FILM 2000 - Film Critique and Analysis

Institution:

Utah Tech University

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Description:

By watching films and film segments from the early silent days to current films, then duplicating these esthetics in our movie studio, students will gain an understanding of how filmmakers created and utilized the equipment and techniques which grew to a powerful means of storytelling. Special attention will be devoted to examples of cinematography, lighting, sound design, and special effects which will stimulate the thinking of students when they create their own films. Examples: DW Griffith's ""Intolerance"", Carl Theodor Dreyer's ""The Passion of Joan of Arc"", John Ford's ""The Grapes of Wrath"", Fritz Lang's ""M"", Dennis Hopper's ""Easy Rider"", and The Coen Brother's ""No Country For Old Men"". **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Analyze a filmmaker's skill by viewing films as an art form consisting of hundreds of interrelated parts that make up the whole. 2. Create filming technics in the studio setting based of films viewed in the classroom. 3. Write a scholarly and entertaining film review that is appropriate for publication. 4. Create a blog that critiques every film seen during the semester, both in class and for pleasure outside of class. 5. Present an oral argument in class about why a film has succeeded or failed, then defend that argument during a question and answer period with classmates. SP

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.utahtech.edu/

Phone Number:

(435) 652-7500

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Calendar System:

Semester

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