Film Studies: Directors

Catalog description

Enhances understanding of film through analysis of directorial decisions and film techniques. Develops visual literacy and analysis skills by offering a range of tools to study any film. Explores ways in which directorial decisions may affect an individual film and viewer. Situates a film within a director's body of work. Analyzes ways in which it may both contribute and react to its time and culture. Substantiates observations with examples taken from the film tradition and from the film itself. Prerequisite: ( RD 115 and WR 115 ) or IRW 115 or equivalent placement. Audit available. This course fulfills the following GE requirements: Arts and Letters/AL