Student presentations
Several students in my Fall 2006 class, Introduction to French Cinema, at the University of Virginia, volunteered to present their class papers in an electronic format that would allow readers to view the passages cited in the text while reading the paper. It is our collective opinion that this format is more effective than is printed text in presenting analysis of visual and audio material, as the different media can be fully integrated into the same frame as the text. This format overcomes the "memory problem" that is inherent in written communication about music and film, that is, that the writer must remind the viewer of the scene or music because no complete citation is possible. The electronic format allows for complete and direct citation, providing a new experience for the reader of the article. S/he can revisit the visual and aural citations while immersed in the writer's argument, thus experiencing the depth of the analysis far more richly and fully. We hope you will agree. If you are a visitor to this site from the outside and would like to view the work, please email me at ajmlevine@virginia.edu for the password. --Alison J. Murray Levine
Student websites:
Rebecca Glasberg on Le jour se lève (Marcel Carné)
Lamin Nije on Le jour se lève (Marcel Carné)