VES 70 - The Art of Film

Institution:

Harvard University

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Description:

An introduction to film style and aesthetics with a focus on developing critical and formal analytical skills. Through readings and screenings of a broad range of films, the class examines the primary visual, aural, and narrative conventions by which motion pictures create and comment upon significant social experience. Issues of mise-en-scene, framing, image composition, photographic space, editing, sound, narrative structure, and point of view will be discussed as components of cinematic style and meaning.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

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Institution Website:

www.harvard.edu

Phone Number:

(617) 495-1000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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