*** Field Trip #1 – Saturday, January 14 -- Anthropological survey of the city’s more eccentric video stores as an introduction to diverse neighborhoods, from West Hollywood to Venice Beach, and to the subjectivity of genre classifications at the distribution/exhibition level.
*** Field Trip #2 Friday, January 20 -- Warner Brothers VIP Studio Tour. Please check the website at http://wbsf.warnerbros.com/home.html. This is an insider's look at one of Hollywood's busiest and most famous motion picture studios - past and present. The VIP tour begins with a short film showcasing the movies and television shows created by Warner Bros. talent over the years. Guests are then escorted via tour carts to the Warner Bros. Museum - a true archive of filmed entertainment history. Exhibits include costumes, props, awards and actual scripts from some of the studio’s most renowned productions. From the Museum, guests will visit the back lot sets, sound stages and craft/production shops.
*** Field Trip #3 Sunday, January 22 – Special screening of Gone with the Wind at The Warner Grand Theatre, which is a lavish, art-deco theater opened to the public on January 20, 1931 - Jack Warner called it "The Castle of Your Dreams." The Warner Grand Theatre was designed by architect B. Marcus Priteca and interior designer A.T. Heinsbergen. Mr. Priteca designed three lavish art-deco palaces which were located in San Pedro, Beverly Hills, and Huntington Park. The Warner Grand is the last of the three original theaters left intact. For the screening, doors open at 1 p.m. - Patrons are being encouraged to attend in period costume. Drum Barracks will have soldiers dressed in Civil War Uniforms ushering guests to their seats. Cammie King (aka Bonnie Blue Butler, the doomed daughter of Scarlett and Rhett Butler) will talk about her memories of making the movie from the stage of the theater. Check the website at http://warnergrand.org.
*** Field Trip #4 Sunday, January 29 – Tour of the historically significant 1922 Egyptian Theatre which is now the American Cinematheque's permanent home, as well as a major Hollywood landmark and state-of-the-art showcase theater. Screening of FOREVER HOLLYWOOD (55 min.), a permanent, public attraction film which screens exclusively at the Egyptian Theatre, it celebrates a century of movie-making history and Hollywood glamour, as told through interviews with stars and filmmakers. The tour begins at 12:45 p.m. and the film begins at 2:00 p.m. We shall have lunch prior to the tour at 11:30 a.m. at the Pig N’Whistle next door.
*** Field Trip #5 Wednesday, February 1 – Morning tour of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences Margaret Herrick Library. Breakfast at Canter’s Restaurant shall precede the tour. Note that this date is tentative and shall be confirmed. Also note that this one is obligatory as it relates to the archival research paper.
Part Two: Genre Theory and the Western
*** Field Trip #6 Saturday, February 4 -- L.A. Conservancy’s walking tour of Broadway's National Register Historic Theater District encompasses the largest concentration of pre-World War II movie houses in America. This tour explores the unique architecture and history of this street. For additional information, go to http://www.gmrnet.com/theaters.html. Tour shall be followed by lunch.
** Field Trip #7 – Date and location uncertain. We will attempt to go to a lucha libre (Mexican-style masked wrestling) event in Southern California. The options are at the Annaheim Indoor Marketplace which holds events on Sunday afternoons or the Lucha Va Voom random events in L.A. that also include other acts as well. It all depends on when Va Voom comes into town as to which one we do.
*** Field Trip #8 Saturday, February 25 – Master of American Comics museum installation at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles starting at 11:00 a.m. At MOCA, the second part of the exhibition will consider comic books from the early Golden Age to the rise of the independent comics movement. Comic books began as a form in which newspaper comics were reprinted and, with the rise of such series as Will Eisner's The Spirit and Jack Kirby's Captain America and Fantastic Four, became the dominant popular medium for narrative illustration. In addition to Kirby, particular attention is also paid to Harvey Kurtzman, whose MAD Magazine transformed the medium into one capable of great artistic expression and social commentary beginning in the early 1950s. By the mid-1960s, R. Crumb's work in Zap Comix added a new level of personal expression and extended the significant role of independent and underground comic books and graphic novels. This medium continues to evolve today through the innovations of such artists as Art Spiegelman (Maus, and In the Shadow of No Towers), Gary Panter (Jimbo), and Chris Ware (Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth). Note: There is a complementary installation at the Hammer Museum in Westwood focusing on the earlier masters like Charles Schulz (Peanuts) and Winsor McCay (Little Nemo). If any students are interested, arrangements can be made for this as well. For more information on both exhibits, go to http://www.nonstarvingartists.com/News/ImagedNewsItem.2005-11-04.1509.html.
*** Field Trip #9 – Sometime between February 28 - March 15 – The William S. Paley Television Festival, sponsored by the Museum of Television and Radio, is named for the founder of both the Museum and CBS and celebrates television’s rich and diverse programming and the creative process behind it. During these evenings, the audience views episodes or highlights of the featured work and has the opportunity to ask questions of the cast and creative teams or the individual involved in its production. All Festival events will begin at 7:00 p.m. and will be held at the Directors Guild of America, DGA Theatre Complex at 7920 Sunset Boulevard. Last year’s featured programs included Lost, Desperate Housewives, Adult Swim, Veronica Mars, and Deadwood.
**** Field Trip #10 March 18 or 19 – Wizard World 2006 Los Angeles Convention at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Another anthropological study, this time as to how genres fans interact together and with genre professionals, specifically in the realms of comics/super-hero/sci-fi/fantasy. See website at http://wizarduniverse.com/conventions/la.cfm for lists of special guests including Kevin Smith.
*** Field Trip # 11 April 29 or 30 – L.A. Times Festival of Books on the UCLA campus. For more information go to http://www.latimes.com/extras/festivalofbooks/. This is a two-day celebration of the written word and one of the country's premier literary events. The 2006 Festival of Books will be held Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The events will include special lectures by celebrated authors, book reviews, writing workshops, and storytelling at two stages in the children’s area. A panel of respected judges from the literary world will also be on hand to award the annual Book Prizes for outstanding offerings from the past year.
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