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  • 4.00 Credits

    History of Cinema
  • 2.00 Credits

    (See general education pages for the requirement this course meets.) Advisory: English Writing 1A or English as a Second Language 5. (Student may enroll in either Film/Television 2A or Film/Television 2AW, but not both, for credit.) Four hours lecture and one-half hour additional lecture for each one-half unit, as an additional one-half hour lecture per week or as two additional three hour lecture meetings per quarter. A survey of the international development of the motion picture to 1950 as a distinct form of artistic expression, through classic films, notable artists, and key events; an investigation of the aesthetic, technological, economic, and social factors that contributed to the evolution of film; an examination of the value systems reflected in and shaped by these works from diverse cultures. Film/Television 2AW will cover expanded topics in historiography, such as problems and approaches to historical film research and analysis.
  • 4.00 Credits

    History of Cinema
  • 2.00 Credits

    (See general education pages for the requirement this course meets.) Advisory: English Writing 1A or English as a Second Language 5. (Student may enroll in either Film/Television 2B or Film/Television 2BW, but not both, for credit.) Four hours lecture and one-half hour of additional lecture for each one-half unit, as an additional one-half hour lecture per week or as two additional three hour lecture meetings per quarter. A survey of the international development of the motion picture since 1950 as a distinct form of artistic expression, through classic films, notable artists, and key events; an investigation of the aesthetic, technological, economic, and social factors that contributed to the evolution of film; an examination of the value systems reflected in and shaped by these works from diverse cultures. Film/Television 2BW will cover expanded topics in historiography, such as problems and approaches to historical film research and analysis.
  • 4.00 Credits

    Advisory: English Writing 1A or English as a Second Language 5. (Also listed as English Literature 3. Student may enroll in either department, but not both, for credit.) Four hours lecture. (Any combination of Film/Television 41 and English Literature 3 may be taken up to three times for credit as long as the topic matter is different each time.) Analysis of specific film genres such as action-adventure, comedy, film noir, gangster, horror, musical, science fiction, thriller, war film or western within global, historical, social, cultural, industrial and aesthetic contexts. The genre studied changes each quarter (see subtitle in quarterly class schedule).
  • 4.00 Credits

    Advisory: English Writing 1A or English as a Second Language 5. (Also listed as English Literature 4. Student may enroll in either department, but not both, for credit.) Four hours lecture. (Any combination of Film/Television 42 and English Literature 4 may be taken up to three times for credit as long as the topic matter is different each time.) Analysis of selected national cinemas in terms of major periods, themes and formal parameters, and in relation to both national and international cultural histories. The national cinema studied changes each quarter (see subtitle in quarterly class schedule).
  • 4.00 Credits

    Advisory: English Writing 1A or English as a Second Language 5. (Also listed as English Literature 5. Student may enroll in either department, but not both, for credit.) Four hours lecture. (Any combination of Film/Television 43 and English Literature 5 may be taken up to three times for credit as long as the topic matter is different each time.) Analysis of the works of specific film artists, such as directors, Alfred Hitchcock or Orson Welles; or analysis of the works of artists practicing a specific film craft, such as screenwriting, acting, cinematography or editing. The topic studied changes each quarter (see subtitle in quarterly class schedule).
  • 4.00 Credits

    Advisory: English Writing 211 and Reading 211 (or Language Arts 211), or English as a Second Language 272 and 273. Four hours lecture. History and development of experimental film/video; origins in European experimental cinema, American underground film, avant-garde painting, sculpture, music and theater. Evolution of experimental video and electronic developments.
  • 4.00 Credits

    (See general education pages for the requirement this course meets.) Advisory: English Writing 1A or English as a Second Language 5. (Also listed as Intercultural Studies 14 and English Literature 6. Student may enroll in only one department, for credit.) Four hours lecture, one additional hour to be arranged. A survey of the image and role of the American film industry in the United States. Particular attention will be given to the development of images of racial stereotypes, those works attempting an historical portrayal of the African American experience and the roles played by key African Americans in the evolution of film as an art and North American feature films as an industry.
  • 4.00 Credits

    Prerequisite: Film/Television 20. Corequisite: Film/Television 50 students must also enroll in Film/Television 54, 54X, 54Y, or 54. Three hours lecture, three hours laboratory. (May be taken two times for credit.) Development and execution of short, single-camera-style projects focusing on the skills of directing and editing.
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