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3.00 Credits
Though it's barely a century old, the medium of cinema has quickly become one of the most popular and influential of all the arts, and has played a major role in shaping modern civilization. Because it shares many of the main qualities of novels (it tells stories); of painting (it involves framed images); of theater (actions are presented before an audience); and even of dreams (it gives us fantasies while we relax in the dark), it is also perhaps the richest of all art forms. Surveys the first 100 years of movie making with emphasis on four related issues: the characteristics of the cinema medium; cinema history; authorship in literature and film; and implications of cinema as a cultural institution. Films may include foreign and American films of both the silent and the sound eras.
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Cinema is often considered the most significant art form of the 20th century. Becasue of its importance and complexity, there are many ways of approaching films. They may be seen as escapist fantasies with a powerful influence on people's lives; as expressions of the attitudes of a culture; as works of art shaped by a great director; or as commercial and industrial products. Focuses on one or another of this wide range of subjects. In recent years, topics for EN 370 have included: The Films of Alfred Hitchcock; Feminism and Film; Horror Movies; European Art Cinema; and Romantic Comedy. Allows repetition for credit.
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This course will focus on the work of a single director or a group of related directors, investigating their characteristic themes and concerns, and their special ways of using the medium of cinema to tell a story. One recent version of this course was devoted entirely to Hitchcock; a second examined four great directors: Fellini, Bergman, Truffaut, and Altman. Other directors to whom the course might be devoted include: Wilder, Lang, and Lubitsch; Scorsese, Ford & Hawks; and Orson Welles.
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This course, focusing on a single genre, will be concerned to identify the characteristic themes and techniques of that genre, to explore the meaning of different genres and the function that these genres play in organizing our social or psychic lives. The specific genre studied will very from year to year and will include such significant genres as mysteries, westerns, musicals, Film Noir, comedy and romantic comedy and horror.
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Emphasis will be on the documentary tradition, although other forms of non-fiction films will be considered as well. The entire range of reality-based films will provide the basis for this course.
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As a type of cinema that does not begin with photographing real objects, animation offers filmmakers special opportunities and raises special sorts of questions. This course will emphasize the comic cartoon tradition developed by Warner Brothers and Disney, but will also examine animated films for adult audiences produced in Europe and Canada.
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This course will focus on the major contributions that women have made to cinema, as characters in the stories being told, as actresses playing the parts, as filmmakers directing and producing films, and as critics who have, in the past thirty years, substantially reshaped the way we think about, talk about, and even make films. The specific emphasis will vary from semester to semester, but each version of this course will pay special attention to the issue of gender in cinema.
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This course will focus on one of the wide variety of important national cinemas or film movements that have played a major role in the development of film as a virtually universal artistic language. Topics to which the course might be devoted include German Expressionism; Soviet Cinema and Montage Theory; Post war Italian Cinema, Rosellini through Bertolucci and beyond; The French New Wave; Japanese Cinema; and Bollywood and the development of film in India.
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3.00 Credits
Cinema may be the most representative art form of modern times; perhaps for that reason many innovative ways of thinking about modern life have developed in discussions of film. A survey of film criticism and theory thus becomes a very useful way of approaching some of the most important and controversial issues in contemporary life, including questions about the nature of art, the meaning of community, and the social construction of sexuality. Students will read important essays on the film medium with readings illustrated by a wide variety of relevant films. Our purpose will be to get a better understanding of the film medium and to use film to understand some of the most complex issues of our times.
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Success in every aspect of business life, from interviewing to meetings to giving reports and presentations, from sales to management to client relationships in accounting and finance ¡ª all depend on the ability to speak confidently, and to project oneself and one's message effectively. Developing these skills strengthens presentations in other classes as well. Gives techniques and tools for developing, organizing, and delivering a variety of strong presentations. Covers effective use of PowerPoint and other visual aids, and methods for overcoming stage fright and anxiety about public speaking.
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