Introduction to Film

Catalog description

Introduction to Film" develops students' abilities to view films critically and deepen their understanding of the principal film genres through careful study of their historical contexts and cinematic techniques. The course focuses on the study of different genres and aesthetic schools of film, such as the French New Wave, German Expressionism, westerns, war films, musicals, and film noir, in terms of how they present aesthetic detail, ideological points of view (such as issues of gender and race), as well as fulfill certain expectations of the spectator. After a thorough grounding in the conventions of traditional genre in cinema, the class will also focus on the ways in which it has been revised by filmmakers in more recent periods of cinematic history. Components: Discussion, Class GE: HA Humanities & Arts, HA-H Humanities Prereqs/Coreqs: P or C: ENGLISH 1230 or consent of the instructor. Typically Offered: Spring