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  • film & video 24-2510: Studies in Film Genre+

    3.00 Credits
    Columbia College-Chicago

    Course explores the conventions of film genres and their influence on style and content of motion pictures. Topics covered in the past have included The Thriller, Cult Classics, The Western, and Film Noir. Course may be repeated as topics change. 3 CREDIT S PREREQUISITES: 24-2030 PROJECT DEVELOPMENT, PREPRODUCTION, AND PREPARATION, 24-2031 MOVING IMAGE PRODUCTION II
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  • film & video 24-2511: Science Fiction Visions of a Post-Human Future

    3.00 Credits
    Columbia College-Chicago

    Course examines science fiction visions of a post-biological, post-human future. Through films (Blade Runner, 2001: A Space Odyssey, and The Matrix), novels, (Snow Crash and Blood Music), the internet, and other media, students explore fundamental questions of human and gender identity. Students examine contemporary anxieties fueled by the creation of artificial life, genetic engineering, the replacement of body parts, the threat of biological and electronic viruses, and predictions that intelligent, self-replicating machines represent the next stage of human evolution. 3 CREDIT S PREREQUISITES: 24-2030 PROJECT DEVELOPMENT, PREPRODUCTION, AND PREPARATION, 24-2031 MOVING IMAGE PRODUCTION II
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  • film & video 24-2520: Studies in National Cinema

    3.00 Credits
    Columbia College-Chicago

    Course investigates how social, economic, and political institutions of a particular country affect film style and content. In turn, course considers how movies provide metaphorical snapshots of their culture at a specific moment. Examining both U.S. and other cultures, movies and videos allow for the viewing of art as a construction of a culture, not simply a personal or natural phenomenon. Course is important for all film and video students in the media treatment of a culture. Past topics have included Iranian cinema, cinemas of Australia and New Zealand, Pan African cinema, and Czech New Wave cinema. This course may be repeated as topics change. 3 CREDIT S PREREQUISITES: 24-2030 PROJECT DEVELOPMENT, PREPRODUCTION, AND PREPARATION, 24-2031 MOVING IMAGE PRODUCTION II
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  • film & video 24-2540: Studies in Film History

    3.00 Credits
    Columbia College-Chicago

    Course investigates how social, economic, and political institutions affect film and video style and content during a specific era. In turn, it looks at how movies provide metaphorical snapshots of their culture at these moments. Topics covered in the past have included films of the '50s, films of the '60s, films ofthe '70s, movies and war propaganda, and black roles in film and society. Course may be repeated as topics change. 3 CREDIT S PREREQUISITES: 24-2030 PROJECT DEVELOPMENT, PREPRODUCTION, AND PREPARATION, 24-2031 MOVING IMAGE PRODUCTION II
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  • film & video 24-2543: History of Documentar y

    3.00 Credits
    Columbia College-Chicago

    Course explores the variety of styles and concerns that shape documentaries. Content covers the first outdoor films made at the beginning of film history, the lyrical documentaries of Robert Flaherty, and the institutional documentaries inspired by John Grierson. Course also examines the broad range of developments of the post-World War II era, including the television documentary, cinema verité movement, collective and personal documentaries of anti-war and women's movements, the role and impact of video in the '80s and '90s, and recenttrend to incorporate narrative techniques. 3 CREDIT S PREREQUISITES: 24-2030 PROJECT DEVELOPMENT, PREPRODUCTION, AND PREPARATION, 24-2031 MOVING IMAGE PRODUCTION II
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  • film & video 24-2560: Shor t Forms in Film & Video

    3.00 Credits
    Columbia College-Chicago

    Narrative and experimental short films and videotapes are viewed and studied to define the range of structural and stylistic techniques available to student filmmakers and to provide models for kinds of filmmaking encouraged by the College's production program. Examples are drawn from a variety of sources and are grouped into structural and stylistic categories for analysis and comparison. 3 CREDIT S PREREQUISITES: 24-2030 PROJECT DEVELOPMENT, PREPRODUCTION, AND PREPARATION, 24-2031 MOVING IMAGE PRODUCTION II
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  • film & video 24-2561: Studies in Film Aesthetics+

    3.00 Credits
    Columbia College-Chicago

    Course investigates how artistic and cultural movements and technological innovations determine and enhance the aesthetics development of the medium. Previous topics have included expressionism; surrealism; and aspects of film: cinemascope, technicolor, stereophonic sound, and 3-D. Course may be repeated as topics change. 3 CREDIT S PREREQUISITES: 24-2030 PROJECT DEVELOPMENT, PREPRODUCTION, AND PREPARATION, 24-2031 MOVING IMAGE PRODUCTION II
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  • film & video 24-2562: Myth,Dream,and Movie

    3.00 Credits
    Columbia College-Chicago

    Course examines myths and dreams, the storyteller's fundamental source of raw materials. The class makes use of mythic sources in various narrative media, drawing specific structural and thematic comparisons with current films. 3 CREDIT S PREREQUISITES: 24-2030 PROJECT DEVELOPMENT, PREPRODUCTION, AND PREPARATION, 24-2031 MOVING IMAGE PRODUCTION II
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  • film & video 24-2580: Sexual Perspectives in Film

    3.00 Credits
    Columbia College-Chicago

    Course includes historical, psychological, and sociological examinations of the role of gender, sexual behavior and relationships, shifting concerns, and changing morals as presented in cinema. Topics for examination might include gay and lesbian filmmaking, the image of women in film, male myths, and feminist filmmaking. This course may be repeated as the subject changes. 3 CREDIT S PREREQUISITES: 24-2030 PROJECT DEVELOPMENT, PREPRODUCTION, AND PREPARATION, 24-2031 MOVING IMAGE PRODUCTION II OR 51-1271 GAY AND LESBIAN STUDIES II: 1980 TO PRESENT OR 52-2655 GAY AND LESBIAN LITERATURE
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  • film & video 24-2600J: Script Supervision and Film Continuity Workshop

    2.00 Credits
    Columbia College-Chicago

    This course focuses on the role of the Script Supervisor, a film profession responsible for maintaining script continuity, working with the Director to ensure that scenes are completely covered, and preparing daily notes for the Editor and postsupervisor. The course will also cover the Script Supervisor as a critical crew position and will enhance students' understanding of the multitude of details that must be addressed in production and the resulting impact on post-production through the creation and dissemination of associated on-set documentation and the management of continuity protocol. 2 CREDIT S PREREQUISITES: 24-2030 PROJECT DEVELOPMENT, PREPRODUCTION, AND PREPARATION, 24-2031 MOVING IMAGE PRODUCTION II
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