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1.00 Credits
An introduction to the relationships Blacks have had to the American cinema: as filmmakers, performers, audiences and as "characters" whose image have formed a critical vocabulary for American race relations. (Meets the Critical Perspectives: Diverse Cultures and Critiques requirement.) 1 unit - Department.
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1.00 - 9.00 Credits
Study of the major periods, forms and themes of the films of Alfred Hitchcock. Included are comedies (To Catch a Thief) and tragedies (Vertigo), early British period films (The Lady Vanishes), classics of the 1940's (Notorious) and 1950's (Rear Window), and late masterpieces like The Birds or Marnie. (Not offered 2008-09.) 1 unit.
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1.00 - 9.00 Credits
A study of the major directors of comedy in American film, from Chaplin and Keaton through Capra, Hawks, and Sturges to more recent masters like Woody Allen the Coen Brothers and Wes Anderson. Includes important works in theory of comedy as context, from Freud to Cornford, Bakhtin and Frye. (Not offered 2008-09.) 1 unit.
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1.00 Credits
Practice in writing screenplays. 1 unit - Haskell, Nelson.
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3.00 Credits
Studies in a wide array of topics related to film history, theory, and genres. Prerequisite: Film Studies 215 or consent of instructor. (Not offered 2008-09.) 1 unit.
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3.00 Credits
A course designed to prepare students for doing advanced independent projects in film or video. The course is a prerequisite for doing senior projects and deals with the creative and practical disciplines required to do festival-quality work. Activities include hands-on experience shooting and editing 16 mm film and digital video. Prerequisite: Film Studies 212. 1 unit - Sanny.
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1.00 Credits
Film in its material, historical and theoretical dimensions, from its beginnings to the present. Growth of the film industry; the American studio system; European avant-garde cinema; world cinema; auteurism; film and popular culture; problems of genre. Film theory: the nature of the medium; its major theorists - Griffith, Eisenstein, Arnheim, Bazin, Kracauer, Metz, Mulvey, etc. 1 unit - Sarchett.
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3.00 Credits
Work is specific genres or with specific techniques of film and video making for advanced students. Block 1: Advanced Topics in Filmmaking: Documentary Filmmaking. A course in writing and directing documentary films. Lectures, screenings, and writing exercises will be combined with practical experience in videography and editing. Discussions will focus on intellectual, ethical, legal, and aesthetic issues related to the making of documentaries. Prerequisite: Film Studies 212 or equivalent. 1 unit - Hudson. Half-Block: Advanced Topics in Filmmaking: Producing for Film, TV, and New Media. This course will examine the real world dynamics of producing for film, teleivison and new media. Utilizing all aspects of a liberal arts education, the course will require the students to navigate through the various stages of production that make up both the "show" and the "business" of show business. Prerequisite: Film Studies 212 or equivalent. .5 unit - Department. Block 7: Advanced Topics in Filmmaking: On Location in Hollywood. A study of the history, culture, and inner workings of the film capital of the world. Classroom study will be combined with field trips, screenings, guest speakers, and other special events. Prerequisite: Film Studies 212 or equivalent (taught in Hollywood) ~$500*. 1 unit - Haskell, Nelson.
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3.00 Credits
Capstone film or video making project for Film Track English majors and majors in other fields working on a senior project in film or video. Prerequisite: Senior status and Film Studies 312 or its equivalent. 1 unit - Sanny.
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1.00 Credits
Readings and discussions of novels and short stories by Franz Kafka. Particular attention given to the ambiguity and ambivalence evident in Kafka's works. (Fulfills 1 unit of the divisional requirement in the humanities.) Taught in English. Prerequisite: First-year Students Only. (Not offered 2008-09.) 1 unit.
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