Description: Introduction to the analysis of images and sound in film.
Description: Historical survey of film, from the invention of the photographic image in the 19th century to the present day, covering a wide range of styles and themes and a diverse array of films from around the world. Weekly film screenings.
Description: Introductory overview of theories of gender and sexuality in relation to film.
Weekly film screenings.
Description: Various film genres, such as Gothic, the Western, and film noir, from their inception in the early 1900s to the present day.
May be repeated once for credit with a different topic.
Description: Films of one director or a small group of directors. Weekly film screenings.
May be repeated once for credit with a different topic.
Description: Intensive examination of artistic movements and major directors in an important historic period of film. Examples: Russian film of the '20s, the French New Wave, Hollywood in the '30s. Weekly film screenings.
May be repeated once for credit with a different topic.
Description: Construction of ethnic identities in film and TV and the impact of such images on American culture.
May be repeated once for credit with a different topic.
Description: Films produced in one country, seen in their aesthetic and historical context. Examples: Italian cinema since World War II, Japanese cinema, Australian cinema.
Description: Study of particular film theories and methods of applied criticism for the intermediate or advanced student with previous film study experience. Weekly film screenings.
This course is a prerequisite for: ENGL 471
May be repeated once for credit with a different topic.
Description: Study of specific critical and historical film theory and approaches to film history using more difficult texts (both as films and as readings) for the students, to create an intense immersion into more complex films and critical readings.
May be repeated once for credit with a different topic.
Description: Intensive study of the films of one director or a small group of directors, with emphasis on an auteur approach. Weekly film screenings.
Description: Development of screenplays.