Class Schedule Listing - 2017 Fall (Apr 28, 2024) |
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| Introduction to Film Studies - 32416 - ENG 2711 - 001 | ||||||||||||||
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This course will introduce students to the fundamentals of film analysis -- the concepts and concerns central to the discipline. We will explore how film techniques and social and cultural contexts combine to produce meaning. Readings and screenings will focus on the codes and conventions of film and related issues such as the significance of film genre, the role of the film star, and questions of authorship. The information and concepts you learn can be applied to films viewed not only during the semester, but after it as well (and to a variety of media texts). Course requirements include active participation, three take-home exams, and regular screenings of film clips (and, time permitting, a film or two in its entirety). Film clips to be screened and discussed include the remarkably accurate portrayal of high school clichés in the starting minutes of The Breakfast Club, the dynamic camerawork accompanying the opening dance number of La La Land, the graphic arm amputation scene in 127 Hours, the suspenseful editing style of The Silence of the Lambs, and the seamless narrative structure of James Cameron’s epic Titanic (to name just a few).
Visit the Bookstore site to view course materials Associated Term: 2017 Fall Registration Dates: Apr 06, 2017 to Sep 01, 2017 Registration Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate Main Campus Lecture and Recitation Schedule Type Classroom In-Person Instructional Method Credit Hours: 3.000 Seats Available: 0 View Catalog Entry and Course Description
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