Sports on Screen
Prerequisites: SPRT 130 or COMM 265 or COMM 274.
This course will examine the portrayal of sports in film and television. From "Chariots of Fire" to "Ted Lasso," students will explore plots, performances, visuals effects, scenery, and more and produce their own reviews and analyses. Through a diverse selection of films and television shows, students will examine themes of personality, identity, culture, sportsmanship, community, and skill to analyze how this genre uses storytelling devices to deliver a narrative. Class discussion, writing assignments, and interviewing will encourage critical thinking about how film and TV influence our relationship with sports.
Outcomes: Write compelling, persuasive reviews and news articles & using AP Style; Apply media theories and production techniques to sports film and TV productions; Analyze sports films and television series within their historical and cultural contexts, explaining how they reflect or contest prevailing societal attitudes toward sports; Evaluate how sports film and television narratives shape public understandings of athletes, competition, and the social role of sports, drawing on relevant theories of media and culture.
This course will examine the portrayal of sports in film and television. From "Chariots of Fire" to "Ted Lasso," students will explore plots, performances, visuals effects, scenery, and more and produce their own reviews and analyses. Through a diverse selection of films and television shows, students will examine themes of personality, identity, culture, sportsmanship, community, and skill to analyze how this genre uses storytelling devices to deliver a narrative. Class discussion, writing assignments, and interviewing will encourage critical thinking about how film and TV influence our relationship with sports.
Outcomes: Write compelling, persuasive reviews and news articles & using AP Style; Apply media theories and production techniques to sports film and TV productions; Analyze sports films and television series within their historical and cultural contexts, explaining how they reflect or contest prevailing societal attitudes toward sports; Evaluate how sports film and television narratives shape public understandings of athletes, competition, and the social role of sports, drawing on relevant theories of media and culture.