Film History I (1894-1945)

Catalog description

This international-based course provides an introductory survey of film history in its first fifty years, and addresses the history of cinema technologies, movements, and genres as the art form developed. Film History I (1894-1945) provides an important introduction to early film history that covers pre-cinematic and early cinematic technologies, the introduction and growth of narrative fiction film, international and artistic developments surrounding editing and the aesthetics of the image, early studio alliances in the United States and the growth of the Hollywood studio system, and the subsequent transition to film sound. This course sets the stage for the further study of international film history courses such as Film History II and International Film Movements. Prerequisite(s): A ARH 260.