"Film Technology and Style" surveys major techological inventions
and innovations, testing them for how and why they were adopted
by commerical cinema.  The class also studies the effects
specific techniques had on the history of narrative storytelling.

I.  Silent Cinema:  Cameras, Lighting, and Editing
      A.  From Serial Photography to Edison's Kinetoscope
      B.  Lumiere and the Cinematographe
      C.  Studio Production vs. Location Shooting Techniques
II.  1920s and Rise of Classical Hollywood Cinema
      A.  Cameras, Dollies, and Visual Style
      B.  Standardization and Lighting Design
      C.  Editing Options
III.  The Advent of Sound
      A.  Sound on Film vs. Sound on Disc
      B.  Sound Recording Strategies
IV.  Classical Continuity Cinema
      A.  Rise of Technicolor
      B.  Ford, Welles, Wyler and Deep Space Staging
      C.  Widescreen and Color vs. 1950s TV
V.  New Technology and Modern Cinema
      A.  Steadicam Technology
      B.  Multi-track Recording and Surround Sound
      C.  Digital Cinema