THE 104 Introduction to Film
This course is intended to introduce students to film as an international
art form and provide an historical survey of world cinema from its
inception to the present. The course will focus on key films, filmmakers,
and movements that have played a major role in pioneering and shaping
film. Selected motion pictures will be screened, studied, and discussed
with special emphasis placed on learning how to “read” a film in terms of
its narrative structure, genre, and visual style. Specific filmic
techniques such as mise en scene, montage, and cinematography will also be
considered. Genre study, auteurism, and ideology will be explored in
relation to specific films and filmmakers, as well as the practice of
adaptation (from theater to film, and most recently, film to theater).
This course is offered in the fall semester.
Credits: 1
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