Film and Media Studies 101A - B-C History of Film

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University of California-Irvine

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101A The Silent Era I (4) W. An investigation of the technological, economic, social, and aesthetic determinants of the cinema in its first 30 years. The formal strategies and historical importance of films by Méliès,the Lumières, Porter, Griffith, Murnau, Lang, Eisenstein, Pudovkin, and others. Prerequisites: Film and Media Studies 85A; open to Film and Media Studies majors and minors only. 101B The Sound Era I (4) S. Explores the formal strategies and sociohistorical dynamics of films made between 1930 and 1960, concentrating on representative cinemas and works by Lang, Riefenstahl, Renoir, Welles, De Sica, Ophüls, Kurosawa, and others. Prerequisites: Film and Media Studies 101A with a grade of C- or better; open to Film and Media Studies majors and minors only. 101C The Sound Era II (4) F. Studies narrative strategies and formal possibilities in films made since 1960, framing aesthetic questions in political, social, and economic terms, using selected features from Western and non-Western countries. Prerequisites: Film and Media Studies 101B with a grade of C- or better; open to Film and Media Studies majors and minors only.

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3.00

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www.uci.edu/

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(949) 824-5011

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

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Quarter

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