FILM STUDIES (FILM)
FILM 115 - EXPLORING FILM
The 20th - 21st century American criminal has long fascinated audiences. This iconic figure has metamorphosed over the years, often employed to question and sometimes critique concepts such as power, violence, gender, family, leadership, and justice within the structure of the organized crime culture and/or the American culture at large. This section of English 115 looks at cinematic narratives (such as The Untouchables, American Gangster, The Departed, Sicario, Se7en, Memento, American Buffalo, etc.) and analyzes them through the lenses of different philosophical texts, including Sun Tzu's The Art of War, Machiavelli's The Prince, and/or Bentham’s Principles of Morals and Legislation.
Credits: 3
Attributes: Humanities
FILM 117 - DYSTOPIAN LITERATURE AND FILM
THIS COURSE EXPLORES SOCIAL JUSTICE ISSUES OF RACE, CLASS & GENDER IN A CENTURY OF POETRY, NOVELS & FILMS INCLUDING WORK BY YEATS, VONNEGUT, BURGESS, GILLIAM, ATWOOD, MCCARTHY and FILM OR VIDEO WORK SUCH AS APOCALYPSE NOW, CHILDREN OF MEN AND WATCHMEN.
Credits: 3
Attributes: Humanities
FILM 201 - FUNDAMENTALS OF FILM STUDIES
Americana Film Introduction to film and its American practitioners. Emphasis on basic techniques and vocabulary for analyzing and writing about film and reading film theory. Attention to prominent directors and popular genre-- the thriller, Introduction to film and its American practitioners. Emphasis on basic techniques and vocabulary for analyzing and writing about film and reading film theory. Attention to prominent directors and popular genres--the thriller, melodrama, Western, buddy picture. melodrama, Western, buddy picture.
Credits: 3
Attributes: Humanities
Prerequisites: ENG 101
FILM 205 - FILM HISTORY
History of film as an art form in light of its technological, aesthetic, and cultural developments and influence. Particular attention to the correlation between the history of the medium and the larger history of the twentieth and twentieth-first centuries.
Credits: 3
Attributes: Humanities
Prerequisites: ENG 101
FILM 215 - BLACK PANTHER AND BEYOND: MILESTONES IN AFRICAN-AMERICAN FILM
The billion-dollar, worldwide success of Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther signaled what may be the beginning of a new age of recognition and celebration of filmic depictions that focus on people of African descent. This course will examine milestones in Black film leading up to and including Black Panther, focusing on cultural and artistic merit.
Credits: 3
Attributes: Humanities, Non-western Culture
FILM 221 - INTRODUCTION TO MEDIA PRODUCTION
Course is designed to build core competency in utilizing and expanding communication technology to tell the stories; studying the principles of production in the areas of photography, video, audio, and interactive media. From both practical and theoretical perspectives, students will learn to: 1) analyze media forms (such as design, user interface, composition, framing, lighting, sound and editing) and 2) produce elementary productions that exhibit an understanding of these forms.
Credits: 3
Attributes: Humanities
FILM 253 - SCREEN WRITING
Students produce a full-length screenplay in a workshop atmosphere while analyzing the techniques professional screenwriters use to create complex characters, thrilling action, and original plots. Some attention to marketing the screenplay, including the treatment and pitch.
Credits: 3
Attributes: Humanities
FILM 341 - TOPIC: FILM THEME OR PERIOD
A film seminar that looks closely at cinematic treatment of a particular theme, period, trope, or location.
Credits: 3
Attributes: Humanities
FILM 350 - SPECIAL TOPICS IN FILM THEME OR GENRE
This course explores various topics and themes through film. See the notes on course finder for additional information.
Credits: 3
Attributes: Humanities