The Documentary Film

Catalog description

Traces development of documentary film through viewing films, reading criticalessays, and discussing and writing about the films. Students analyze filmsfocusing on cinematic elements such as style, point of view and narrative.Students examine films as statements by individuals living within a particularcultural framework, as instruments of propaganda, as entertainment, and asdevices which expand our perspectives of world around us. Notes: (1) Creditgiven for CIN156 or ENG208, but not both. (2) Fulfills SUNY-GE Humanities andSUNY-GE The Arts. Prerequisite: ENG100 or ENG101.