This course is an introduction to the study of cinema as a complex medium of communication. This course will provide students with the basic terminology, observational skills, and theoretical background for the study of film aesthetics, language, cultural analysis, history, and the production of cinematic texts.
Outcomes: Become familiar with and apply the basic approaches to film studies, such as narrative studies analysis, formalist analysis, and critical practices; Acquire the basic film vocabulary (eg, shot/reverse shot, sequence, lighting, editing, narrative/narration, point of view/POV, sound) and tools for analyzing films as texts; Become familiar with and differentiate among a variety of film forms (eg, documentary, animation, experimental film), film genres (eg, horror, western, musical, melodrama), film movements and styles, and national cinema; Analyze and evaluate films from different eras and cultures verbally and in written form.
Outcomes: Become familiar with and apply the basic approaches to film studies, such as narrative studies analysis, formalist analysis, and critical practices; Acquire the basic film vocabulary (eg, shot/reverse shot, sequence, lighting, editing, narrative/narration, point of view/POV, sound) and tools for analyzing films as texts; Become familiar with and differentiate among a variety of film forms (eg, documentary, animation, experimental film), film genres (eg, horror, western, musical, melodrama), film movements and styles, and national cinema; Analyze and evaluate films from different eras and cultures verbally and in written form.