Post by oz on Sept 23, 2009 15:56:39 GMT -5
Yo peeps,
First off, congratulations to the new BCFS officers! This year should be a great one for the film society and for the department as a whole.
I've been thinking about this year's upcoming screenings and about how last year's screenings went. Basically, there seemed to be two ideologies concerning the kinds of films that should be screened.
One way of thinking was that we should be screening artistically influential films or films with a great deal of academic relevance, since many in the film society are students of film in some capacity. The other way of thinking was that we should screen films that would be instantly recognizable, spark some public interest in attending the screening and have some crossover appeal to the general student population rather than just film or media students.
I can't say that I disagree with either ideology. My suggestion is that, if they can be scheduled, we screen double features. One film can be a classic or more obscure film while the other a more contemporary or popular film. I think that this would benefit fans of all kinds of film and the juxtaposition can spark some interesting comparisons.
We can have themes for each one too, like last year we could have watched Jurassic Park and King Kong together or we could have watched Children of Men when we screened Battle of Algiers or we could have watched Halloween when we watched Les Diaboliques.
I think that this would benefit everyone involved and create more popular interest, more discussion and more fun. It's not like we're going to run out of movies to screen. Is this a possibility? What does everyone else think?
-Brian
First off, congratulations to the new BCFS officers! This year should be a great one for the film society and for the department as a whole.
I've been thinking about this year's upcoming screenings and about how last year's screenings went. Basically, there seemed to be two ideologies concerning the kinds of films that should be screened.
One way of thinking was that we should be screening artistically influential films or films with a great deal of academic relevance, since many in the film society are students of film in some capacity. The other way of thinking was that we should screen films that would be instantly recognizable, spark some public interest in attending the screening and have some crossover appeal to the general student population rather than just film or media students.
I can't say that I disagree with either ideology. My suggestion is that, if they can be scheduled, we screen double features. One film can be a classic or more obscure film while the other a more contemporary or popular film. I think that this would benefit fans of all kinds of film and the juxtaposition can spark some interesting comparisons.
We can have themes for each one too, like last year we could have watched Jurassic Park and King Kong together or we could have watched Children of Men when we screened Battle of Algiers or we could have watched Halloween when we watched Les Diaboliques.
I think that this would benefit everyone involved and create more popular interest, more discussion and more fun. It's not like we're going to run out of movies to screen. Is this a possibility? What does everyone else think?
-Brian
