| Course ID: | FILM 2120. 3 hours. 2 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week. |
| Course Title: | Introduction to Cinema |
Course
Description: | Film aesthetics and film as an art form, including critical viewing of selected films in laboratory, and papers on topics in film and audience values. |
| Oasis Title: | Introduction to Cinema |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | Introduction to Cinema introduces students to Film Studies, including film
vocabulary, narrative analysis, and critical methods. We see and discuss a wide
variety of films, including silent, subtitled foreign, and recent films. The class
includes a required weekly film screening and one analytical paper, in addition to
quizzes, midterms, and a final exam. Students learn to evaluate artistic and critical
aspects of the cinema. |
| Topical Outline: | I. Film and its Modes of Production
II. Narration in Cinema
III. Visual Style: Mise-en-scene (Lighting, Acting, Setting, Costume)
IV. Film Style: Editing
V. Film Style: Sound Strategies
VI. Classical Hollywood vs. Art Cinema
VII. African-American Cinema
VIII. Women and Film
IX. Genre and Authorship
X. Animation: Pure Cinema |
| Honor Code Reference: | The University of Georgia has a strongly worded policy concerning academic dishonesty.
Please refer to the University Student Handbook regarding this policy. Violations
of this policy will be reported to the appropriate university officials for
investigation and disciplinary action. |