Since I failed miserably at the challenge this year, I am adding the 2019 challenge to this list. I will try to finish all three years this year.

letterboxd.com/bjones1297/list/film-school-drop-outs-weekly-challenge-2019/

All will be new viewings for me. Many I already own. I've also added the topics from 2017. Whether I manage to keep up is another story.

I have also added things from the DVD extras that I have watched in conjuction with the film that I have watched for the various topics.

letterboxd.com/karmanoodle/list/film-school-drop-outs-weekly-challenge-2018-1/

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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 - (2019) - Actor - Louise Brooks - Filmography or Clara Bow - Filmography

Week 2 - (2019) - Genre - Horror - Silent Horror (1913-1928) - Examples

Week 3 - (2019) - Movement - French Impressionism (1918-1929) - Examples

Week 4 - (2019) - Studio - Universal Pictures - Universal's Monsters - Examples

Week 5 - (2019) - Auteur - Jean Renoir - Filmography

Week 6 - (2019) - Movement - German Weimar Cinema (1919-1933) - Examples

Week 7 - (2019) - Composer - Alfred Newman - Filmography

Week 8 - (2019) - Genre - Western - The Dying Western (1930s) - Examples

Week 9 - (2019) - Production Designer - Cedric Gibbons - Filmography

Week 10 - (2019) - Movement - Third Reich Cinema (1933-1945) - Examples

Week 11 - (2019) - Actor - Humphrey Bogart - Filmography

Week 12 - (2019) - Auteur - Ernst Lubitsch - Filmography

Week 13 - (2019) - Editor - Daniel Mandell - Filmography

Week 14 - (2019) - Movement - British New Wave (1950-1969) - Examples

Week 15 - (2019) - Composer - Dimitri Tiomkin - Filmography

Week 16 - (2019) - Genre - Documentary - Early Documentary (1922-1955) - Examples

Week 17 - (2019) - Auteur - Yasujirō Ozu - Filmography

Week 18 - (2019) - Cinematographer - Boris Kaufman - Filmography

Week 19 - (2019) - Movement - Golden Age of Japanese Cinema (1950-1963) - Examples

Week 20 - (2019) - Studio - RKO Radio Pictures - Examples

Week 21 - (2019) - Writer - Ernest Lehman - Filmography

Week 22 - (2019) - Actor - Simone Signoret - Filmography

Week 23 - (2019) - Movement - Soviet New Wave - Examples

Week 24 - (2019) - Auteur - Jacques Demy - Filmography

Week 25 - (2019) - Genre - Western - Acid Westerns - Examples

Week 26 - (2019) - Costume Designer - Danilo Donati - Filmography

Week 27 - (2019) - Movement - New Chilean Cinema - Examples

Week 28 - (2019) - Producer - Carlo Ponti - Filmography

Week 29 - (2019) - Writer - Robert Towne - Filmography

Week 30 - (2019) - Auteur - John Cassavetes - Filmography

Week 31 - (2019) - Genre - Thriller - 70s Conspiracy Thrillers - Examples

Week 32 - (2019) - Studio - American International Pictures - Examples

Week 33 - (2019) - Auteur - Chantal Akerman - Filmography

Week 34 - (2019) - Cinematographer - Vittorio Storaro - Filmography

Week 35 - (209) - Actor - Klaus Kinski - Filmography

Week 36 - (2019) - Genre - Horror - Giallo Horror - Examples

Week 37 - (2019) - Movement - Chinese Fifth Generation - Examples

Week 38 - (2019) - Auteur - John Carpenter - Filmography

Week 39 - (2019) - Studio - Studio Ghibli - Examples

Week 40 - (2019) - Genre - Crime - Neo-Noir - Examples

Week 41 - (2019) - Production Designer - Richard Sylbert - Filmography

Week 42 - (2019) - Cinematographer - Robby Müller - Filmography

Week 43 - (2019) - Auteur - Wong Kar-Wai - Filmography

Week 44 - (2019) - Movement - New French Extremity (1991-2011) - Examples

Week 45 - (2019) - Actor - Philip Seymour Hoffman - Filmography

Week 46 - (2019) - Editor - Paul Hirsch - Filmography

Week 47 - (2019) - Auteur - Sofia Coppola - Filmography

Week 48 - (2019) - Genre - Horror - Korean Horror - Examples

Week 49 - (2019) - Composer - Alexandre Desplat - Filmography

Week 50 - (2019) - Movement - Bollywood New Wave (1999-Present) - Examples

Week 51 - (2019) - Genre - "Christmas" Movies - Examples

Week 52 - (2019) - Auteur - Lynne Ramsey - Filmography