English 298 - Experimental Course:History of Early Cinema,1895-1933

Institution:

Wheaton College - Massachusetts

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Description:

The course will examine the development of early cinematic technologies in the late 19th century up through their maturation into narrative films in the 1910s and 1920s. Focusing primarily on silent films from the United States, England, France, Germany and Russia, the course will introduce students to a wide range of issues including the shift in aesthetics, visual grammar and narrative structure guiding the transition from a "cinema of attractions" to the silent "feature film." In additioto addressing aesthetic and narrative dimensions of early cinema, the course will introduce students to the work of filmmakers such as D.W. Griffith, Cecil B. DeMille, Buster Keaton, Oscar Micheaux, Charlie Chaplin, F.W. Murnau, Fritz Lang, Rene Clair, Sergei Eisenstein and others. It will also examine important moments in early U.S. film exhibition such as the nickelodeon and the arrival of the movie palace, as well as the nascent commercial dimensions of the emerging international film trade. (Josh Stenger)

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3.00

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Lecture

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Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.wheatoncollege.edu

Phone Number:

(508) 285-7722

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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