Course Schedule:
W1 Introduction and Overview of the Course
W2 Before the Birth of the Cinema
• Part1 + Part2 (pp. 1-32) in Tosi, V. (2006). Cinema Before Cinema: The Origins of Scientific Cinematography. UK: British Universities Film & Video Council Publication.
W3 Historical Background to the Birth of the Cinema
• Part3 (pp. 33-190) in Tosi, V. (2006). Cinema Before Cinema: The Origins of Scientific Cinematography. UK: British Universities Film & Video Council Publication.
W4 Early Cinema: Definition and their Content
• What is Lost?
• How much is Lost?
• The Definition of the Early cinema
• The Content of the Early cinema
• Lost and Found of the Early cinema
W5 Holidays
W6 Paper films: Lumiere and Edison
• Paper Print Film Collection in the Library of Congress
• Williamson, C. and Dana Driskel (2016). Reclaiming “Lost” Films: The Paper Print Fragment Collection and the American Film Company. The Moving Image: The Journal of the Association of Moving Image Archivists, Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 125-134
W7 Preservation Issues of Early cinema: Nitrate Won’t Wait
• Chapter 1- 4 (pp. 1-60) in Slide, A (1992). Nitrate Won’t Wait: A History of Film Preservation in the United States. North Caroline: McFarland Classics.
W8 Preservation Issues of Early cinema: This Film is Dangerous
• Smither, R. and Surowiec, (eds.) (2002). This Film Is Dangerous: A Celebration of Nitrate Film. (First edition) FIAF publication.
W9 Case Study I: The Preservation of Georges Méliès’ Films
• Haslem, W. (2012). “Chromatic Frankenstein’s Monsters?”: Restoration, Colour and Variants of Georges Melies’s Voyage Dans La Lune. Retrieved from https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2012/feature-articles/chromatic-frankensteins-monsters-restoration-colour-and-variants-of-georges-meliess-voyage-dans-la-lune/
• Chapter 9 “colorization” (pp. 122-133) in Slide, A (1992). Nitrate Won’t Wait: A History of Film Preservation in the United States. North Caroline: McFarland Classics.
W10 Case Study II: Napoleon (1927) directed by Abel Gance
• Kevin Brownlow (1983). Napoleon: Abel Gance’s Classic Film. New York: Random House.
W11 Wu Shan Tou Student Film Festival
W12 Who Preserved Films?
Preserved Projects in the Library of Congress, the UCLA Film & TV Archive, National Film Preservation Foundation will be presented.
W13 Case Study III: Cave of the Silken Web (aka Pan Si Dong) (1927, 60 mins)
• Liu, Dong (2014). "Lost" Films Return Home - Successful Cases of Repatriation. Journal of Film Preservation; Brussels Iss. 91, (Oct 2014): 109-111.
W14 Case Study IV: A Trip through China (1916, 107 mins)/Looking for Brodsky (2012, 60 mins)
• Yeh, Emilie Yueh-Yu (eds.) (2017). Early Film Culture in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Republican China. Michigan: University of Michigan Press.
W15 Early Animations and Home Movies
W16 Early cinema in Taiwan and their Preservation
• Southward Expansion to Taiwan (1940)
• Other Relevant Movies
W17 Holidays
W18 Final Oral Presentation
W1 Introduction and Overview of the Course
W2 Before the Birth of the Cinema
• Part1 + Part2 (pp. 1-32) in Tosi, V. (2006). Cinema Before Cinema: The Origins of Scientific Cinematography. UK: British Universities Film & Video Council Publication.
W3 Historical Background to the Birth of the Cinema
• Part3 (pp. 33-190) in Tosi, V. (2006). Cinema Before Cinema: The Origins of Scientific Cinematography. UK: British Universities Film & Video Council Publication.
W4 Early Cinema: Definition and their Content
• What is Lost?
• How much is Lost?
• The Definition of the Early cinema
• The Content of the Early cinema
• Lost and Found of the Early cinema
W5 Holidays
W6 Paper films: Lumiere and Edison
• Paper Print Film Collection in the Library of Congress
• Williamson, C. and Dana Driskel (2016). Reclaiming “Lost” Films: The Paper Print Fragment Collection and the American Film Company. The Moving Image: The Journal of the Association of Moving Image Archivists, Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 125-134
W7 Preservation Issues of Early cinema: Nitrate Won’t Wait
• Chapter 1- 4 (pp. 1-60) in Slide, A (1992). Nitrate Won’t Wait: A History of Film Preservation in the United States. North Caroline: McFarland Classics.
W8 Preservation Issues of Early cinema: This Film is Dangerous
• Smither, R. and Surowiec, (eds.) (2002). This Film Is Dangerous: A Celebration of Nitrate Film. (First edition) FIAF publication.
W9 Case Study I: The Preservation of Georges Méliès’ Films
• Haslem, W. (2012). “Chromatic Frankenstein’s Monsters?”: Restoration, Colour and Variants of Georges Melies’s Voyage Dans La Lune. Retrieved from https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2012/feature-articles/chromatic-frankensteins-monsters-restoration-colour-and-variants-of-georges-meliess-voyage-dans-la-lune/
• Chapter 9 “colorization” (pp. 122-133) in Slide, A (1992). Nitrate Won’t Wait: A History of Film Preservation in the United States. North Caroline: McFarland Classics.
W10 Case Study II: Napoleon (1927) directed by Abel Gance
• Kevin Brownlow (1983). Napoleon: Abel Gance’s Classic Film. New York: Random House.
W11 Wu Shan Tou Student Film Festival
W12 Who Preserved Films?
Preserved Projects in the Library of Congress, the UCLA Film & TV Archive, National Film Preservation Foundation will be presented.
W13 Case Study III: Cave of the Silken Web (aka Pan Si Dong) (1927, 60 mins)
• Liu, Dong (2014). "Lost" Films Return Home - Successful Cases of Repatriation. Journal of Film Preservation; Brussels Iss. 91, (Oct 2014): 109-111.
W14 Case Study IV: A Trip through China (1916, 107 mins)/Looking for Brodsky (2012, 60 mins)
• Yeh, Emilie Yueh-Yu (eds.) (2017). Early Film Culture in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Republican China. Michigan: University of Michigan Press.
W15 Early Animations and Home Movies
W16 Early cinema in Taiwan and their Preservation
• Southward Expansion to Taiwan (1940)
• Other Relevant Movies
W17 Holidays
W18 Final Oral Presentation
- 教師: hsiehyuen 謝侑恩