a. Strengthen students’ ability to read and discuss film texts.
b. Develop students's ability to write about film.
c. Give students a more advanced understanding of film making.
d. Develop students’ awareness of the inter-relation between gender and
film texts.
e. Develop students’independent research skills.

a. Strengthen students’ ability to read and discuss film texts.
b. Develop students' ability to write about film.
c. Give students a more advanced understanding of film making.
d. Develop students’ awareness of the inter-relation between gender and
film texts.
e. Develop students’ independent research skills.

(Reference: Giannetti, Louis. Understanding Movies, 11th ed.,
Corrigan, Timothy. A Short Guide to Writing About Film, 4th ed., Pearson Longman, 2004.)
Films: Jane Campion: The Piano (1993)
In the Cut (2003)
Sofia Coppola: Lost in Translation (2003)
Marie Antoinette (2006)
Nora Ephron: You’ve Got a Mail (1998)
Julie & Julia (2009)
Jodie Foster: The Beaver (2011)
Money Monster (2016)
Kimberly Peirce: Boys Don’t Cry (1999)
Kelly Reichardt: Wendy and Lucy (2009)
Lone Scherfig: An Education (2009)
Julie Taymor: Frida (2002)
Kathryn Bigelow: The Hurt Locker (2008)
Zero Dark Thirty (2012)

(Reference: Giannetti, Louis. Understanding Movies, 11th ed.,
Corrigan, Timothy. A Short Guide to Writing About Film, 4th ed., Pearson Longman, 2004.)
Films: Jane Campion: The Piano (1993)
In the Cut (2003)
Sofia Coppola: Lost in Translation (2003)
Marie Antoinette (2006)
Nora Ephron: You’ve Got a Mail (1998)
Julie & Julia (2009)
Jodie Foster: The Beaver (2011)
Money Monster (2016)
Kimberly Peirce: Boys Don’t Cry (1999)
Kelly Reichardt: Wendy and Lucy (2009)
Lone Scherfig: An Education (2009)
Julie Taymor: Frida (2002)
Kathryn Bigelow: The Hurt Locker (2008)
Zero Dark Thirty (2012)