cthomer5000
01-02-2006, 11:22 PM
Alright, the inaugural selection for the FOFC Movie Club is Roman Polanski's Chinatown (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071315/) (IMDB link). It received multiple nominations, and is in IMDB's all-time top 50.
You've got 2 weeks to watch the movie. Discussion begins on Monday, January 16th!
LETS GO
With thesloppy's blessing, I'm going to go ahead and push this ship into the water. Below is the charter design for the club, which will obviously be subject to change if we find something isn't working (the pace, participation, etc).
SCHEDULE
In general we'll run it monthly, or on a 4 week schedule. We can play that by ear. Here's the outline:
Week 1: Guest Host solicits suggestions from the rest of the club. I would say do it publicly in a thread, since those can always server as a pool of ideas we can dip back into later if needed.
Week 2: Guest Host announces his selection for that month. Club participants now have 2 weeks to get their hands on the movie, watch it, and think on it.
Week 3: nothing. this is the "get the movie in your hands time"
Week 4: Discussion. I'd hope the Guest Host will take the lead here and maybe even have a few prepared questions or something.
Week 5: Begin the whole process again.
TECHNICAL DETAILS
Membership
Anyone is free to join at anytime! Simply participate in the threads! Come one, come all!
Guest Host Selection
I will serve as the first guest host. thesloppy will serve as the second. This is simply to get this thing off to a strong start.
Starting in month 3, a random group member will be selected to be the guest host for that month. We'll use a random number generator to pick the person. There will be two criteria to be eligible 1)The person must not have been guest host in the 2 prior months 2) The person must have participated in the last discussion (this is just to avoid the whole thing from collapsing if someone disappears)
Movie Selection
The Guest Host will take suggestions from the entire club for roughly a week before making a decision. While they are free to choose a film of their own, I would advise against it. The more genuine involvement we're getting, the more fun it will be for all involved.
Guest Host should ensure that the movie is widely available before selecting it.
Viewing Suggestion
I assume we're all watching on DVD. I would strongly encourage everyone to watch a Widescreen version when possible, and subtitled (rather than dubbed) when watching a foreign film. If you don't do this already, you should. It's really for your own cinematic good.
Suggestions
Please make them, this is your group.
What to do now:
Watch Chinatown
We'll then discuss it the week of 1/16.
You've got 2 weeks to watch the movie. Discussion begins on Monday, January 16th!
LETS GO
With thesloppy's blessing, I'm going to go ahead and push this ship into the water. Below is the charter design for the club, which will obviously be subject to change if we find something isn't working (the pace, participation, etc).
SCHEDULE
In general we'll run it monthly, or on a 4 week schedule. We can play that by ear. Here's the outline:
Week 1: Guest Host solicits suggestions from the rest of the club. I would say do it publicly in a thread, since those can always server as a pool of ideas we can dip back into later if needed.
Week 2: Guest Host announces his selection for that month. Club participants now have 2 weeks to get their hands on the movie, watch it, and think on it.
Week 3: nothing. this is the "get the movie in your hands time"
Week 4: Discussion. I'd hope the Guest Host will take the lead here and maybe even have a few prepared questions or something.
Week 5: Begin the whole process again.
TECHNICAL DETAILS
Membership
Anyone is free to join at anytime! Simply participate in the threads! Come one, come all!
Guest Host Selection
I will serve as the first guest host. thesloppy will serve as the second. This is simply to get this thing off to a strong start.
Starting in month 3, a random group member will be selected to be the guest host for that month. We'll use a random number generator to pick the person. There will be two criteria to be eligible 1)The person must not have been guest host in the 2 prior months 2) The person must have participated in the last discussion (this is just to avoid the whole thing from collapsing if someone disappears)
Movie Selection
The Guest Host will take suggestions from the entire club for roughly a week before making a decision. While they are free to choose a film of their own, I would advise against it. The more genuine involvement we're getting, the more fun it will be for all involved.
Guest Host should ensure that the movie is widely available before selecting it.
Viewing Suggestion
I assume we're all watching on DVD. I would strongly encourage everyone to watch a Widescreen version when possible, and subtitled (rather than dubbed) when watching a foreign film. If you don't do this already, you should. It's really for your own cinematic good.
Suggestions
Please make them, this is your group.
What to do now:
Watch Chinatown
We'll then discuss it the week of 1/16.