1. Introduction to MIT 21L.011 The Film Experience (2007)

MIT 21L.011 The Film Experience, Fall 2013 View the complete course: http://ocw.mit.edu/21L-011F13 Instructor: David Thorburn Introducing film as a cultural form, an institution and an art. Beginning as a novelty without conventions, film developed a unique language and grew into an embedded social norm. Examples: Fred Ott's Sneeze, Great Train Robbery. 00:00 OCW Intro 00:26 What is film? 17:42 Think away iPods 26:19 The Fred Ott Principle 30:23 Three phases of media evolution 45:55 "And there was Charlie": film as a cultural form License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA More information at http://ocw.mit.edu/terms More courses at http://ocw.mit.edu