Summer Session I
Film 2900-601: Introduction to Film Studies
Instructor: Dr. Anna Froula
Class Time: online
Films will stream.
The goal of this course, as its title suggests, is to “introduce” you to the broad field of film studies, including formal analysis, genre studies, film history and theory. By the end of the semester you will have the basic critical tools necessary for understanding and analyzing the language of motion pictures. Ideally, this course will enable you to not only gain a richer understanding of the films you watch but also the television shows, You Tube videos, commercials, and other media you encounter on a daily basis.
Screenings: Hot Fuzz (Edgar Wright, 2007), Night of the Hunter (Charles Laughton, 1955), BlackKklansman (Spike Lee, 2018), The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (John Ford, 1962), 13th (Ava DuVernay, 2016), The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Julian Schnabel, 2007), Dope (Rick Famuyiwa, 2015)
****FILM2900 is a required course for the Film Studies minor****
Summer Session II
FILM2900-601: Introduction to Film Studies (FC: HU)
Instructor: Amanda Ann Klein
Times offered: Online instruction
Film Screenings: streaming titles
The goal of this course, as its title suggests, is to “introduce” you to the broad field of film studies, including formal analysis, genre studies, film history and theory. By the end of the semester you will have the basic critical tools necessary for understanding and analyzing the language of motion pictures. Ideally, this course will enable you to not only gain a richer understanding of the films you watch but also the television shows, You Tube videos, commercials, and other media you encounter on a daily basis.
Films to be studied include: City of God (2002, Fernando Meirelles & Kátia Lund), Do the Right Thing (1989, Spike Lee), The Virgin Suicides (1999, Sofia Coppola), Bicycle Thieves (1949, Vittorio de Sica), The Queen of Versailles (2012, Lauren Greenfield)
Alternative textbook class (i.e. no textbook expenses)
****FILM2900 is a required course for the Film Studies minor****
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