Class of 2018

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Introduction

From the pioneers of film to post-digital trailblazers, the aim of this challenge is to take you on an adventure through the history of film.

This challenge will take place across the 52 weeks of 2018. Each week will address a new topic that will provide signposts through your journey. The goal is to watch at least one film each week that will expand your experience of film.

The syllabus can be found below. Each weeks topic will be accompanied by a link to a list of suggested films but feel free to choose any film that you feel meets that week's subject.See the List notes for weekly dates and tags.

I have included the topics from last year's syllabus for revision purposes. Feel free to mix and match this years and last years topics. Or do both!

Rules

1. Each week you must watch the film that you have selected for that week's topic;

2. After having watched each film you must write and post a review of at least five sentences;

3. Ensure that you tag each film with the challenge tag FSDO2018. Also make sure you tag it with the weekly tag, for example, FSDO2018Week1. This will enable other students to find your reviews;

4. Read other student's reviews and share comments with one another.

Please Note

- All of these rules are voluntary;

- If you are unable to watch the listed movie in any given week you can skip it or watch it later;

- Feel free to make up your own topics for any given week if you dont like the existing topic or if you are unable to gain access to a movie that fits it;

- Feel free to change any movie on your list at any time. The availability of a film often makes this necessary;

- If you don't like writing reviews you don't have to. Maybe comment on other people's reviews so you can still be a part of the dialogue (although you don't have to do that either).

- Ultimately, the only rule is to have fun!

- I struggled to include everyone's suggestions for new topics. I wanted to add many more but alas it was not to be so. Look out for them in 2019.

The Weekly Topics

Week 1 - (2018) - Actors - Lillian Gish - Filmography or Mary Pickford - Filmography

Week 1 - Revision (2017) - Auteurs - Pioneers of Film - Lumiere Brothers (Filmography), George Melies (Filmography) or Alice Guy-Blache (Filmography)

Week 2 - (2018) - Genre - The Early Epic (1915 - 1935) - Examples

Week 2 - Revision (2017) - Genre - Comedy - Examples

Week 3 - (2018) - Movement - Scandinavian Silent Cinema in the 1920s - Examples

Week 3 - Revision (2017) - Movement - German Expressionism (1920-1927) - Examples

Week 4 - (2018) - Studio - MGM Studios in the 1930s - Examples

Week 4 - Revision (2017) - Genre - Action - Swashbuckler - Examples

Week 5 - (2018) - Movement - French Surrealism (1924-1941) - Examples

Week 5 - Revision (2017) - Movement - Russian Montage (1923-1934) - Examples

Week 6 - (2018) - Genre - Musicals - The Depression Era (1933-1939) - Examples

Week 6 - Revision (2017) - Genre - Romance - Screw Ball Comedy - Examples

Week 7 - (2018) - Movement - Golden Age of Yiddish Cinema (1936-1940) - Examples

Week 7 - Revision (2017) - Movement - French Poetic Realism (1930-1945) - Examples

Week 8 - (2018) - Actors - Nargis - Filmography or Shirley [Yoshiko] Yamaguchi - Filmography

Week 8 - Revision (2017) - Genre - Crime - Pre-Code Gangster Movie - Examples

Week 9 - (2018) - Auteurs - Oscar Micheaux - Filmography

Week 9 - Revision (2017) - Auteurs - Alfred Hitchcock - Filmography

Week 10 - (2018) - Movement - Avant Garde - The Second Wave - Examples

Week 10 - Revision (2017) - Movement - Italian Neo-Realism (1943-1954) - Examples

Week 11 - (2018) - Cinematographer - Jack Cardiff - Filmography

Week 11 - Revision (2017) - Genre - Crime - Film Noir - Examples

Week 12 - (2018) - Auteurs - Kenji Mizoguchi - Filmography

Week 12 - Revision (2017) - Auteurs - Orson Welles - Filmography

Week 13 - (2018) - Movement - Early Indian Parallel Cinema & The Indian New Wave (1946-1976) - Examples

Week 13 - Revision (2017) - Movement - French New Wave (1959-1970) - Examples

Week 14 - (2018) - Studio - The Golden Age of Disney (1940-1960) - Examples

Week 14 - Revision (2017) - Genre - Sci-Fi - 1950s Cold War Film - Examples

Week 15 - (2018) - Costume Designer - Edith Head - Filmography

Week 15 - Revision (2017) - Auteurs - John Ford - Filmography

Week 16 - (2018) - Movement - The Egyptian Golden Age (1940-1969) - Examples

Week 16 - Revision (2017) - Movement - Kitchen Sink British Realism (1959-1969) - Examples

