CINE 201 - Cinematic Representation

Institution:

Point Park University

Subject:

CINEMA

Description:

Course Description: This course provides students with the media literacy and film history knowledge necessary to critically look at how films have teh ability to influence culture and how culture influences film. Using the core principles of media literacy education students will apply critical thinking skills to film history with the aim of chronicling and understanding the cinematic representation of various culture groups, stimulating discussion of human difference, and examaning forces and institutions of bias. Through reading, film viewing, writing, research and discussion students will use reflective judgement to understand the relationship between film and American culture. Course Objectives (1) Comprehend cinematic representations of race, class, gender, sexuality, and ability and how they are evolving throughout the history of media. 2)"Read" film with a more critical eye. 3) Understand the business of media and how ownership, profit margins, and ideology influence the content. 4) Understand how media messages shape our culture and society. 5) Think critically about the media messages we receive and create. Listed Topics 1) The core principles of media literacy education. 2) Film as one of the major contemporary vehicles of popular culture. 3) Basic terms and issues of cultural theory and cinematic representation including aspects of race, class, gender, sexuality, and ability. 4) Media literacy as an essential life skill in the 21st century.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.pointpark.edu

Phone Number:

(412) 391-4100

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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