Film Studies 247 ,248 - Special Topics.251.History of the Cinema

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St Lawrence University

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The development of film technology and film technique from the 19th century to 1960, and the place of the new medium in the evolving cultural-social contexts of the 20th century. Subjects include early experiments in photography; the beginnings of narrative cinema; special effects; new camera dynamics; the development of cinema stars; theories of editing and montage; the introduction of sound; film aesthetics; deep focus photography and realism; color photography. Films by Lumière, MélièsGriffith, Wiene, Murnau, Eisenstein, Chaplin, Lang, Renoir, Rossellini, Welles, Godard, Truffaut and others. Movements and genres studied include German Expressionism, poetic realism, forms of comedy, film noir, Italian neorealism and French New Wave. Significant reading and writing.

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4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.stlawu.edu

Phone Number:

(315) 229-5011

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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