Week 17 - (2018) - Visual Effects - Ray Harryhausen - Examples

Week 17 - Revision (2017) - Genre - Historical - Swords and Sandals - Examples

Week 18 - (2018) - Auteurs - Robert Bresson - Filmography

Week 18 - Revision (2017) - Auteurs - Michelangelo Antonioni - Filmography

Week 19 - (2018) - Movement - Yugoslav Black Cinema (1963-1972) - Examples

Week 19 - Revision (2017) - Movement - Cinema Novo (1960-1972) - Examples

Week 20 - (2018) - Genre - Science Fiction New Wave (1960-1980) - Examples

Week 20 - Revision (2017) - Genre - Western - Spaghetti Westerns - Examples

Week 21 - (2018) - Auteurs - Lino Brocka Filmography

Week 21 - Revision (2017) - Auteurs - Ingmar Bergman - Filmography

Week 22 - (2018) - Movement - Polish Film School (1955-1963) - Examples

Week 22 - Revision (2017) - Movement - Czech New Wave (1962-1972) - Examples

Week 23 - (2018) - Auteurs - Ousmane Sembene - Filmography

Week 23 - Revision (2017) - Auteurs - Douglas Sirk - Filmography

Week 24 - (2018) - Genre - Italian Eurocrime/Poliziotteschi - Examples

Week 24 - Revision (2017) - Movement - New German Cinema (1962-1982) - Examples

Week 25 - (2018) - Auteur - Raul Ruiz - Filmography

Week 25 - Revision (2017) - Auteurs - Stanley Kubrick - Filmography

Week 26 - (2018) - Movement - Feminist Film Movement (1970s) - Examples

Week 26 - Revision (2017) - Movement - New Hollywood (1968-1980) - Examples

Week 27 - (2018) - Writer - Paul Schrader - Filmography

Week 27 - Revision (2017) - Auteurs - Robert Altman - Filmography

Week 28 (2018) - Actor - David Gulpilil - Examples

Week 28 - Revision (2017) - Movement - Australian New Wave & Ozploitation (1971-1989) - Examples

Week 29 - (2018) - Genre - Documentary - Direct Cinema - Examples

Week 29 - Revision (2017) - Genre - Documentary - Cinema Verite - Examples

Week 30 - (2018) - Writer - Marguerite Duras - Filmography

Week 30 - Revision (2017) - Auteurs - Woody Allen - Filmography

Week 31 - (2018) - Cinematrographer - Sven Nykvist - Filmography

Week 31 - Revision (2017) - Movement - Japanese New Wave (1955-1975) - Examples

Week 32 (2018) - Movement - L.A. Rebellion - Examples

Week 32 - Revision (2017) - Genre - Action - Blaxploitation - Examples

Week 33 - (2018) - Movement - Post-Colonial African Cinema- Filmography

Week 33 - Revision (2017) - Auteurs - Federico Fellini - Filmography

Week 34 (2018) - Composer - Ennio Morricone - Examples

Week 34 - Revision (2017) - Movement - No Wave (1976-1985) - Examples

Week 35 - (2018) - Genre - Japanese Pinku - Examples

Week 35 - Revision (2017) - Genre - Erotic - 70s Arthouse - Examples

Week 36 (2018) - Auteurs - Agnes Varda - Filmography

Week 36 - Revision (2017) - Auteurs - Andrei Tarkovsky - Filmography

Week 37 - (2018) - Movement - Holocaust Films - Examples

Week 37 - Revision (2017) - Movement - Hong Kong New Wave (1979-1989) - Examples

Week 38 - (2018) - Genre - Chop Socky - Hong Kong Martial Arts - Examples

Week 38 - Revision (2017) - Genre - Western - Post-50s Revisionist Western - Examples

Week 39 - (2018) - Auteurs - Jan Svankmajer - Filmography

Week 39 - Revision (2017) - Auteurs - Luis Bunuel - Filmography

Week 40 - (2018) - Editor - Dede Allen - Examples

Week 40 - Revision (2017) - Movement - Cinema Du Look (1980-1991) - Examples

Week 41 - (2018) - Genre - 80s Teen Movies - Examples

Week 41 - Revision (2017) - Genre - War - Vietnam - Examples

Week 42 - (2018) - Auteurs - Spike Lee - Filmography

Week 42 - Revision (2017) - Auteurs - Akira Kurosawa - Filmography

Week 43 (2018) - Movement - New Queer Cinema (1990s - Current) - Examples

Week 43 - Revision (2017) - Movement - Iranian New Wave (1987-2005) - Examples

Week 44 - (2018) - Auteurs - Peter Greenaway - Filmography

Week 44 - Revision (2017) - Auteurs - David Lynch - Filmography

Week 45 - (2018) - Movement - Nollywood - Examples

Week 45 - Revision (2017) - Movement - Tawain New Wave (1990-2010) - Examples

Week 46 - (2018) - Studio - Pixar Animation Studios - Examples

Week 46 - Revision (2017) - Genre - Japanese Anime - Examples

Week 47 - (2018) - Movement - Romanian New Wave (2004-Current) - Examples

Week 47 - Revision (2017) - Movement - Nuevo Cine Mexicano (1992-Current) - Examples

Week 48 - (2018) - Genre - Cyberpunk & Tech Noir - Examples

Week 48 - Revision (2017) - Genre - 90s Rom-Coms - Examples

Week 49 - (2018) - Auteurs - Christian Petzold - Filmography

Week 49 - Revision (2017) - Auteurs - Coen Brothers - Ethan's Filmography & Joel's Filmography

Week 50 - (2018) - Movement - Mumblecore - Examples

Week 50 - Revision (2017) - Movement - Dogme 95 (1995-2005) - Examples

Week 51 - (2018) - Movement - Greek Weird Wave - Examples

Week 51 - Revision (2017) - Genre - Post-Modern - Black Comedy - Examples

Week 52 - (2018) - Auteurs - Guy Maddin - Filmography

Week 52 - Revision (2017) - Auteurs - Michael Haneke - Filmography