COMM 431 - Film I:The Silent Era

Institution:

University of the Cumberlands

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Description:

This course surveys significant American and international films and filmmakers from 1895 to 1930. Course topics include: the origins motion pictures, the films of the Edison Company, D.W. Griffith, Charles Chaplin, German Expressionism, early French and Russian cinema and the arrival of sound. Methods for the analysis and criticism of film are also discussed. Credit, 3 hours. Offered every other fall semester.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.ucumberlands.edu

Phone Number:

(606) 549-2200

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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