Film Studies

Catalog description

This general survey course examines the development of the motion picture as a universal literary form, including its historical and international background, theme and subject selection and script development, technological equipment and innovations, elements of visual composition, sound and music, acting and directing, and criticism and analysis of classical and contemporary foreign/American films representative of major film aesthetic movements. The course examines the motion picture as a form of literature and as a cultural object expressing humankind's varied narratives and cultures. This course includes works important to the Western Canon.