film studies courses Film Studies 101 INTRODUCTION TO FILM STUDY: HOW TO READ A FILM
An introduction to the concepts and methodology of film study as an academic discipline, to the development of film language and narrative conventions, connections between ideology and style, and categories of film form. Examples will be chosen from aesthetically and historically significant films. This is the same course as Comparative Studies in Culture 101.
Offered Fall, enrollment limited to 30 students. D. Tetzlaff Film Studies 201 SURVEY OF AMERICAN FILM
The history of Hollywood cinema, from the early silent down to the present. American film as an autonomous aesthetic medium and as a cultural and socio-historical artifact reflective of and active in the debates that have shaped American society in the 20th century. Significant changes in film history, the evolution of American film as a specifically visual art form; the major genres of Hollywood film production; the important linkages between cinematic and social history from the Progressive Era to the conservative revolution of the 1980s and 1990s. This is the same course as English 201b.
Open to sophomores, juniors and seniors. M. Ryan Film Studies 203 MINORITIES IN AMERICAN FILM
An investigation of the ideological, social and theoretical issues in the representation of racial and ethnic minorities in American film.
Prerequisite: At least one course in film studies or gender, race and ethnicity.
Offered Spring, enrollment limited to 30 students. . J. Solomon Film Studies 222 FUNDAMENTALS OF MOTION PICTURE PRODUCTION
A hands-on introduction to expression in the language of moving pictures. By designing and executing a series of short, creative production projects, students will explore how moving image techniques are used to structure meaning. Emphasis on narrative form. Topics will include composition, videography, sound, continuity editing, montage, and dramatic structure.
Prerequisite: FLM 101 or equivalent. Preference will be given to students who have not yet had the opportunity to take a course in film production.
Offered Spring, enrollment limited to 14 students. D. Tetzlaff Film Studies 311 REPRESENTING GENDER: GERMAN AND AMERICAN FILM An examination of the construction of gender in mainstream narrative film in the light of contemporary film theory and criticism. The work of independent women and gay film makers to deconstruct this narrative tradition and use the cinematic apparatus to narrate their own experience forms a secondary focus of the course. Films by American and German film makers. This course is the same as Comparative Studies in Culture 311 and German Studies 311.
Prerequisite: At least one course in film studies or gender and women's studies.
Enrollment limited to 30 students. . J. Solomon Film Studies 312 FILM AND IDEOLOGY: WARTIME FILM PRODUCTION IN GERMANY AND THE U.S. An examination of the function of film in wartime, using examples of documentary, entertainment and propaganda films produced in the U.S. and Germany during World War II. This is the same course as German 312 and Comparative Studies in Culture 312.
Prerequisite: German 208 or 209 or permission of the instructor. Open to juniors and seniors.
Enrollment limited to 30 students. J. Solomon Film Studies 321 DOCUMENTARY THEORY AND PRODUCTION
How moving pictures can be used to explore, communicate about, and creatively represent reality - and the issues of ‘truth’, ethics, and social power that arise from these practices - from the standpoint of both producers and critical viewers. Students will learn documentary production techniques, read and discuss scholarly literature in documentary history, theory and criticism. A short documentary film and an analytical paper are required.
Prerequisite: Course 222 or permission of the instructor.
Offered Fall, enrollment limited to 14 students. D. Tetzlaff Film Studies 291, 292 INDIVIDUAL STUDY IN FILM STUDIES Film Studies 295, 295 FIELD WORK IN FILM STUDIES Film Studies 391, 392 INDIVIDUAL STUDY | 
Janis Solomon | Film Studies/German | 
David Tetzlaff |
Film Studies/Theater |