries that could have been picked. Maybe I am being picky, but some of the choices really did not make sense to me and it was clear most of the class didn't really enjoy the films either. Also during lecture he tended to spoil a lot of movies, many of which we were not watching in class. I found this to be really frustrating and just generally annoying as someone who is very into film. He would start describing a movie and I would start thinking it sounded really good and would add it to my list, then seconds later he would describe the ending of the film....just really strange and unnecessary. If movie spoilers bother you as much as they bother me, maybe avoid this professor! Additionally, he tended to mix up information quite a bit and the lectures were pretty all over the place and really heavy with material and terms. Luckily, my TA was very helpful with breaking down the lecture and screening material and helped us prepare for the final exam which was incredibly easy once I had looked over my notes and the study guide. There isn't a midterm but there is an essay which was pretty simple. In general, the class is okay, but if you have some other options maybe go with something else. Fairly easy A though.
Fall 2024 - Lectures were basically 45 minutes of lecture on whatever country he is focusing on for the day, then you watch a movie from that country. The class itself was easy, but a few things about it stuck out to me as not great. A lot of the movie selections were great and I really enjoyed watching them, especially in in the theater, but some of the selections were a bit puzzling. I felt there were much better movies/movies that are more representative of their respective countries that could have been picked. Maybe I am being picky, but some of the choices really did not make sense to me and it was clear most of the class didn't really enjoy the films either. Also during lecture he tended to spoil a lot of movies, many of which we were not watching in class. I found this to be really frustrating and just generally annoying as someone who is very into film. He would start describing a movie and I would start thinking it sounded really good and would add it to my list, then seconds later he would describe the ending of the film....just really strange and unnecessary. If movie spoilers bother you as much as they bother me, maybe avoid this professor! Additionally, he tended to mix up information quite a bit and the lectures were pretty all over the place and really heavy with material and terms. Luckily, my TA was very helpful with breaking down the lecture and screening material and helped us prepare for the final exam which was incredibly easy once I had looked over my notes and the study guide. There isn't a midterm but there is an essay which was pretty simple. In general, the class is okay, but if you have some other options maybe go with something else. Fairly easy A though.
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Winter 2016 - The class is incredible and I loved almost every movie that we watched, except for a few documentaries which seemed irrelevant and were very boring. The films that are associated with the Soviet Union does not give it justice, and I think she could use more engaging and popular films for that part. Make sure you get a good TA because all of the papers are graded by them, and mine happened to be a tough grader. The books were only really needed for the midterm and the discussions- selling both ********** But overall, one of the best classes I took at UCLA
Winter 2016 - The class is incredible and I loved almost every movie that we watched, except for a few documentaries which seemed irrelevant and were very boring. The films that are associated with the Soviet Union does not give it justice, and I think she could use more engaging and popular films for that part. Make sure you get a good TA because all of the papers are graded by them, and mine happened to be a tough grader. The books were only really needed for the midterm and the discussions- selling both ********** But overall, one of the best classes I took at UCLA
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For FILM 106A (not 106B): The class was a great upper-div GE. Professor Kuntz is very knowledgeable about the course, and is very rehearsed and his lectures are very organized. The class is graded on 5 components, 20% each: 2 papers (1 historical and 1 formal analysis), 2 exams (1 midterm and 1 final) and discussion participation. It was a lot of work, and it's easy to see why the course is 6 units; there is a LOT of information required for the papers and exams. While the class is long, there's only about 1.5 hours of lecture per class, about a 10-15 minute break, then a movie; usually you'll get out about 15 minutes before class officially ends. Staying for the movies is a great idea, especially with the beautiful projector, but it's not as needed because you only need to see a few of them for the exams and papers. There is apparently no curve, but they "consider your improvements in the class." Overall, it's a great class if you're willing to dedicate the time to it.
For FILM 106A (not 106B): The class was a great upper-div GE. Professor Kuntz is very knowledgeable about the course, and is very rehearsed and his lectures are very organized. The class is graded on 5 components, 20% each: 2 papers (1 historical and 1 formal analysis), 2 exams (1 midterm and 1 final) and discussion participation. It was a lot of work, and it's easy to see why the course is 6 units; there is a LOT of information required for the papers and exams. While the class is long, there's only about 1.5 hours of lecture per class, about a 10-15 minute break, then a movie; usually you'll get out about 15 minutes before class officially ends. Staying for the movies is a great idea, especially with the beautiful projector, but it's not as needed because you only need to see a few of them for the exams and papers. There is apparently no curve, but they "consider your improvements in the class." Overall, it's a great class if you're willing to dedicate the time to it.
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